Estrogen Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA-study)
Estrogen Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA-study) Female steroid hormone mediated regulation of apoptosis as a mechanism of muscle aging and sarcopeniaERMA-study investigates the estrogen and hormonal aging regulated apoptosis in skeletal muscle. Specifically this study focuses on estrogen- and miR-21-mediated…
Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP)
Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP) Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP)Patients, mainly elderly men and women, often take several different medicines on a daily basis. It is a necessity both for consumers and health care workers to be able…
Workload, work ability and sickness absence in the food industry
Workload, work ability and sickness absence in the food industryThe overall purpose is monitoring data to find out how the work load and the atmosphere of the work community affect work ability, presenteeism and sickness absence in one of the…
MANage – a research project on men and ageing
MANage – a research project on men and ageing MANage is a joint project of the School of Health Sciences and School of Social Sciences and Humanities. It investigates men’s ageing from the perspectives of individual experiences of physical ageing,…
Doctoral thesis (MYOAGE)
Doctoral thesis (MYOAGE) Pöllänen E. Regulation of gene expression and steroidogenesis in skeletal muscle of postmenopausal women -with emphasis on the effects of hormone replacement and power training. Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, nr 169, Jyväskylä, University of…
Images of ageing
Images of ageing Prevailing images of older people and old age as a phase of life construct attitudes towards older people by younger generations, but has also a role of how older people are thinking about themselves. Stereotypical ideas based…
Functional capacity and telomere length in older women
Telomeres are spezialized chromatin structures located at the chromosomal ends. They protect chromosome structure and shorten every cell cycle. Telomere length has been suggested as a potential marker of biological age. This research project investigates the association between leukocyte telomere…
Doctoral thesis (FITSA)
Doctoral thesis (FITSA) Kulmala J. Visual acuity in relation to functional performance, falls and mortality in old age. Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, nr 152, Jyväskylä, University of Jyväskylä. Dissertation. 2010. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-3958-8Mikkola T. Genetic and environmental contributions to…
Functional performance among older people and factors that predict its changes
Functional performance among older people and factors that predict its changes The purpose of this 2008 launched study is to examine the factors that are associated with the functional performance among the old (aged 65 years and older) and the…
Doctoral thesis (Vitality 90+)
Doctoral thesis (Vitality 90+) Lumme-Sandt Kirsi. Ikäihmiset ja lääkkeiden käytön moninaiset maailmat. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 900. Tampere University Press 2002 (http://acta.uta.fi/teos.php?id=7498)Jolanki Outi. Fate or Choice? Talking about age and health. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1434. Tampere University Press 2009. (http://acta.uta.fi/teos.php?id=11236)Goebeler Sirkka.…