794 results match your criteria: "UKK Institute[Affiliation]"
Addiction
November 2024
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
Background And Aims: Studies on adolescent alcohol use and cognition are often unable to separate the potential causal effects of alcohol use on cognition from shared etiological influences, including genetic influences or other substance use comorbidities also known to be associated with cognition, such as nicotine use. The present study aimed to fill this gap and clarify the relationship between adolescent alcohol use and young adult cognition by accounting for both measured and unmeasured confounders.
Design: A random effects model accounting for nesting in families was used to control for measured confounders.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
July 2024
The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, FI-33500 Tampere, Finland.
Whole-body vibration training (WBV) training has shown positive effects on bone strength, muscle strength, and balance, but the evidence on fall prevention is not yet persuasive. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of WBV training in preventing falls and improving physical performance among older adults at fall risk. The study was an assessor- and participant-blinded, randomized, and controlled 10-week training trial with a 10-month follow-up.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Sports Physiol Perform
September 2024
Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport KIHU, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Purpose: Without appropriate standardization of exercise doses, comparing high- (HI) and low-intensity (LI) training outcomes might become a matter of speculation. In athletic preparation, proper quantification ensures an optimized stress-to-recovery ratio. This review aims to compare HI and LI doses by estimating theoretically the conversion ratio, 1:x, between HI and LI: How many minutes, x, of LI are equivalent to 1 minute of HI using various quantification methods? A scrutinized analysis on how the dose increases in relation to duration and intensity was also made.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Endocrinol (Lausanne)
July 2024
Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
Background: Obesity is associated with impaired glucose metabolism and hepatic insulin resistance. The aim was to investigate the associations of hepatic glucose uptake (HGU) and endogenous glucose production (EGP) to sedentary behavior (SB), physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness, dietary factors, and metabolic risk markers.
Methods: Forty-four adults with metabolic syndrome (mean age 58 [SD 7] years, BMI ranging from 25-40kg/; 25 females) were included.
BMJ Mil Health
July 2024
Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy, National Defence University, Helsinki, Finland.
Introduction: The Western lifestyle challenges national defence. Inactivity, obesity, high BP and elevated lipid and glucose levels as well as tobacco use all increase cardiometabolic risk. The present study was thus aimed at investigating the health and physical activity of employees in a military environment, concentrating on comparisons between soldiers and civilians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Sport Sci
July 2024
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
The purpose of this study was firstly to examine the sensitivity of heart rate (HR)-based and subjective monitoring markers to intensified endurance training; and secondly, to investigate the validity of these markers to distinguish individuals in different fatigue states. A total of 24 recreational runners performed a 3-week baseline period, a 2-week overload period, and a 1-week recovery period. Performance was assessed before and after each period with a 3000m running test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Environ Res Public Health
May 2024
The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Kaupinpuistonkatu 1, FI-33500 Tampere, Finland.
Reliable and valid data on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) are needed for implementing evidence-based interventions and policies. Monitoring of these behaviors is based on PA questionnaires (PAQs) and device-based measurements, but their comparability is challenging. The present study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of Finnish versions of the widely used PAQs (IPAQ-SF, EHIS-PAQ, GPAQ, Eurobarometer) and to compare their data with accelerometer data.
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June 2024
Aeromedical Centre, Centre for Military Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders represent a significant burden to society and can be unpleasant for the affected individuals. Physical activity (PA) can prevent MSK disorders while conferring other health benefits. The present study aimed to investigate associations between device-measured PA and perceived MSK disorders among young adult men.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open
June 2024
Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Clin Rheumatol
July 2024
Department of Sport Medicine and Functional Explorations, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, University Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UNH, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an Argentine Tango (AT) program on total physical activity (PA) time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA).
Methods: Prospective randomized controlled pilot study with two parallel groups. Participants were randomized 1:1 to attend a 24-week AT program from baseline to month 6 for the immediate tango group (ITG) and a 12-week AT program from month 3 to month 6 for the wait-list control group (WLCG).
BMC Public Health
May 2024
The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Kaupinpuistonkatu 1, Tampere, FI-33500, Finland.
Background: Varying trends in children's and adolescents' physical activity (PA) have been reported during the last 10-20 years. Trends in sedentary behavior (SB) have been studied only rarely. The purpose of the present study was to describe population-based trends in accelerometer-measured PA, standing and SB, among Finnish 7-15-year-old children and adolescents, and to evaluate the potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on these behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Sports Med
June 2024
Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, UKK Institute, Tampere, Finland.
Objective: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of two exercise interventions in reducing lower extremity (LE) injuries in novice recreational runners.
Methods: Novice runners (245 female, 80 male) were randomised into hip and core (n=108), ankle and foot (n=111) or control (n=106) groups. Interventions were completed before running and included exercise programmes focusing on either (1) hip and core or (2) ankle and foot muscles.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
March 2024
Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Med
December 2024
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Objectives: This study focused on how adolescents' perceptions of coaches' health promotion activity predict maintained participation and dropout in organized sports in emerging adulthood. In addition, differences in lifestyle habits between maintainers, dropouts, and nonparticipants in organized sports were explored.
Materials And Methods: Overall, 616 adolescents reported organized sports participation in the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study at ages 15 and 19.
Sports Med Open
April 2024
Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Background: Several reviews have examined the health benefits of participation in specific sports, such as baseball, cricket, cross-country skiing, cycling, downhill skiing, football, golf, judo, rugby, running and swimming. However, new primary studies on the topic have recently been published, and the respective meta-analytic evidence needs to be updated.
Objectives: To systematically review, summarise and appraise evidence on physical health benefits of participation in different recreational sports.
Ergonomics
November 2024
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Sensors (Basel)
March 2024
The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, 33500 Tampere, Finland.
Hip-worn accelerometers are commonly used to assess habitual physical activity, but their accuracy in precisely measuring sedentary behavior (SB) is generally considered low. The angle for postural estimation (APE) method has shown promising accuracy in SB measurement. This method relies on the constant nature of Earth's gravity and the assumption that walking posture is typically upright.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAMA
May 2024
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
Importance: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has potential to reduce prostate cancer mortality but frequently detects prostate cancer that is not clinically important.
Objective: To describe rates of low-grade (grade group 1) and high-grade (grade groups 2-5) prostate cancer identified among men invited to participate in a prostate cancer screening protocol consisting of a PSA test, a 4-kallikrein panel, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The ProScreen trial is a clinical trial conducted in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland, that randomized 61 193 men aged 50 through 63 years who were free of prostate cancer in a 1:3 ratio to either be invited or not be invited to undergo screening for prostate cancer between February 2018 and July 2020.
J Sport Health Sci
September 2024
Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden; Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Region Stockholm, 133 65 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:
Purpose: The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize and describe the methodology and results from population-based studies of physical activity and sedentary time measured with devices in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and published in 2000 or later.
Methods: A systematic search was carried out in PubMed and Web of Science in June 2023 using predefined search terms.
Results: Fourteen unique research projects or surveillance studies were identified.
Acta Oncol
March 2024
Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Vantaa, Finland.
Background: An increasing trend in incidence of vestibular schwannomas (VS) has been reported, though not consistently, across populations. Materials and methods: We obtained data from the Finnish Cancer Registry on 1,149 VS cases diagnosed in 1990-2017 with tabular data up to 2022. We calculated age-standardised incidence rates (ASR) overall, by sex, and for 10-year age groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
April 2024
Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, P.O. Box 52, 20521, Turku, Finland.
Breast Cancer Res Treat
July 2024
Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Purpose: We aimed to provide long-term bone mineral density (BMD) data on early breast cancer patients of the BREX (Breast Cancer and Exercise) study. The effects of exercise and adjuvant endocrine treatment 10 years after randomization were analyzed, with special emphasis on aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy discontinuation at 5 years.
Methods: The BREX study randomized 573 pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer patients into a 1-year supervised exercise program or a control group.
Scand J Public Health
May 2024
Aging Research Centre, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University, Sweden.
Aim: To describe long-term care (LTC) use in Finland and Sweden in 2020, by reporting residential entry and exit patterns including hospital admissions and mortality, compared with the 2018-2019 period and community-living individuals.
Methods: From national registers in Finland and Sweden, all individuals 70+ were included. Using the Finnish and Swedish study populations in January 2018 as the standard population, we reported changes in sex- and age-standardized monthly rates of entry into and exit from LTC facilities, mortality and hospital admission among LTC residents and community-living individuals in 2020.
Am J Obstet Gynecol
November 2024
Shared Group Services, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Background: Digitalization with minimal human resources could support self-management among women with gestational diabetes and improve maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate if a periodic mobile application (eMOM) with wearable sensors improves maternal and neonatal outcomes among women with diet-controlled gestational diabetes without additional guidance from healthcare personnel.
Study Design: Women with gestational diabetes were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation to the intervention or the control arm.
Front Psychiatry
February 2024
Department of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Introduction: There is a paucity of clinical studies examining the long-term effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on cognition, although a recent study of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) treated with VNS therapy demonstrated significant improvement in executive functions as measured by the EpiTrack composite score. The present study aimed to investigate performance variability in three cognitive tests assessing executive functions and working memory in a cohort of DRE patients receiving VNS therapy during a follow-up duration of up to 5 years.
Methods: The study included 46 DRE patients who were assessed with the Trail Making Test (TMT) (Parts A and B) and Digit Span Backward (DB) task prior to VNS implantation, 6 months and 12 months after implantation, and yearly thereafter as a part of the clinical VNS protocol.