Taija Juutinen
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General description
I am Taija Finni (name used in scientific conduct), officially Taija Juutinen, professor of kinesiology since 2010, vice dean responsible of education at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Homepage: https://staff.jyu.fi/Members/finni
Active JYU affiliations
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Professor
Previous, inactive or other affiliations
- Department of Biology of Physical Activity (University of Jyväskylä), Professor, Ended
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences (University of Jyväskylä), Professor, Ended
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences (University of Jyväskylä), Professor, Ended
Research interests
Professor of kinesiology Taija Finni, Ph.D., Docent Prof. Finnis research ranges from basic neuromuscular function to translational research related to physical activity and sedentary behavior. Regarding physical activity field we study the electromyographic activity patterns in antigravity muscles of adults and children that have the potential to short-circuit the detrimental physiological processes of sedentary time resulting in better cardio-metabolic risk profile. We gain accurate individual-level knowledge of the sedentary behaviour that is needed for designing effective interventions. Another research line focusing on muscle-tendon neuromechanics has provided fundamental information on tendon properties and muscle-tendon function for exercise training, rehabilitation and insight into age-related changes in mobility and neuromuscular performance.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Projects as Principal investigator
- Physical activity and exercise for young people with cerebral palsy: understanding mechanisms and providing evidence of efficacy (EXECP)
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Integrating SENSorimotor disorders with ankle hyper-resistance in cerebral palsy
- European Commission
- Sedentary behavior and physical activity in school-aged children: objectively measured sedentary time and associations with muscle
inactivity and activity.- Academy of Finland
- Understanding restoration of Achilles Tendon function after rupture
- Academy of Finland
- Children’s physical activity spectrum: daily variations in physical activity and sedentary patterns related to school indoor physical environment
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Sensor fusion for kinesiology research
- Academy of Finland
Projects as Team Member
- Effects of a combined strength, flexibility and gait training intervention on physical capacity and function, neuromuscular and brain mechanisms and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and young adults with cerebral palsy
- Frederico Valadao, Pedro
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance
- Understanding restoration of Achilles Tendon function after rupture
- Juutinen, Taija
- Academy of Finland
- Competitive funding to strengthen universities’ research profiles. Profiling actions at the JYU, round 3
- Hämäläinen, Keijo
- Academy of Finland
- Cotutelle agreement JYU-KU Leuven, Antti Löppönen
- Rantalainen, Timo
- KU Leuven
- Machine learning for gait analysis and performance prediction.
- Cronin, Neil
- Academy of Finland
- Bodily movement and sustaining quality of life in old age research costs)
- Rantalainen, Timo
- Academy of Finland
Publications and other outputs
