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Þórarinn Sveinsson - Professor

Þórarinn Sveinsson

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School of Health Sciences

Þórarinn Sveinsson

Professor

Location
Stapi
Phone
525 - 4840
Email
thorasve [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Medicine
Website
https://uni.hi.is/thorasve/

ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-5514

Published works

2019

Effects of intensive upright mobilisation on outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial with 12-months follow-upEuropean Journal of Physiotherapy
Factors predicting identity as educators and openness to improve: an exploratory studyMedical Education
Preferred posture in lying and its association with scoliosis and windswept hips in adults with cerebral palsyDisability and Rehabilitation
Dynamic sitting: Measurement and associations with metabolic healthJournal of Sports Sciences

2018

Different cardiorespiratory fitness expressions based on the maximal cycle ergometer test show no effect on the relation of cardiorespiratory fitness to the academic achievement of nine-year-oldsPlos One
Timing, not magnitude, of force may explain sex-dependent risk of ACL injuryKnee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
Different factors associate with body image in adolescence than in emerging adulthood: A gender comparison in a follow-up studyHealth Psychology Report
Validity and reliability of an iPad with a three-dimensional camera for posture imaging.Gait & posture
Above average increases in body fat from 9 to 15years of age had a negative impact on academic performance, independent of physical activity.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
SELF-REPORTED HEALTH PROBLEMS AND PRIORITIZED GOALS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY IN SWEDENJournal of Rehabilitation Medicine

2017

Comparison of Summer and Winter Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Reykjavik StudyInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Injury Pattern in Icelandic Elite Male Handball Players.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
Effects of Sex and Fatigue on Biomechanical Measures During the Drop-Jump Task in Children.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
Organized leisure-time sport participation and academic achievement in preadolescents.Scandinavian journal of public health
The effect of asymmetrical limited hip flexion on seating posture, scoliosis and windswept hip distortionResearch in Developmental Disabilities

2016

The association of cardiorespiratory fitness to health independent of adiposity depends upon its expressionAnnals of Human Biology
Altered medial versus lateral hamstring muscle activity during hop testing in female athletes 1-6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructionKnee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
Association of change in brain structure to objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik StudyBehavioural Brain Research
Influence of Day Length and Physical Activity on Sleep Patterns in Older Icelandic Men and WomenJournal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Daily Physical Activity And Mortality Risk In The Very Old: Age, Gene/Environment-Reykjavik Study: 1993 Board #145 June 2, 3: 30 PM - 5: 00 PM.Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Do aerobic fitness and self-reported fitness in adolescence differently predict body image in young adulthood? An eight year follow-up studyMental Health and Physical Activity

2015

Gender differences in development of mental well-being from adolescence to young adulthood: An eight-year follow-up studyScandinavian Journal of Public Health
Importance of physical health and health-behaviors in adolescence for risk of dropout from secondary education in young adulthood: an 8-year prospective studyInternational Journal For Equity in Health
PATTERNS OF FUNCTION IN OLD AGE: THE AGE, GENE/ENVIRONMENT REYKJAVIK STUDYGerontologist
Prevalence of sport injuries, sport participation and drop out due to injury in young adultsLaeknabladid

2014

Movement during sedentary time is associated with metabolic outcomesDiabetologia
The Association of Fitness to Health Independent of Adiposity Depends Upon the Expression of FitnessMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Eight-year Change In Aerobic Fitness And Its Associated Personal- And Parental DeterminantsMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Effect of Physical Health and Sports Participation in Adolescence on Mental Well-Being in Young AdulthoodMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Activation pattern of m.gluteus medius in pre-pubescent female and male athletes during drop-jump and cutting maneuvers.British journal of sports medicine
ASSOCIATION OF BRAIN ANATOMY WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN OLDER ICELANDERSGerontologist
Is there a sex difference in accelerometer counts during walking in older adults?Journal of physical activity & health
Midlife Determinants Associated with Sedentary Behavior in Old AgeMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

2013

Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik StudyAge and Ageing

2012

Limited effects of a 2-year school-based physical activity intervention on body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness in 7-year-old childrenHealth Education Research

2011

Effects of Kinesio Tape Compared With Nonelastic Sports Tape and the Untaped Ankle During a Sudden Inversion Perturbation in Male AthletesJournal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
Physical activity of 9 and 15 year old Icelandic children - Public health objectives and relations of physical activity to gender, age, anthropometry and area of livingLaeknabladid
Assessment of a two-year school-based physical activity intervention among 7-9-year-old childrenInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

2009

Association between aerobic fitness, body composition, and physical activity in 9-and 15-year-oldsEuropean Journal of Sport Science

2008

The relation of fatness to insulin is independent of fitness in 9-but not 15-yr-oldsMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Predictors of fatness and physical fitness in nine-year-old Icelandic school childrenInternational Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Peak oxygen uptake in children: Evaluation of an older prediction method and development of a new onePediatric Exercise Science

2007

Objectively measured physical activity is independently associated with insulin resistance in children after adjusting for epidemiological estimates of body compositionFaseb Journal

2006

Tracking of overweight from early childhood to adolescence in cohorts born 1988 and 1994: overweight in a high birth weight populationInternational Journal of Obesity

2000

Olfactory sensitivity and specificity of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, to a putative male pheromone, prostaglandin F-2 alphaPhysiology & Behavior

1998

Importance of the lactate anion in control of breathingJournal of Applied Physiology

1995

EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF ARCTIC CHARR OF HANDLING, ANESTHESIA AND REPEATED FORMALIN BATHING SHORTLY AFTER FIRST EXOGENOUS FEEDINGJournal of Fish Biology
MATURE MALES OF ARCTIC CHARR, SALVELINUS-ALPINUS, RELEASE F-TYPE PROSTAGLANDINS TO ATTRACT CONSPECIFIC MATURE FEMALES AND STIMULATE THEIR SPAWNING BEHAVIOREnvironmental Biology of Fishes

1993

MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY ORGANS OF 3 SALVELINUS SPECIESCanadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie

1990

MULTIPLE OLFACTORY RECEPTORS FOR AMINO-ACIDS IN ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS-ALPINUS) EVIDENCE BY CROSS-ADAPTATION EXPERIMENTSComparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology
ANALYSIS OF OLFACTORY RESPONSES TO AMINO-ACIDS IN ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS-ALPINUS) USING A LINEAR MULTIPLE-RECEPTOR MODELComparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Research of physical activity in children

Electromyography