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Per A. Tesch is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research concentrates on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific focus on Physiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Rehabilitation, and Genetics as subfields.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Genetics and Physical Performance
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Their recent research contributions include the following publications:

  • "Three months of bed rest induce a residual transcriptomic signature resilient to resistance exercise countermeasures," 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • "Early accentuated muscle hypertrophy is strongly associated with myonuclear accretion," 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • "Microgravity-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in women and men: implications for long-duration spaceflights to the Moon and Mars," 2023, Journal of Applied Physiology
  • "Skeletal muscle morphology, satellite cells, and oxidative profile in relation to physical function and lifelong endurance training in very old men," 2022, Journal of Applied Physiology
  • "Reply to Egginton et al.: The utility of the Muscle2View pipeline to quantify the capillary-to-muscle fiber interface," 2020, Journal of Applied Physiology

Tesch frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Journal of Applied Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Frequent coauthors in Tesch's research include:

  • Tommy R. Lundberg
  • Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo
  • Björn Alkner
  • Thomas Gustafsson
  • Luis Manuel Martínez-Aranda

Best Publications

  • EMG frequency spectrum, muscle structure, and fatigue during dynamic contractions in man

    Paavo V. Komi;Per Tesch

  • Influence of eccentric actions on skeletal muscle adaptations to resistance training.

    B. M. Hather;P. A. Tesch;P. Buchanan;G. A. Dudley

  • Changes in lower limb muscle cross-sectional area and tissue fluid volume after transition from standing to supine

    H. E. Berg;B. Tedner;P. A. Tesch

  • Lower limb skeletal muscle function after 6 wk of bed rest

    H.E Berg;L.L Larsson;P.A Tesch

  • Force and EMG signal patterns during repeated bouts of concentric or eccentric muscle actions

    P. A. Tesch;G. A. Dudley;M. R. Duvoisin;B. M. Hather

  • Quadriceps EMG/force relationship in knee extension and leg press.

    Bj Rn A. Alkner;Per A. Tesch;Hans E. Berg

  • Knee extensor and plantar flexor muscle size and function following 90 days of bed rest with or without resistance exercise

    Björn A. Alkner;Per A. Tesch

  • Muscle atrophy and bone loss after 90 days' bed rest and the effects of flywheel resistive exercise and pamidronate: results from the LTBR study.

    Jörn Rittweger;Harold M. Frost;Hans Schiessl;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Effects of lower limb unloading on skeletal muscle mass and function in humans

    H. E. Berg;G. A. Dudley;T. Haggmark;H. Ohlsen

  • Effect of resistance training on muscle use during exercise

    Lori L. Ploutz;Per A. Tesch;Ronald L. Biro;Gary A. Dudley

  • Skeletal muscle adaptations consequent to long-term heavy resistance exercise.

    Per A. Tesch

  • Resistance training using eccentric overload induces early adaptations in skeletal muscle size

    Lena Norrbrand;James D. Fluckey;Marco Pozzo;Per A. Tesch;Per A. Tesch

  • Muscle metabolism during intense, heavy-resistance exercise.

    Per A. Tesch;Erland B. Colliander;Peter Kaiser

  • Human single muscle fibre function with 84 day bed-rest and resistance exercise.

    Scott Trappe;Todd Trappe;Philip Gallagher;Matthew Harber

  • Skeletal muscle responses to lower limb suspension in humans

    Bruce M. Hather;Gregory R. Adams;Per A. Tesch;Gary A. Dudley

  • Muscle fiber types and size in trained and untrained muscles of elite athletes

    P. A. Tesch;J. Karlsson

  • Muscle hypertrophy following 5-week resistance training using a non-gravity-dependent exercise system

    P. A. Tesch;A. Ekberg;D. M. Lindquist;J. T. Trieschmann

  • Enhancing Change-of-Direction Speed in Soccer Players by Functional Inertial Eccentric Overload and Vibration Training

    Julio Tous-Fajardo;Oliver Gonzalo-Skok;José Luis Arjol-Serrano;Per Tesch

  • Flywheel resistance training calls for greater eccentric muscle activation than weight training.

    Lena Norrbrand;Marco Pozzo;Per A. Tesch;Per A. Tesch

  • Efficacy of a gravity-independent resistance exercise device as a countermeasure to muscle atrophy during 29-day bed rest.

    Björn Alkner;Per A Tesch

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary A. Dudley
Gary A. Dudley University of Georgia
Jan Karlsson
Jan Karlsson Umeå University
Paavo V. Komi
Paavo V. Komi University of Jyväskylä
Dario Farina
Dario Farina Imperial College London
Keijo Häkkinen
Keijo Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Claes Wahlestedt
Claes Wahlestedt University of Miami
Dieter Felsenberg
Dieter Felsenberg Charité - University Medicine Berlin
William J. Kraemer
William J. Kraemer The Ohio State University
Stuart M. Phillips
Stuart M. Phillips McMaster University

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