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Toomas Timpka is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on orthopedics, sports medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Injury epidemiology and prevention
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Cardiovascular effects of exercise
  • COVID-19 clinical research studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Data-driven disease surveillance

Toomas Timpka has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • Journal of science and medicine in sport
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on epidemiological data related to sports injuries and illness as well as COVID-19 related behavioral and mental health studies. Notable works include:

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • International Olympic Committee Consensus Statement: Methods for Recording and Reporting of Epidemiological Data on Injury and Illness in Sports 2020 (Including the STROBE Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)), 2020, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling, 2020, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • The effect of interventions on COVID-19, 2020, Nature
  • Athlete health protection: Why qualitative research matters, 2020, Journal of science and medicine in sport

Frequent co-authors in Toomas Timpka's publications include:

  • Armin Sprečo
  • Örjan Dahlström
  • Jenny Jacobsson
  • Anna Jöud
  • Kristina Fagher

Their body of work integrates aspects of injury prevention, epidemiological surveillance, mental health, and infectious disease modeling, with a considerable contribution to the international standards for recording and reporting sports-related health data.

Best Publications

  • International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))

    Roald Bahr;Benjamin Clarsen;Wayne Derman;Jiri Dvorak

  • A Systematic Review of the Technology Acceptance Model in Health Informatics.

    Bahlol Rahimi;Hamed Nadri;Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar;Toomas Timpka

  • Risk of injury in elite football played on artificial turf versus natural grass: a prospective two-cohort study

    Jan Ekstrand;Toomas Timpka;Martin Hägglund

  • Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): Consensus statement

    Toomas Timpka;Juan-Manuel Alonso;Jenny Jacobsson;Astrid Junge

  • Injury patterns in Swedish elite athletics: annual incidence, injury types and risk factors

    Jenny Jacobsson;Toomas Timpka;Jan Kowalski;Sverker Nilsson

  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling.

    Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu;Vida Imani;Chung Ying Lin;Toomas Timpka

  • Third generation participatory design in health informatics-Making user participation applicable to large-scale information system projects

    Sofie Pilemalm;Toomas Timpka

  • Rock climbing injury rates and associated risk factors in a general climbing population

    S. Backe;L. Ericson;Staffan Janson;Toomas Timpka

  • Are female students in general and nursing students more ready for teamwork and interprofessional collaboration in healthcare

    Margaretha Wilhelmsson;Sari Ponzer;Lars-Ove Dahlgren;Toomas Timpka

  • Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Swedish Elite Track and Field Athletes

    Jenny Jacobsson;Toomas Timpka;Jan Kowalski;Sverker Nilsson

  • The Mental Health of War-wounded Refugees : An 8-year Follow-up

    Ann-Charlotte Hermansson;Toomas Timpka;Mikael Thyberg

  • Mobile-based intervention intended to stop obesity in preschool-aged children: the MINISTOP randomized controlled trial.

    Christine Delisle Nyström;Sven Sandin;Pontus Henriksson;Hanna Henriksson

  • The effect of interventions on COVID-19.

    Kristian Soltesz;Fredrik Gustafsson;Toomas Timpka;Joakim Jaldén

  • Risk and Protective Factors for Middle- and Long-Distance Running-Related Injury

    Adam Hulme;Rasmus Oestergaard Nielsen;Toomas Timpka;Evert Verhagen;Evert Verhagen

  • What is a Sports Injury

    Toomas Timpka;Jenny Jacobsson;Jerome Bickenbach;Caroline F. Finch

  • Participatory design of information systems in health care.

    Cecilia Sjöberg;Toomas Timpka

  • Health Information System Implementation: A Qualitative Meta-analysis

    Bahlol Rahimi;Vivian Vimarlund;Toomas Timpka

  • Dilemmas in sickness certification among Swedish physicians

    Toomas Timpka;Gunnel Hensing;Kristina Alexanderson

  • Health Professionals' Attitudes Towards Using a Web 2.0 Portal for Child and Adolescent Diabetes Care: Qualitative Study

    Cecilia Nordqvist;Lena Hanberger;Toomas Timpka;Sam Nordfeldt

  • From Sports Injury Prevention to Safety Promotion in Sports

    Toomas Timpka;Jan Ekstrand;Leif Svanström

  • Making sense of safety

    Per Nilsen;D S Hudson;Agneta Kullberg;Toomas Timpka

Frequent Co-Authors

Olle Eriksson
Olle Eriksson Uppsala University
Fredrik Gustafsson
Fredrik Gustafsson Linköping University
Carl Göran Svedin
Carl Göran Svedin Linköping University
Per Nilsen
Per Nilsen Linköping University
Lennart Nordenfelt
Lennart Nordenfelt Linköping University
Gunnel Hensing
Gunnel Hensing University of Gothenburg
Koustuv Dalal
Koustuv Dalal Mid Sweden University
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
Amir H. Pakpour
Amir H. Pakpour Jönköping University
Vimla L. Patel
Vimla L. Patel Columbia University

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