Merja Rantakokko

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ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3546-1600

General description

Active JYU affiliations

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Associate Professor

Research interests

My research area focus on outdoor mobility in old age, associated with individual and environmental factors, and consequences of outdoor mobility for wellbeing. Also determinants and consequences of equality in participation in physical activity are studied.

Follow-up groups

Gerontology and Public Health (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences LTK, SPORT) TGE
School of Wellbeing (University of Jyväskylä JYU) JYU.Well

Personal keywords

Mobility, rehabilitation, ageing, participation, life-space

Projects as Principal investigator

Equality of participation in physical activity in old age (Equal-Part
- Ministry of Education and Culture
26/05/2016-30/04/2019
Outdoon environment as a perdictor of participation, autonomy and quality of life in old age
- Research Council of Finland
01/09/2015-31/08/2018

Publications and other outputs

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Gait features in different environments contributing to participation in outdoor activities in old age (GaitAge) : A study protocol for observational cross-sectional study (2024) Rantakokko, Merja; et al.; A1; OA
Laboratory-assessed gait cycle entropy for classifying walking limitations among community-dwelling older adults (2024) Mattila, Olli-Pekka; et al.; A1; OA
Minimal toe clearance in older adults when walking on level, uphill and downhill conditions (2024) Aartolahti, E.; et al.; O1; OA
Reciprocal Associations Between Relative or Absolute Physical Activity, Walking Performance, and Autonomy in Outdoor Mobility Among Older Adults : A 4-Year Follow-Up (2024) Lindeman, Katja; et al.; A1; OA
Validity of IMU sensors for assessing features of walking in laboratory and outdoor environments among older adults (2024) Matikainen-Tervola, Emmi; et al.; A1; OA
Wants to, but doesn’t do : conflict between goals and activities in community-dwelling older people (2023) Rantakokko, Merja; et al.; O1; OA
Yliopistojen monitieteisen kuntoutuksen verkosto (MOKUVE) vahvistaa kuntoutuksen koulutuksen ja tutkimuksen kehittämistä (2023) Lällä, Kaisa; et al.; B1; OA
Elinympäristö (2022) Rantakokko, Merja; et al.; D2; 978-952-360-301-1
Environmental Features Associated With Older Adults’ Physical Activity in Different Types of Urban Neighborhoods (2020) Keskinen, Kirsi E.; et al.; A1; OA
Hilliness and the Development of Walking Difficulties Among Community-Dwelling Older People (2020) Keskinen, Kirsi E.; et al.; A1; OA
The Relationship Between Sleep Characteristics and Unmet Physical Activity Need in Older Women (2020) Palmberg, Lotta; et al.; A1; OA
Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging : University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (2019) Rantanen, Taina; et al.; A1; OA
Individualized counselling for active aging : protocol of a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial among older people (the AGNES intervention study) (2019) Rantanen, Taina; et al.; A1; OA
Life-space mobility in Parkinson’s disease : associations with motor and non-motor symptoms (2019) Rantakokko, Merja; et al.; A1; OA
Sedentary Thresholds for Accelerometry-Based Mean Amplitude Deviation and Electromyography Amplitude in 7–11 Years Old Children (2019) Gao, Ying; et al.; A1; OA

Author of research datasets

Gait features in different environments contributing to participation in outdoor activities in old Age (GaitAge) (2024) Rantakokko, Merja; et al.
Life-Space Mobility in Old Age (LISPE) (2021) Portegijs, Erja; et al.

Contributor of research datasets

Active Ageing and Wellbeing in Old Age (AGNES) (2022) Rantanen, Taina
Geographic characteristics, outdoor mobility and physical activity in old age (GEOage) (2021) Portegijs, Erja; et al.