Blar i Brage NIH på forfatter "Raastad, Truls"
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Effect of traditional and resisted sprint training in highly-trained, female team handball players
Luteberget, Live; Raastad, Truls; Seynnes, Olivier R.; Spencer, Matt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Fast acceleration is an important performance factor in handball. In addition to traditional sprint training (TST), resisted sprint training (RST) is a method often used to improve acceleration. However, studies on RST ... -
Effectiveness of a resistance training program on physical function, muscle strength, and body composition in community-dwelling older adults receiving home care: A cluster-randomized controlled trial
Bårdstu, Hilde Bremseth; Andersen, Vidar; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Aasdahl, Lene; Raastad, Truls; Cumming, Kristoffer Toldnes; Sæterbakken, Atle Hole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Aging is associated with reduced muscle mass and strength leading to impaired physical function. Resistance training programs incorporated into older adults’ real-life settings may have the potential to counteract ... -
Effects of acute and chronic strength training on skeletal muscle autophagy in frail elderly men and women
Aas, Sigve Nyvik; Tømmerbakke, Daniel; Godager, Sindre; Nordseth, Martin; Armani, Andrea; Sandri, Marco; Benestad, Haakon Breien; Raastad, Truls (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aging is associated with alterations in skeletal muscle autophagy, potentially affecting both muscle mass and quality in a negative manner. Strength training with protein supplementation has been reported to improve both ... -
Effects of antioxidant-rich foods on altitude-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in elite endurance athletes: A randomized controlled trial
Koivisto, Anu; Olsen, Thomas; Paur, Ingvild; Paulsen, Gøran; Bastani, Nasser Ezzatkhah; Garthe, Ina; Raastad, Truls; Matthews, Jason; Blomhoff, Rune; Bøhn, Siv Kjølsrud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Various altitude training regimes, systematically used to improve oxygen carrying capacity and sports performance, have been associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammation. We investigated whether ... -
The Effects of Cold Water Immersion and Active Recovery on Molecular Factors That Regulate Growth and Remodeling of Skeletal Muscle After Resistance Exercise
Peake, Jonathan M.; Markworth, James F.; Cumming, Kristoffer Toldnes; Aas, Sigve Nyvik; Roberts, Llion A.; Raastad, Truls; Cameron-Smith, David; Figueiredo, Vandré C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Regular postexercise cooling attenuates muscle hypertrophy, yet its effects on the key molecular factors that regulate muscle growth and remodeling are not well characterized. In the present study, nine men completed two ... -
Effects of heavy strength training on running performance and determinants of running performance in female endurance athletes
Vikmoen, Olav; Raastad, Truls; Seynnes, Olivier R.; Bergstrøm, Kristoffer; Ellefsen, Stian; Rønnestad, Bent R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-08)Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of adding strength training to normal endurance training on running performance and running economy in well-trained female athletes. We hypothesized ... -
Effects of in-season strength maintenance training frequency in professional soccer players
Rønnestad, Bent R.; Nymark, Bernt Sivert; Raastad, Truls (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-10)The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of in-season strength maintenance training frequency on strength, jump height, and 40-m sprint performance in professional soccer players. The players performed the ... -
Effects of time of day on resistance exercise-induced anabolic signaling in skeletal muscle
Sedliak, Milan; Zeman, Michael; Buzgó, Gabriel; Cvečka, Ján; Hamar, Dušan; Laczo, Eugen; Zelko, Aurel; Okuliarová, Monika; Raastad, Truls; Nilsen, Tormod S.; Kyröläinen, Heikki; Häkkinen, Keijo; Ahtiainen, Juha P.; Hulmi, Juha J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-11-12)This study examined the effect of morning versus afternoon exercise on acute responses in phosphorylation of proteins regulating muscle size and metabolism. Twenty-two untrained men, divided into the morning (n = 11) or ... -
Effects of training, detraining, and retraining on strength, hypertrophy, and myonuclear number in human skeletal muscle
Psilander, Niklas; Eftestøl, Einar; Cumming, Kristoffer Toldnes; Solgård, Inga Juvkam; Ekblom, Maria M.; Sunding, Kerstin; Wernbom, Mathias; Holmberg, Hans-Christer; Ekblom, Björn; Bruusgaard, Jo C.; Raastad, Truls; Gundersen, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Previously trained mouse muscles acquire strength and volume faster than naïve muscles; it has been suggested that this is related to increased myonuclear density. The present study aimed to determine whether a previously ... -
Evidence against a beneficial effect of irisin in humans
Raschke, Silja; Elsen, Manuela; Gassenhuber, Hans; Sommerfeld, Mark; Schwahn, Uwe; Brockmann, Barbara; Jung, Raphael; Wisløff, Ulf; Tjønna, Arnt E.; Raastad, Truls; Hallén, Jostein; Norheim, Frode; Drevon, Christian A.; Romacho, Tania; Eckardt, Kristin; Eckel, Juergen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-09-11)Brown adipose tissue has gained interest as a potential target to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. Irisin is a newly identified hormone secreted from skeletal muscle enhancing browning of white fat cells, which improves ... -
Exploring moderators of the effect of high vs. low-to-moderate intensity exercise on cardiorespiratory fitness during breast cancer treatment: Analyses of a subsample from the Phys-Can RCT
Bjørke, Ann Christin Helgesen; Buffart, Laurien M.; Raastad, Truls; Demmelmaier, Ingrid; Stenling, Andreas; Nordin, Karin; Berntsen, Sveinung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: The results from the physical training and cancer randomized controlled trial (Phys-Can RCT) indicate that high intensity (HI) strength and endurance training during (neo-)adjuvant cancer treatment is more ... -
External load variables affect recovery markers up to 72 h after semiprofessional football matches
Wiig, Håvard; Raastad, Truls; Luteberget, Live; Ims, Ingvar; Spencer, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Player tracking devices are commonly used to monitor external load from training and matches in team sports. Yet, how the derived external load variables relate to fatigue and recovery post-training or post-match ... -
Frequent blood flow restricted training not to failure and to failure induces similar gains in myonuclei and muscle mass
Bjørnsen, Thomas; Wernbom, Mathias; Paulsen, Gøran; Berntsen, Sveinung; Brankovic, Robert; Stålesen, Håkon; Sundnes, Joakim; Raastad, Truls (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of the present study was to compare the effects of short-term high-frequency failure vs non-failure blood flow–restricted resistance exercise (BFRRE) on changes in satellite cells (SCs), myonuclei, muscle size, ... -
Functional and Structural Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle in Long-Term Juvenile Dermatomyositis: a Controlled Cross-Sectional Study
Berntsen, Kristin Schjander; Raastad, Truls; Marstein, Henriette; Kirkhus, Eva Astrid; Merckoll, Else; Cumming, Kristoffer Toldnes; Flatø, Berit; Sjaastad, Ivar; Sanner, Helga (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: To compare muscle strength and endurance of the knee extensors between patients with long‐term juvenile dermatomyositis (DM) and controls and between patients with active disease and those with inactive disease, ... -
Gene expression is differentially regulated in skeletal muscle and circulating immune cells in response to an acute bout of high-load strength exercise
Gjevestad, Gyrd O.; Hamarsland, Håvard; Raastad, Truls; Ottestad, Inger; Christensen, Jacob J.; Eckardt, Kristin; Drevon, Christian A.; Biong, Anne S.; Ulven, Stine M.; Holven, Kirsten B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-03)Background: High-intensity exercise induces many metabolic responses. In is unknown whether the response in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) reflects the response in skeletal muscle and whether mRNA expression ... -
Heat shock protein translocation and expression response is attenuated in response to repeated eccentric exercise
Vissing, Kristian; Bayer, Monica; Overgaard, Kristian; Schjerling, Peter; Raastad, Truls (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-11-20)Aim: This study hypothesized that heat shock protein (HSP) translocation and upregulation is more probable to occur after eccentric exercise than after concentric exercise or repeated eccentric exercise. Methods: Fourteen ... -
Heavy strength training improves running and cycling performance following prolonged submaximal work in well‐trained female athletes
Vikmoen, Olav; Rønnestad, Bent R.; Ellefsen, Stian; Raastad, Truls (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of adding heavy strength training to female duathletes' normal endurance training on both cycling and running performance. Nineteen well‐trained female duathletes ... -
Heavy-load exercise in older adults activates vasculogenesis and has a stronger impact on muscle gene expression than in young adults
Olstad, Ole Kristoffer; Raue, Ulrika; Gautvik, Vigdis Teig; Kvernevik, Karl Johnny; Utheim, Tor Paaske; Ravnum, Solveig; Kirkegaard, Camilla; Wiig, Håvard; Jones, Garan; Pilling, Luke C.; Trappe, Scott; Raastad, Truls; Reppe, Sjur; Gautvik, Kaare M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: A striking effect of old age is the involuntary loss of muscle mass and strength leading to sarcopenia and reduced physiological functions. However, effects of heavy-load exercise in older adults on diseases ... -
Human skeletal muscle plasmalemma alters its structure to change its Ca2+-handling following heavy-load resistance exercise
Cully, Tanya R.; Murphy, Robyn M.; Roberts, Llion A.; Raastad, Truls; Fassett, Robert G.; Coombes, Jeff S.; Jayasinghe, Isuru D.; Launikonis, Bradley S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)High-force eccentric exercise results in sustained increases in cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]cyto), which can cause damage to the muscle. Here we report that a heavy-load strength training bout greatly alters the structure ... -
Ibuprofen ingestion does not affect markers of post-exercise muscle inflammation
Vella, Luke; Markworth, James F.; Paulsen, Gøran; Raastad, Truls; Peake, Jonathan M.; Snow, Rod J.; Cameron-Smith, David; Russel, Aaron P. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-29)Purpose: We investigated if oral ingestion of ibuprofen influenced leucocyte recruitment and infiltration following an acute bout of traditional resistance exercise Methods: Sixteen male subjects were divided into two ...