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Seppo Sarna is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to medical research, with a particular focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, and physiology. Their research portfolio reflects significant involvement in topics such as traumatic brain injury research, cardiovascular effects of exercise, and physical activity and health.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics related to health outcomes in former athletes and respiratory conditions. Notable publications include:

  • Dementia in former amateur and professional contact sports participants: population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis, 2023, EClinicalMedicine
  • Intermittent Tiotropium Bromide for Episodic Wheezing: A Randomized Trial, 2022, PEDIATRICS
  • Suicide and depression in former contact sports participants: population-based cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis, 2023, EClinicalMedicine
  • Airway hyperresponsiveness, remodeling and inflammation in infants with wheeze, 2020, Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Physical activity, use of alcohol and smoking in middle-aged and aging men. A longitudinal study among Finnish male former athletes and controls, 2020, European Journal of Sport Science

Sarna often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Urho M. Kujala
  • Jaakko Kaprio
  • G. David Batty
  • Philipp Frank
  • Carlos A. Valencia-Hernández

Their work is frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), EClinicalMedicine, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, The Journal of Urology, and PEDIATRICS.

Their research fields emphasize Medicine, with particular subfields including:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Surgery

Main research topics addressed by Sarna involve:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Best Publications

  • Relationship of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Mortality: The Finnish Twin Cohort

    Urho M. Kujala;Jaakko Kaprio;Seppo Sarna;Markku Koskenvuo

  • Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men

    M Koskenvuo;J Kaprio;T Telakivi;M Partinen

  • Knee osteoarthritis in former runners, soccer players, weight lifters, and shooters

    Urho M. Kujala;Jyrki Kettunen;Heli Paananen;Teuvo Aalto

  • Diagnosis of twin zygosity by mailed questionnaire.

    Seppo Sarna;Jaakko Kaprio;Pertti Sistonen;Markku Koskenvuo

  • Cumulative incidence of achilles tendon rupture and tendinopathy in male former elite athletes.

    Urho M Kujala;Seppo Sarna;Jaakko Kaprio

  • White Matter Hyperintensities on MRI in the Neurologically Nondiseased Elderly Analysis of Cohorts of Consecutive Subjects Aged 55 to 85 Years Living at Home

    Ari Ylikoski;Timo Erkinjuntti;Raili Raininko;Seppo Sarna

  • Lactobacillus Bacteremia during a Rapid Increase in Probiotic Use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in Finland

    Minna K. Salminen;Soile Tynkkynen;Hilpi Rautelin;Maija Saxelin

  • SNORING AS A RISK FACTOR FOR HYPERTENSION AND ANGINA PECTORIS

    Markku Koskenvuo;Markku Partinen;Seppo Sarna;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Diagnostic value of decreasing IgG, IgA, and IgM antibody titres after eradication of Helicobacter pylori

    T U Kosunen;K Seppala;S Sarna;Pentti Ilmari Sipponen

  • Clinical Efficacy of Meningococcus Group A Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccine in Children Three Months to Five Years of Age

    Heikki Peltola;P. Helena Mäkelä;Helena Käyhty;Hannele Jousimies

  • Increased life expectancy of world class male athletes

    Seppo Sarna;Timo Sahi;Markku Koskenvuo;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Lone atrial fibrillation in vigorously exercising middle aged men: case-control study

    Jouko Karjalainen;Urho M Kujala;Jaakko Kaprio;Seppo Sarna

  • The long-term effects of physical loading and exercise lifestyles on back-related symptoms, disability, and spinal pathology among men.

    Tapio Videman;Seppo Sarna;Michele Crites Battié;Seppo Koskinen

  • Osteoarthritis of weight bearing joints of lower limbs in former élite male athletes

    U M Kujala;J Kaprio;Seppo Sarna

  • Baseline serum cholestanol as predictor of recurrent coronary events in subgroup of Scandinavian simvastatin survival study

    Tatu A Miettinen;Helena Gylling;Timo Strandberg;Seppo Sarna

  • Early and Late Posttraumatic Seizures in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Patients : Brain Injury Factors Causing Late Seizures and Influence of Seizures on Long-Term Outcome

    Ilmari Asikainen;Markku Kaste;Seppo Sarna

  • Chemical castration induced by adjuvant cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil chemotherapy causes rapid bone loss that is reduced by clodronate: a randomized study in premenopausal breast cancer patients.

    T Saarto;C Blomqvist;M Välimäki;P Mäkelä

  • Genetic influences on use and abuse of alcohol: a study of 5638 adult Finnish twin brothers.

    Jaakko Kaprio;Markku Koskenvuo;Heimo Langinvainio;Kalle Romanov

  • Asthma and increased bronchial responsiveness in elite athletes: Atopy and sport event as risk factors☆☆☆★★★

    Ilkka Helenius;H O Tikkanen;S Sarna;Tari Markku Kallevi Haahtela

  • Relationship of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Mortality

    Urho M. Kujala;Jaakko Kaprio;Seppo Sarna;Markku Koskenvuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Urho M. Kujala
Urho M. Kujala University of Jyväskylä
Hilpi Rautelin
Hilpi Rautelin Uppsala University
Markku Koskenvuo
Markku Koskenvuo University of Helsinki
Pentti Sipponen
Pentti Sipponen University of Helsinki
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Timo U. Kosunen
Timo U. Kosunen University of Helsinki
Tari Haahtela
Tari Haahtela University of Helsinki
Mika J. Mäkelä
Mika J. Mäkelä University of Helsinki
Markku Kaste
Markku Kaste University of Helsinki

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