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Þórarinn Sveinsson - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Þórarinn Sveinsson
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Stapi
Phone
525 - 4840
Email
thorasve [at] hi.is
Unit
Physiotherapy
Website
https://uni.hi.is/thorasve/
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-5514
Research portal – Þórarinn Sveinsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
LYF201G - Physiology
SJÚ409G - Movement Sciences II: Motor Control and Movement Analysis
SJÚ206G - Physiology
SJÚ615G - BS-thesis B
SJÚ401L - Final Project
SJÚ308G - Exercise Physiology
SJÚ512G - BS-thesis A
Education
1992
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Manitoba
,
Fish physiology
1986
,
M.Sc.
,
University of Manitoba
,
Fish physiology
1981
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Biology
1977
,
Stúdentspróf
,
,
Professional Experience
2014 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
1997 -
2014,
Associate Professor in Physiology,
University of Iceland
1993 -
1997,
Assistant Professor in Physiology at department of physiotherapy,
University og Iceland
1991 -
1993,
Lecturer,
University of Iceland
1983 -
1991,
Research Assistant,
University of Manitoba
1985 -
1987,
Teaching Assistant in developmental biology and physiology,
University of Manitoba
1981 -
1983,
Teaching Assistant in genetics and physiology,
University of Iceland
1981 -
1983,
Research Assistant Biological Institute,
University of Iceland
Published works
2023
Boys demonstrate greater knee frontal moments than girls during the impact phase of cutting maneuvers, despite age-related increases in girls
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
2021
Effects of intensive upright mobilisation on outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial with 12-months follow-up
European Journal of Physiotherapy
2020
Predictive variables for poor long‐term physical recovery after intensive care unit stay: An exploratory study
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Effect of Sex on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury–Related Biomechanics During the Cutting Maneuver in Preadolescent Athletes
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
2019
Factors predicting identity as educators and openness to improve: an exploratory study
Medical Education
Dynamic sitting: Measurement and associations with metabolic health
Journal of Sports Sciences
Preferred posture in lying and its association with scoliosis and windswept hips in adults with cerebral palsy
Disability and Rehabilitation
2018
SELF-REPORTED HEALTH PROBLEMS AND PRIORITIZED GOALS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY IN SWEDEN
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Above average increases in body fat from 9 to 15years of age had a negative impact on academic performance, independent of physical activity.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
Different factors associate with body image in adolescence than in emerging adulthood: A gender comparison in a follow-up study
Health Psychology Report
Timing, not magnitude, of force may explain sex-dependent risk of ACL injury
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
Validity and reliability of an iPad with a three-dimensional camera for posture imaging.
Gait & posture
Different cardiorespiratory fitness expressions based on the maximal cycle ergometer test show no effect on the relation of cardiorespiratory fitness to the academic achievement of nine-year-olds
Plos One
2017
Comparison of Summer and Winter Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility Reykjavik Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The effect of asymmetrical limited hip flexion on seating posture, scoliosis and windswept hip distortion
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Effects of Sex and Fatigue on Biomechanical Measures During the Drop-Jump Task in Children.
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
Organized leisure-time sport participation and academic achievement in preadolescents.
Scandinavian journal of public health
Injury Pattern in Icelandic Elite Male Handball Players.
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
2016
Influence of Day Length and Physical Activity on Sleep Patterns in Older Icelandic Men and Women
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Daily Physical Activity And Mortality Risk In The Very Old: Age, Gene/Environment-Reykjavik Study: 1993 Board #145 June 2, 3: 30 PM - 5: 00 PM.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Association of change in brain structure to objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study
Behavioural Brain Research
Do aerobic fitness and self-reported fitness in adolescence differently predict body image in young adulthood? An eight year follow-up study
Mental Health and Physical Activity
The association of cardiorespiratory fitness to health independent of adiposity depends upon its expression
Annals of Human Biology
Altered medial versus lateral hamstring muscle activity during hop testing in female athletes 1-6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
2015
PATTERNS OF FUNCTION IN OLD AGE: THE AGE, GENE/ENVIRONMENT REYKJAVIK STUDY
Gerontologist
Importance of physical health and health-behaviors in adolescence for risk of dropout from secondary education in young adulthood: an 8-year prospective study
International Journal For Equity in Health
Gender differences in development of mental well-being from adolescence to young adulthood: An eight-year follow-up study
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Prevalence of sport injuries, sport participation and drop out due to injury in young adults
Laeknabladid
2014
Is there a sex difference in accelerometer counts during walking in older adults?
Journal of physical activity & health
Activation pattern of m.gluteus medius in pre-pubescent female and male athletes during drop-jump and cutting maneuvers.
British journal of sports medicine
Effect of Physical Health and Sports Participation in Adolescence on Mental Well-Being in Young Adulthood
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Eight-year Change In Aerobic Fitness And Its Associated Personal- And Parental Determinants
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Midlife Determinants Associated with Sedentary Behavior in Old Age
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
ASSOCIATION OF BRAIN ANATOMY WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN OLDER ICELANDERS
Gerontologist
The Association of Fitness to Health Independent of Adiposity Depends Upon the Expression of Fitness
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Movement during sedentary time is associated with metabolic outcomes
Diabetologia
2013
Objective measurements of daily physical activity patterns and sedentary behaviour in older adults: Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study
Age and Ageing
2012
Limited effects of a 2-year school-based physical activity intervention on body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness in 7-year-old children
Health Education Research
2011
Physical activity of 9 and 15 year old Icelandic children - Public health objectives and relations of physical activity to gender, age, anthropometry and area of living
Laeknabladid
Effects of Kinesio Tape Compared With Nonelastic Sports Tape and the Untaped Ankle During a Sudden Inversion Perturbation in Male Athletes
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
Assessment of a two-year school-based physical activity intervention among 7-9-year-old children
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
2009
Association between aerobic fitness, body composition, and physical activity in 9-and 15-year-olds
European Journal of Sport Science
2008
Peak oxygen uptake in children: Evaluation of an older prediction method and development of a new one
Pediatric Exercise Science
Predictors of fatness and physical fitness in nine-year-old Icelandic school children
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
The relation of fatness to insulin is independent of fitness in 9-but not 15-yr-olds
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
2007
Objectively measured physical activity is independently associated with insulin resistance in children after adjusting for epidemiological estimates of body composition
Faseb Journal
2006
Tracking of overweight from early childhood to adolescence in cohorts born 1988 and 1994: overweight in a high birth weight population
International Journal of Obesity
2000
Olfactory sensitivity and specificity of Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, to a putative male pheromone, prostaglandin F-2 alpha
Physiology & Behavior
1998
Importance of the lactate anion in control of breathing
Journal of Applied Physiology
1995
EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF ARCTIC CHARR OF HANDLING, ANESTHESIA AND REPEATED FORMALIN BATHING SHORTLY AFTER FIRST EXOGENOUS FEEDING
Journal of Fish Biology
MATURE MALES OF ARCTIC CHARR, SALVELINUS-ALPINUS, RELEASE F-TYPE PROSTAGLANDINS TO ATTRACT CONSPECIFIC MATURE FEMALES AND STIMULATE THEIR SPAWNING BEHAVIOR
Environmental Biology of Fishes
1993
MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OLFACTORY AND GUSTATORY ORGANS OF 3 SALVELINUS SPECIES
Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie
1990
MULTIPLE OLFACTORY RECEPTORS FOR AMINO-ACIDS IN ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS-ALPINUS) EVIDENCE BY CROSS-ADAPTATION EXPERIMENTS
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology
ANALYSIS OF OLFACTORY RESPONSES TO AMINO-ACIDS IN ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS-ALPINUS) USING A LINEAR MULTIPLE-RECEPTOR MODEL
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Physiology
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