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  • 2015 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Michael Kjaer is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, particularly orthopedics and sports medicine. Their research spans surgery, molecular biology, physiology, and cell biology, with a focus on tendon structure and treatment, sports injuries and prevention, muscle physiology and disorders, shoulder injury and treatment, exercise and physiological responses, nutrition and health in aging, and knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Synthetic mRNA Encoding VEGF-A in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Design of a Phase 2a Clinical Trial" (2020, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development)
  • "Preserved capacity for satellite cell proliferation, regeneration, and hypertrophy in the skeletal muscle of healthy elderly men" (2020, The FASEB Journal)
  • "Clinical Outcomes, Structure, and Function Improve With Both Heavy and Moderate Loads in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial" (2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine)
  • "Nampt controls skeletal muscle development by maintaining Ca2+ homeostasis and mitochondrial integrity" (2021, Molecular Metabolism)
  • "Circadian regulation of protein cargo in extracellular vesicles" (2022, Science Advances)

Kjaer frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including René B. Svensson, Abigail L. Mackey, Peter Schjerling, S. Peter Magnusson, and Michael R. Krogsgaard.

Their work is regularly published in prominent journals. Venues with multiple publications include Translational Sports Medicine, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Experimental Gerontology.

In addition to journal articles, Kjaer has published books, such as "Navigeringer," released by Aarhus University Press in 2020.

Kjaer's contributions have been recognized with awards like the Nordic Medical Prize from SalusAnsvar and Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research, received in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Muscle and blood metabolites during a soccer game: implications for sprint performance.

    Peter Krustrup;Magni Mohr;Adam Steensberg;Jesper Bencke

  • Role of the nervous system in sarcopenia and muscle atrophy with aging: strength training as a countermeasure

    P Aagaard;C Suetta;P Caserotti;S P Magnusson;S P Magnusson

  • Timing of postexercise protein intake is important for muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in elderly humans

    B. Esmarck;J.L. Andersen;S. Olsen;Erik A. Richter

  • The effect of short-term strength training on human skeletal muscle: the importance of physiologically elevated hormone levels

    S Hansen;T Kvorning;M Kjaer;G Sjøgaard

  • A mechanism for altered flexibility in human skeletal muscle.

    S P Magnusson;E B Simonsen;P Aagaard;H Sørensen

  • Monitoring tissue oxygen availability with near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in health and disease.

    R Boushel;H Langberg;J Olesen;J Gonzales-Alonzo

  • Corticosteroid injections, eccentric decline squat training and heavy slow resistance training in patellar tendinopathy

    M. Kongsgaard;V. Kovanen;P. Aagaard;P. Aagaard;S. Doessing

  • Basic Components of Connective Tissues and Extracellular Matrix: Elastin, Fibrillin, Fibulins, Fibrinogen, Fibronectin, Laminin, Tenascins and Thrombospondins

    Jaroslava Halper;Michael Kjaer;Michael Kjaer

  • The pathogenesis of tendinopathy: balancing the response to loading

    S. Peter Magnusson;Henning Langberg;Michael Kjaer

  • Biomechanical responses to repeated stretches in human hamstring muscle in vivo

    S P Magnusson;E B Simonsen;P Aagaard;M Kjaer

  • The effect of supervised rehabilitation on strength, postural sway, position sense and re-injury risk after acute ankle ligament sprain

    E Holme;S P Magnusson;K Becher;T Bieler

  • Effects of aging on human skeletal muscle after immobilization and retraining

    C. Suetta;C. Suetta;L. G. Hvid;L. G. Hvid;L. Justesen;U. Christensen;U. Christensen

  • Creatine supplementation augments the increase in satellite cell and myonuclei number in human skeletal muscle induced by strength training

    Steen Olsen;Per Aagaard;Per Aagaard;Fawzi Kadi;Goran Tufekovic

  • Human tendon behaviour and adaptation, in vivo.

    S. Peter Magnusson;Marco V. Narici;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Michael Kjaer

  • The effect of resistance training combined with timed ingestion of protein on muscle fiber size and muscle strength

    Lars L. Andersen;Goran Tufekovic;Mette K. Zebis;Regina M. Crameri

  • Mechanical and physiological responses to stretching with and without preisometric contraction in human skeletal muscle

    S.Peter Magnusson;Erik B. Simonsen;Per Aagaard;Poul Dyhre-Poulsen

  • Differentially Activated Macrophages Orchestrate Myogenic Precursor Cell Fate During Human Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

    Marielle Saclier;Marielle Saclier;Marielle Saclier;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Houda Yacoub‐Youssef;Abigail L. Mackey;Abigail L. Mackey;Ludovic Arnold;Ludovic Arnold

  • Training-induced changes in muscle CSA,muscle strength, EMG and rate of force development in elderly subjects after long-term unilateral disuse

    Charlotte Suetta;Per Aagaard;Anne Rosted;Arne K Jakobsen

  • Myofibre damage in human skeletal muscle: effects of electrical stimulation versus voluntary contraction

    R. M. Crameri;R. M. Crameri;P. Aagaard;K. Qvortrup;H. Langberg

  • Heavy Slow Resistance Versus Eccentric Training as Treatment for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Rikke Beyer;Rikke Beyer;Mads Kongsgaard;Birgitte Hougs Kjær;Tommy Frisgaard Øhlenschlæger

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Aagaard
Per Aagaard University of Southern Denmark
Peter Schjerling
Peter Schjerling University of Copenhagen
Niels H. Secher
Niels H. Secher University of Copenhagen
Allan Flyvbjerg
Allan Flyvbjerg Steno Diabetes Center
Fin Biering-Sørensen
Fin Biering-Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Andreas Kjaer
Andreas Kjaer University of Copenhagen
Peter Krustrup
Peter Krustrup University of Southern Denmark
Jens Bangsbo
Jens Bangsbo University of Copenhagen
Erik A. Richter
Erik A. Richter University of Copenhagen
Jes Olesen
Jes Olesen University of Copenhagen

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