https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/drastic-increase-in-achilles-tendon-injuries The number of Achilles tendon injuries has drastically increased over the past 20 years. Simon Svedman's thesis shows that blood clots are a common complication that needs better prevention. Tue, 27 May 2025 16:12:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-physical-activity-and-physical-capacity-in-older-adults Manne Godhe, PhD student at the Sports Medicine research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend his thesis "Physical Activity and Fitness Measurements in Healthy Older Adults and Osteoarthrities Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty" on May 23, 2025. Main Supervisor is Eva Andersson. Fri, 16 May 2025 15:25:54 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-on-acute-achilles-tendon-rupture Simon Svedman from the research group Orthopaedics at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend his thesis "Acute Achilles tendon rupture : predictors for outcome and plan for intervention" on 14 March 2025. Main supervisor is Paul Ackermann. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:37:21 +0100 https://news.ki.se/good-footballers-are-quick-witted-but-not-always-agreeable The ability to plan several steps ahead and promptly adapt to a rapidly changing environment is essential to being an elite footballer, a new study led from Karolinska Institutet reports. The paper, which is published in the scientific journal PNAS, also shows that it helps not to always be so agreeable. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:00:10 +0100 https://news.ki.se/thesis-shows-that-recruitment-of-operational-police-officers-needs-to-be-broadened Can scientific methods be used to identify who is best suited for physically and mentally demanding missions? In his doctoral thesis, Peter Tedeholm explores the individual characteristics of Swedish operational police officers. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:27:07 +0100 https://news.ki.se/higher-risk-of-dementia-in-swedish-top-division-football-players-0 Men who played football (soccer) in the Swedish top division until the mid 1900s had a higher risk of dementia than men from the general population, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in The Lancet Public Health reports. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:25:34 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-on-anterior-cruciate-ligament-reconstruction Riccardo Cristiani at the research group Sports Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend his thesis "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction : subjective knee function, graft failure and revision surgery" on December 17, 2021. Main Supervisor is Anders Stålman. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:09:54 +0100 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-institutet-hopes-to-establish-anti-doping-professorship Karolinska Institutet hopes to establish a new professorship in anti-doping and public health named after Arne Ljungqvist, who turns 90 this year. The university is now seeking donors for the professorship, which can be consequential in the fight against a grown public health problem. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:00:46 +0200 https://news.ki.se/increased-performance-in-female-athletes-after-testosterone-supplementation Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences have investigated the effects of testosterone supplementation in young athletically active women in a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The results, which are published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, show that there is a causal relationship between elevated male sex hormone levels and increased aerobic capacity in young women. There was also an increase in muscle mass but not muscle strength. Wed, 16 Oct 2019 06:00:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/study-shows-how-muscles-regulate-their-oxygen-consumption Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:00:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/high-risk-of-injury-in-young-elite-athletes Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/anti-inflammatory-drugs-can-inhibit-muscle-growth Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:27:10 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ki-to-collaborate-with-the-swedish-olympic-committee The Swedish Olympic Academy is a new platform for science and sport and a new collaboration between the Swedish Olympic Committee, Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). The aim is to strengthen Swedish sport. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:25:07 +0100