Laura Karavirta
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General description
I work as an Academy research fellow in the Gerontology Research Center. I develop novel methods for physical activity assessment using wearable sensors, and use the methodology to study the effects of physical activity on health. I also write a science blog on physical activity monitoring in Finnish in https://liikkuvalabra.fi/
Active JYU affiliations
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Academy Research Fellow
Research interests
I work in the field of exercise science to develop methodology for physical activity assessments and to understand the relationship between exercise dose and response. I am currently using wearable technology such as accelerometers and heart rate monitors to quantify physical activity. The aim is to quantify physical activity both in absolute terms and individually relative to exercise capacity, and examine the dose-response relationship of exercise and health.
Fields of science
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Personal keywords
physical activity;wearable technology;exercise training;cardiorespiratory fitness;muscle strength;functional ability;active ageing;heart rate variability
Projects as Principal investigator
- Longitudinal changes in individual physical activity profile and health in older adults
- Juho Vainio Foundation
- Individual physical activity profiling in older adults - a multidimensional approach
- Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation
- Individual physical activity profiling in older adults: Reforming the assessment of dose-response relationship
- Research Council of Finland
- Individual physical activity profiling in older adults: Reforming the assessment of dose-response relationship
- Research Council of Finland