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'Let's Move It' - a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

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12-mo intervention of physical exercise improved work ability, especially in subjects with low baseline work ability

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477 Injury risk in finnish youth floorball: a one-year prospective follow-up study

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6-mo aerobic exercise intervention enhances the lipid peroxide transport function of HDL.

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

A 12-month exercise intervention decreased stress symptoms and increased mental resources among working adults - Results perceived after a 12-month follow-up

scientific article published in January 2015

A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol for Using an Accelerometer-Smartphone Application Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health among Employees in a Military Workplace

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A universal, accurate intensity-based classification of different physical activities using raw data of accelerometer.

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Absorption of flavonols derived from sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) and their effect on emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease in humans

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Accelerometer-Based Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Serum Metabolome in Young Men

scientific article published on 27 July 2022

Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Levels and Patterns Vary in an Age- and Sex-Dependent Fashion among Finnish Children and Adolescents

scientific article published on 6 June 2022

Acute changes in muscle activation and leg extension performance after different running exercises in elite long distance runners

scientific article published on 10 November 2005

Acute injuries in Finnish junior floorball league players

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Adherence to an Injury Prevention Warm-Up Program in Children’s Soccer—A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 13 December 2021

Aerobic physical activity assessed with accelerometer, diary, questionnaire, and interview in a Finnish population sample

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

Altered hip control during a standing knee-lift test is associated with increased risk of knee injuries

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Association between frontal plane knee control and lower extremity injuries: a prospective study on young team sport athletes

scientific article published on 13 January 2018

Association between lower extremity muscular strength and acute knee injuries in young team‐sport athletes

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Association of objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity with cardiovascular disease risk.

scientific article published on January 2017

Association of physical fitness with health-related quality of life in Finnish young men

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Associations of Aerobic Fitness and Maximal Muscular Strength With Metabolites in Young Men

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Associations of leisure time, commuting, and occupational physical activity with physical fitness and cardiovascular risk factors in young men.

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Asthma medication is increasingly prescribed for finnish olympic athletes--for a reason?

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Awareness and Knowledge of Physical Activity Recommendations in Young Adult Men

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Both sedentary time and physical activity are associated with cardiometabolic health in overweight adults in a 1 month accelerometer measurement

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in young adult Finnish men between 2003 and 2015

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Change of Direction Biomechanics in a 180-Degree Pivot Turn and the Risk for Noncontact Knee Injuries in Youth Basketball and Floorball Players

Changes in Physical Performance During 21 d of Military Field Training in Warfighters

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015: Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 Study

scientific article

Childhood Sports Participation Is Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Men: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Circulating oxidised LDL lipids, when proportioned to HDL-c, emerged as a risk factor of all-cause mortality in a population-based survival study.

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Coaches’ Health Promotion Activity and Substance Use in Youth Sports

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Comparison of motor competence in children aged 6-9 years across northern, central, and southern European regions

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Cross-Sectional Associations of Body Adiposity, Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Activity with Hemoglobin and White Blood Cell Count

scientific article published on 2 November 2022

Cycling but not walking to work or study is associated with physical fitness, body composition and clustered cardiometabolic risk in young men

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Developing physical activity counselling in primary care through participatory action approach

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Device-Based Measures of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity Are Associated With Physical Fitness and Body Fat Content

scientific article published on 18 December 2020

Device-based physical activity levels among Finnish adolescents with functional limitations

scientific article published on 14 September 2018

Diet Macronutrient Composition, Physical Activity, and Body Composition in Soldiers During 6 Months Deployment

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Dietary supplementation habits and perceptions of supplement use among elite Finnish athletes

scientific article published in August 2011

Effect of 12-month statin therapy on antioxidant potential of LDL and serum antioxidant vitamin concentrations

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Effectiveness of a standardised exercise programme for recurrent neck and low back pain: a multicentre, randomised, two-arm, parallel group trial across 34 fitness clubs in Finland

scientific article published on 6 August 2017

Effects of a Two-Year Home-Based Exercise Training Program on Oxidized LDL and HDL Lipids in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Type-2 Diabetes

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Effects of baseline fitness and BMI levels on changes in physical fitness during military service

scientific article published on 08 February 2020

Effects of statin therapy on circulating conjugated dienes, a measure of LDL oxidation

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Elevated concentration of oxidized LDL together with poor cardiorespiratory and abdominal muscle fitness predicts metabolic syndrome in young men.

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Epidemiology of Overuse Injuries in Youth Team Sports: A 3-year Prospective Study

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2·5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

scientific article published in 2022

Evaluation of occupational physical load during 6-month international crisis management operation

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Evening typology and morning tiredness associates with low leisure time physical activity and high sitting

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Exhaled nitric oxide indicates poorly athlete's asthma ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 April 2013

Females Sustain more Ankle Injuries than Males in Youth Football

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

Finnish Adolescent Girls’ Activity Patterns and The Effects of an Activity-Based Homework Intervention on Their Physical Activity

scientific article

Frequent sit-to-stand transitions and several short standing periods measured by hip-worn accelerometer are associated with smaller waist circumference among adults

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015.

scientific article published in January 2017

Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study

scientific article

Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Global, Regional, and Country-Specific Lifetime Risks of Stroke, 1990 and 2016

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015.

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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

article by Catherine Owens Johnson et al published March 2019 in Lancet Neurology

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Dise

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

journal article published in 2015

Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

scientific article published on 22 July 2014

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

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Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

scientific article (publication date: 30 August 2014)

Going carless in different urban fabrics: socio-demographics of household car ownership

scientific article published on 21 November 2021

Good Aerobic or Muscular Fitness Protects Overweight Men from Elevated Oxidized LDL ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Haemoglobin, iron status and lung function of adolescents participating in organised sports in the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club Study

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Health promotion activities of sports clubs and coaches, and health and health behaviours in youth participating in sports clubs: the Health Promoting Sports Club study.

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

High density lipoprotein level is negatively associated with the increase of oxidized low density lipoprotein lipids after a fatty meal

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

Hormonal responses to daily strenuous walking during 4 successive days

scientific article published on 27 August 2002

Incidence, Type and Severity of Injuries Among Young Basketball Players

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Individual- and environmental-related correlates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old Finnish children

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Influence of the Duration and Timing of Data Collection on Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Time and Associated Insulin Resistance

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Injuries during the international floorball tournaments from 2012 to 2015.

scientific article published on January 2016

Intensity Paradox-Low-Fit People Are Physically Most Active in Terms of Their Fitness

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Interrelationships of Physical Activity and Sleep with Cardiovascular Risk Factors: a Person-Oriented Approach

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

KIDS OUT! Protocol of a brief school-based intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce screen time in a sub-cohort of Finnish eighth graders

scientific article published on 10 July 2015

Lipoprotein-specific transport of circulating lipid peroxides.

scientific article published on October 2010

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Mean amplitude deviation calculated from raw acceleration data: a novel method for classifying the intensity of adolescents' physical activity irrespective of accelerometer brand.

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Measurement of Physical Fitness and 24/7 Physical Activity, Standing, Sedentary Behavior, and Time in Bed in Working-Age Finns: Study Protocol for FINFIT 2021

scientific article published on 13 January 2022

Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Menstrual dysfunction and body weight dissatisfactionamongFinnish young athletes and non-athletes

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

Moving to business - changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior after multilevel intervention in small and medium-size workplaces

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Muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with health-related quality of life among young adult men

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Musculoskeletal examination in young athletes and non-athletes: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study.

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Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Prevents Acute Noncontact Lower Extremity Injuries in Children’s Soccer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

New Machine Learning Approach for Detection of Injury Risk Factors in Young Team Sport Athletes

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

No Relationship Between Lower Extremity Alignment During Unilateral and Bilateral Drop Jumps and the Risk of Knee or Ankle Injury: A Prospective Study

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Objectively measured sedentary behavior and physical activity in a sample of Finnish adults: a cross-sectional study.

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Objectively measured sedentary behavior and physical activity of Finnish 7- to 14-year-old children- associations with perceived health status: a cross-sectional study

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Opinion paper: Exercise for healthy aging

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Overuse injuries are prevalent in children's competitive football: a prospective study using the OSTRC Overuse Injury Questionnaire

scientific article published on 14 August 2018

Paraoxonase-1 and oxidized lipoprotein lipids. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Personalised eHealth intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in rehabilitation after cardiac operations: study protocol for the PACO randomised controlled trial (NCT03470246)

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep among Youth Participating and Non-Participating in Organized Sports—The Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) Study

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Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Time in Bed Among Finnish Adults Measured 24/7 by Triaxial Accelerometry

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Physical Fitness in Young Men between 1975 and 2015 with a Focus on the Years 2005-2015.

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Physical activity and sleep profiles in Finnish men and women

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time

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Physical fitness profiles in young Finnish men during the years 1975-2004.

scientific article published on November 2006

Physical fitness profiles of young men: associations between physical fitness, obesity and health

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Physician-prescribed medication use by the Finnish Paralympic and Olympic athletes

scientific article published on 01 November 2013

Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Postpartum weight retention is associated with elevated ratio of oxidized LDL lipids to HDL-cholesterol

scientific article published in December 2013

Postprandial effects of polydextrose on satiety hormone responses and subjective feelings of appetite in obese participants

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Postprandial triglyceride response in normolipidemic, hyperlipidemic and obese subjects - the influence of polydextrose, a non-digestible carbohydrate

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Predictors of lower extremity injuries in team sports (PROFITS-study): a study protocol.

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome one year after delivery in Finnish women at increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Prevention of Gestational Diabetes: Design of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial and One-Year Follow-Up ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2010

Primary Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Large-for-Gestational-Age Newborns by Lifestyle Counseling: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial ⬇️

scientific article published on May 17, 2011

Promoting walking among office employees ― evaluation of a randomized controlled intervention with pedometers and e-mail messages ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2012

Randomised controlled feasibility study of a school-based multi-level intervention to increase physical activity and decrease sedentary behaviour among vocational school students

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Relationship between different domains of physical activity and positive mental health among young adult men

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Relationships Between Youth Sports Participation and Mental Health in Young Adulthood Among Finnish Males

scientific article published in January 2017

Reliability and Validity of the ONAPS Physical Activity Questionnaire in Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in French Adults

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Resting Electrocardiogram and Blood Pressure in Young Endurance and Non-Endurance Athletes and Non-Athletes

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Sagittal Plane Hip, Knee, and Ankle Biomechanics and the Risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Prospective Study

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Simple and rationale-providing SMS reminders to promote accelerometer use: a within-trial randomised trial comparing persuasive messages

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Six-minute walk test: a tool for predicting maximal aerobic power (VO2  max) in healthy adults

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Socio-Ecological Intervention to Promote Active Commuting to Work: Protocol and Baseline Findings of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland.

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Socio-Ecological Natural Experiment with Randomized Controlled Trial to Promote Active Commuting to Work: Process Evaluation, Behavioral Impacts, and Changes in the Use and Quality of Walking and Cycling Paths.

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Standing time and daily proportion of sedentary time are associated with pain-related disability in a one month accelerometer measurement in adults with overweight or obesity

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Stiff Landings Are Associated With Increased ACL Injury Risk in Young Female Basketball and Floorball Players

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Stiff Landings Are Associated With Increased ACL Injury Risk in Young Female Basketball and Floorball Players: Response

scientific article published in March 2017

Subjects with cardiovascular disease or high disease risk are more sedentary and less active than their healthy peers.

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States, 1990-2016.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

scientific article published in July 2015

The Role of Physical Education Homework to Adolescent Girls’ Physical Activity in Finland

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The associations between adolescents’ sports club participation and dietary habits

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The associations of oxidized high-density lipoprotein lipids with risk factors for atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

The associations of oxidized lipoprotein lipids with lipoprotein subclass particle concentrations and their lipid compositions. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

The effects of a four-day march on the gonadotrophins and mood states of army officers

scientific article published in June 2004

The standing knee lift test is not a useful screening tool for time loss from low back pain in youth basketball and floorball players

Training Volume and Intensity of Physical Activity among Young Athletes: The Health Promoting Sports Club (HPSC) Study

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Turning the tide: national policy approaches to increasing physical activity in seven European countries

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Use of dietary supplements in Olympic athletes is decreasing: a follow-up study between 2002 and 2009.

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Validation of Cut-Points for Evaluating the Intensity of Physical Activity with Accelerometry-Based Mean Amplitude Deviation (MAD).

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Where to Sit? Type of Sitting Matters for the Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Score.

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Young men with poor cardiorespiratory fitness combined with lower testosterone have high levels of oxidized LDL lipids--being fit alters this relationship

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

[Health hazards of physical inactivity]

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