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• Exercise as stimulus for cartilage health in knee osteoarthritis 

  Munukka, Matti (Jyväskylän yliopisto, 2018)

  Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of musculoskeletal pain and disability and has significant socio-economical costs globally. There is no known cure for OA. Therapeutic exercise has been shown to evoke acute ...

• The effect of aquatic exercise on symptoms, function, body composition and cartilage in knee osteoarthritis 

  Waller, Benjamin (University of Jyväskylä, 2016)

  Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease associated with pain and loss of functional capacity. The management of knee OA is multifaceted and covers the whole OA continuum from injury prevention to the ...

• Effects of progressive aquatic resistance training on symptoms and quality of life in women with knee osteoarthritis : a secondary analysis 

  Munukka, Matti; Waller, Benjamin; Häkkinen, Arja; Nieminen, Miika T.; Lammentausta, Eveliina; Kujala, Urho M.; Paloneva, Juha; Kautiainen, Hannu; Kiviranta, Ilkka; Heinonen, Ari (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)

  Objective To conduct a secondary analysis to study the effects that four months of aquatic resistance training has on self‐assessed symptoms and quality of life in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis (OA), ...

• Neuromuscular, hormonal and molecular responses to heavy resistance training in strength trained men : with special reference to various resistance exercise protocols, serum hormones and gene expression of androgen receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I 

  Ahtiainen, Juha (University of Jyväskylä, 2006)

  The present study was designed to obtain more information on mechanisms leading to muscle hypertrophy by determination of the effects of different heavy resistance exercise protocols on acute and chronic neuromuscular and ...

• Effects of resistance training frequency on muscle strength, activity and mass during a 24-week intervention in the elderly 

  Alonso Serrano, Javier (2016)

  Elderly populations are increasingly affected by sarcopenia, dynapenia and osteoporosis. They all increase frailty and decrease quality of life and life-expectancy. Resistance training (RT) has been reported extensively ...