Liikuntaharjoittelun yksilöllisyys kansainvälisen konferenssin pääteemana Jyväskylässä 19.–21.11.2025 Miksi toiset kehittyvät liikuntaharjoittelussa nopeammin kuin toiset? Miten perimä vaikuttaa harjoittelun tuloksiin? Muun muassa näihin kysymyksiin kuulet vastauksia Jyväskylässä järjestettävässä kansainvälisessä valmennustieteen konferenssissa.

Miksi toiset kehittyvät liikuntaharjoittelussa nopeammin kuin toiset? Miten perimä vaikuttaa tuloksiin? Tule kuulemaan uusinta tutkimusta Jyväskylään 19.–21.11.! Ilmoittaudu normaalihinnalla 31.10. mennessä 👉
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Our latest article demonstrating how human skeletal muscle use glucose for muscle growth👇

Genetic liability to sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease - BJSM blog - social media's leading SEM voice Key words: public health, physical activity promotion, genetic epidemiology Why is this study important? Paleoanthropologists have previously argued that physical activity has long been a survival nee...

We wrote a short blog post for the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) summarizing our recent study.

Please read more: blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2025/08...

Genetic Contribution of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Morbidity and Mortality: A Prospective FinnGen and HUNT study Objectives To quantify the contribution of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) genetics in common non-communicable disease (NCD) and mortality risk and to assess whether health discrepancies exist between...

In our latest work, we explored the genetic contribution of cardiorespiratory fitness in morbidity and mortality—a topic which has inspired researchers a long time

The preprint is now available:
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Exploring Gene-Activity Interplay in Cardiovascular Disease: Is Feasible to Mitigate Genetic Risk Through Physical Activity? Abstract. Genetic factors can influence cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk through multiple behavioral and physiological mechanisms, including lipid metabol

New review out on genetic cardiovascular disease risk and physical activity—brilliant work by the international team! academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...

A Polygenic Risk Score for Hand Grip Strength Predicts... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise summary statistics for HGS from the Pan-UK Biobank was used. PRS were calculated in the Finnish Twin Study on Aging (N = 429 women, 63–76 yr). Strength tests included HGS, isometric knee extension, an...

This study is part of Päivi Herranen's PhD, where she has assessed if a polygenic score for handgrip strength is associated with strength and functional capacity: journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fu...

And how the score associates with common diseases and lifespan: academic.oup.com/biomedgeront...

Genetic predisposition to higher muscle strength may lower the risk of cardiovascular mortality A recent study found that men with a genetic predisposition supporting higher muscle strength had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases, regardless of their leisure-time physical activity...

The #GenActive group's latest study explored the relationship between genetic muscle strength, lifestyle, and mortality. Read more about it. ⬇️ www.jyu.fi/en/news/gene...

Why exercise may never be effective medicine: an evolutionary perspective on the efficacy versus effectiveness of exercise in treating type 2 diabetes Most cases of type 2 diabetes (T2D) can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle, highlighting that lifestyle modifications should be the primary defence against developing T2D. Although accumulat...

Hei, lähdimme selvittämään miten perimä selittää paikallaanoloa ja minkälaisia yhteyksiä terveyteen tällä on. Liikkuminen on hyvä tapa ylläpitää terveyttä ja toimintakykyä, mutta toisille tämä voi olla luontaisempaa kuin toisille. Tässä hyvä artikkeli ratkaisuista: bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/2...

Our latest study has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. We found that genetic liability to sedentary behavior increased the risk of cardiovascular disease almost equally in two independent cohorts and may be an under-recognized driver of common CVDs. www.jyu.fi/en/news/gene...

INVEST Visitor: Laura Joensuu - INVEST In the “INVEST visitors” series, we present visiting professors and fellows who have arrived at the flagship INVEST. This time...

#INVESTVisitor Laura Joensuu focuses in her research on the relationships between lifestyles, health, and wellbeing across different life stages and demographic groups. She was drawn to INVEST by its interdisciplinary approach and cutting-edge research.

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Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with University of Montreal (UdeM) | 12838461 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC)

Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years.

Contact me if you are interested.

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Does Exercise Really Extend Life? Finnish Twin Study Offers New Insights Physical activity is seen as a way to extend the human lifespan, but Finnish twin studies found the benefits of physical activity for longevity may not be as straightforward as has been previously tho...

In this newsletter, you can read about our most recent publications on physical activity, genetic disease risk, biological ageing and mortality #GenActive @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social www.jyu.fi/en/news/does...

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Effects of 12-month physical and cognitive training on sarcopenia determinants in older adults: a subgroup analysis of a randomised clinical trial - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Background Low physical activity is a major risk for sarcopenia. Whether training according to physical activity guidelines accompanied with cognitive training is effective on sarcopenia, remains uncl...

Hot from the press, lead-authored by Onni Hämäläinen 🧪

💡 Physical training according to physical activity recommendations improved muscle strength and walking speed, and maintained muscle mass in older adults w/ & w/o sarcopenia.

❗ Grip strength improved more in individuals with sarcopenia.

Suboptimal dietary patterns may accelerate biological aging already in young adulthood According to a recent study, a diet low in vegetables and fruits and high in red meat, fast food, and sugar-sweetened soft drinks was associated with accelerated biological aging even in young adultho...

New paper out by Suvi Ravi et al. about diet and biological ageing. #GenActive #JYU

See the original paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Press release:
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Juho Vainion Säätioltä apuraha 12 liikuntatieteellisen tiedekunnan tutkijalle Juho Vainion Säätiö on myöntänyt apurahoja tutkimukseen. Liikuntatieteellisestä tiedekunnasta apurahan sai 12 tutkijaamme.

Our new study will investigate the role of biological rewards in influencing participation and adherence to physical activity interventions. Thank you Juho Vainio foundation for the grant!

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The first manuscript of the year from the GenActive group is out! It found thought-provoking associations between long-term physical activity, biological aging, and mortality, including a U-shaped association between physical activity and ageing: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A look back at my PhD defense 3 years ago. Fortunately, I've been able to continue my research and learn much more from great colleagues. New exciting papers are on the way, and I hope to be able to share these results soon.
My dissertation including four manuscripts: jyx.jyu.fi/handle/12345...

Kävelykyky ja ympäristö tukevat iäkkäiden liikkumista TtM Essi-Mari Tuomola tutki väitöskirjassaan yksilöllisten tekijöiden, ympäristön piirteiden ja aktiivisuuden paikkojen yhteyttä iäkkäiden ulkona liikkumiseen.

Tänään huippukiinnostava väitös, kun lahjakas kollegani Essi-Mari Tuomola puolustaa väitöskirjaansa. Vastaväittäjänä Katja Borodulin, eli takuulla laadukasta keskustelua luvassa 🤩 Väitöstä voi seurata striimin välityksellä klo 12 alkaen, linkki tiedotteessa 👇 #tiedetaivas

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Firmalla olisi tutkimusrahoitusta tarjolla! 🤑

Saa jakaa, tägätä kaverin, tykätä yms. ♥️

Tarkemmat tiedot 👇
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Happy to share our latest paper on adolescent health!
We used ML to predict multisite pain incidence. While most methods had AUC <0.7 prediction ability, we identified up to 33 predictive variables, showing multiple factors contribute to future multisite pain
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Why exercise may never be effective medicine: an evolutionary perspective on the efficacy versus effectiveness of exercise in treating type 2 diabetes Most cases of type 2 diabetes (T2D) can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle, highlighting that lifestyle modifications should be the primary defence against developing T2D. Although accumulat...

Excellent article by MacDonald et al. A must read for all those involved in physical activity and public health. bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Päivi Herranen #GenActive tutkimusryhmästä toinen Vuoden liikuntalääketieteellinen tutkimus 2024 -kilpailussa. Onnea voittajalle ja kaikille finalisteille! Lue lisää palkituista tutkimuksista:
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Happy to inform that our work "Prediction of multisite pain incidence in adolescence using a machine learning approach: A 2-year longitudinal study" was accepted by Health Science Reports.

Please see preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

And related paper: bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/2/...

Vuoden liikuntalääketieteellinen tutkimus 2024 -kilpailu Vuoden liikuntalääketieteellinen tutkimus 2024 -kilpailu järjestetään osana Liikuntalääketieteen päiviä.

Perinteiset Liikuntalääketieteen päivät järjestetään tällä viikolla. Vuoden liikuntalääketieteellinen tutkimus -kilpailun finaalissa #GenActive ryhmästä Päivi Herranen. Onnea kaikille finalisteille! #LLTP2024 www.lts.fi/tapahtumat/l...

JYU Visiting Fellow Programme 2025 Short-term travel grants for researchers to visit JYU for a 1 to 3 months

JYU Visiting Fellowships are available again. Please read more: www.jyu.fi/en/about-us/...