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Harri Sievänen is affiliated with the Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute in Finland, focusing primarily on research within the field of Medicine, with an extensive publication record of 197 works. Their work spans several subfields, including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, General Health Professions, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research concentrates significantly on topics related to Physical Activity and Health, Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology, and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet. Additional research interests include Health and Lifestyle Studies, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention.

Frequent publication venues where Harri Sievänen's work appears include the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and the European Journal of Public Health.

Harri Sievänen has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent coauthors. These include Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Tommi Vasankari, Tanja Sjöros, Taru Garthwaite, and Eliisa Löyttyniemi, with coauthorship counts ranging from 29 to 60 publications.

Selected recent papers showcase the scope and focus of Sievänen's research:

  • Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Time in Bed Among Finnish Adults Measured 24/7 by Triaxial Accelerometry (2021, Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour)
  • Polygenic Risk Scores and Physical Activity (2020, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)
  • Both sedentary time and physical activity are associated with cardiometabolic health in overweight adults in a 1 month accelerometer measurement (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: A review (2021, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology)
  • Effects of reduced sedentary time on cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome: A three-month randomized controlled trial (2022, Journal of science and medicine in sport)

Best Publications

  • Prevention of falls and consequent injuries in elderly people

    Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Mika Palvanen;Teppo Järvinen

  • Epidemiology of hip fractures

    Pekka Kannus;Jari Parkkari;H. Sievanen;Ari Heinonen

  • Effect of Starting Age of Physical Activity on Bone Mass in the Dominant Arm of Tennis and Squash Players

    Pekka Kannus;Heidi Haapasalo;Marja Sankelo;Harri Sievanen

  • Effect of a vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance. Randomized cross-over study

    Saila Torvinen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Tero A.H. Järvinen

  • Exercise-induced Bone Gain Is Due to Enlargement in Bone Size Without a Change in Volumetric Bone Density: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study of the Upper Arms of Male Tennis Players

    H Haapasalo;S Kontulainen;H Sievänen;P Kannus

  • Randomised controlled trial of effect of high-impact exercise on selected risk factors for osteoporotic fractures

    Ari Heinonen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Pekka Oja

  • Effect of Long‐Term Impact‐Loading on Mass, Size, and Estimated Strength of Humerus and Radius of Female Racquet‐Sports Players: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study Between Young and Old Starters and Controls

    Saija Kontulainen;Harri Sievänen;Pekka Kannus;Matti Pasanen

  • Effect of four-month vertical whole body vibration on performance and balance.

    Saila Torvinen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Tero A H Järvinen

  • Structural Trends in the Aging Femoral Neck and Proximal Shaft: Analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Data†

    Thomas J. Beck;Anne C. Looker;Christopher B. Ruff;Harri Sievanen

  • Targeted exercise against osteoporosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis for optimising bone strength throughout life

    Riku Nikander;Harri Sievänen;Ari Heinonen;Robin M Daly

  • Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls

    Teppo L N Järvinen;Harri Sievänen;Karim M Khan;Ari Heinonen

  • Effect of 8-month vertical whole body vibration on bone, muscle performance, and body balance: a randomized controlled study.

    Saila Torvinen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Tero A. H. Järvinen

  • Bone mineral density in female athletes representing sports with different loading characteristics of the skeleton

    A. Heinonen;P. Oja;P. Kannus;H. Sievanen

  • High-impact exercise and bones of growing girls : A 9-month controlled trial

    A Heinonen;H Sievänen;P Kannus;P Oja

  • Effect of long-term unilateral activity on bone mineral density of female junior tennis players.

    Heidi Haapasalo;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Matti Pasanen

  • Effect of 4-min vertical whole body vibration on muscle performance and body balance: a randomized cross-over study

    S. Torvinen;H. Sievänen;T. A. H. Järvinen;M. Pasanen

  • Bone mineral density of female athletes in different sports

    Ari Heinonen;Pekka Oja;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen

  • Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in human long bones: evaluation of in vitro and in vivo precision.

    Harri Sievänen;Virpi Koskue;Anne Rauhio;Pekka Kannus

  • WNT16 Influences Bone Mineral Density, Cortical Bone Thickness, Bone Strength, and Osteoporotic Fracture Risk

    Hou-Feng Zheng;Jon H. Tobias;Emma Duncan;Emma Duncan;David M. Evans

  • Femoral Neck Structure in Adult Female Athletes Subjected to Different Loading Modalities

    Riku Nikander;Harri Sievänen;Ari Heinonen;Pekka Kannus

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Kannus
Pekka Kannus Tampere University
Ari Heinonen
Ari Heinonen University of Jyväskylä
Ilkka Vuori
Ilkka Vuori Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Pekka Oja
Pekka Oja Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Markku Järvinen
Markku Järvinen Tampere University
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Mika Kähönen
Mika Kähönen Tampere University
Markku Mäki
Markku Mäki Tampere University

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