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Pekka Oja is affiliated with the Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute in Finland and specializes in medical research, with a focus on physiology and sports medicine. Their work spans several subfields including physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and general health professions.

Their research topics concentrate primarily on physical activity and health, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, cardiovascular effects of exercise, sports injuries and prevention, mobile health and mHealth applications, sports performance and training, and exercise and physiological responses.

Recent notable publications by Pekka Oja include:

  • "Health Benefits of Different Sports: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal and Intervention Studies Including 2.6 Million Adult Participants" (2024) in Sports Medicine - Open
  • "S04-1 Health benefits of different sport disciplines: an updated systematic review" (2022) in European Journal of Public Health

Other relevant publications in which they have contributed or are related include:

  • "Physical activity self-reports: past or future?" (2021) in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Muscle-strengthening activities to improve health outcomes: what the evidence supports" (2022) in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Infographic. Is running associated with a lower risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and is more better? A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020) in British Journal of Sports Medicine

Pekka Oja frequently collaborates with co-authors including Željko Pedišić, Charlie Foster, Paul Kelly, Sylvia Titze, and Danijel Jurakić, reflecting cooperative research efforts mainly within the field of sports medicine and public health.

Their work has been published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Sports Medicine - Open
  • European Journal of Public Health

Best Publications

  • International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity

    Cora L Craig;Alison L Marshall;Michael Sjöström;Adrian E Bauman

  • The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): a study of concurrent and construct validity.

    Maria Hagströmer;Pekka Oja;Michael Sjöström

  • Self-rated health status as a health measure: the predictive value of self-reported health status on the use of physician services and on mortality in the working-age population.

    Seppo Miilunpalo;Ilkka Vuori;Pekka Oja;Matti Pasanen

  • Health benefits of cycling: a systematic review

    P. Oja;S. Titze;Adrian E. Bauman;B. De Geus

  • 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

  • International Physical Activity Questionnaire: Validity against fitness.

    Mikael Fogelholm;Jarmo Malmberg;Jaana Suni;Matti Santtila

  • 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

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

    Ari Heinonen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Pekka Oja

  • Health-enhancing physical activity across European Union countries: the Eurobarometer study

    M Sjostrom;P Oja;M Hagstromer;Benjamin John Smith

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

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

  • Agreement between Questionnaire Data and Medical Records of Chronic Diseases in Middle-aged and Elderly Finnish Men and Women

    Nina Haapanen;Seppo Miilunpalo;Matti Pasanen;Pekka Oja

  • Physical activity and inactivity in an adult population assessed by accelerometry.

    Maria Hagströmer;Pekka Oja;Michael Sjöström

  • 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

  • Health benefits of different sport disciplines for adults: systematic review of observational and intervention studies with meta-analysis

    Pekka Oja;Sylvia Titze;Sami Kokko;Urho M Kujala

  • Association of leisure time physical activity with the risk of coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes in middle-aged men and women.

    N Haapanen;S Miilunpalo;I Vuori;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

  • Bone mineral density of female athletes in different sports

    Ari Heinonen;Pekka Oja;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen

  • Daily walking and cycling to work: their utility as health-enhancing physical activity.

    Pekka Oja;Ilkka Vuori;Olavi Paronen

  • Association of built-environment, social-environment and personal factors with bicycling as a mode of transportation among Austrian city dwellers

    Sylvia Titze;Willibald J. Stronegger;Susanne Janschitz;Pekka Oja

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilkka Vuori
Ilkka Vuori Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Pekka Kannus
Pekka Kannus Tampere University
Harri Sievänen
Harri Sievänen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Ari Heinonen
Ari Heinonen University of Jyväskylä
Michael Sjöström
Michael Sjöström Karolinska Institute
Harry Rutter
Harry Rutter University of Bath
Charlie Foster
Charlie Foster University of Bristol
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Markku Järvinen
Markku Järvinen Tampere University
Emmanuel Stamatakis
Emmanuel Stamatakis University of Sydney

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