PhD course: Skeletal muscle performance in basic and applied exercise studies - in health, aging, and disease

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Content

Through the course, the participants will be introduced to factors that affects physical work capacity, with an emphasis on muscle mass, strength, function, and aerobic capacity. The topic of the course will be highlighted in healthy people as well as patient groups. Furthermore, focus will be put on how to measure physiological variables (muscle strength/mass, muscle function, and oxygen uptake), both in a clinical setting as well as in larger cohorts.
The course consists of lectures and practical hands-on experience with methods to measure muscle mass, muscle strength, muscle function, and aerobic capacity. The topic of the course and the experience with the methods will be put into practice through case-based group work, with focus on study design with physical work capacity as a primary outcome.

Date

April 17-19, 2023

Location

Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Nielsine Nielsensvej 11, 2400 Copenhagen NV

Course director

Jakob Agergaard, Senior Researcher, PhD, Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, jakob.agergaard@regionh.dk

Sign up for the course here

https://phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus.aspx?id=110427&sitepath=SUND

Program

Day 1 – Muscle mass and strength

8.15 – 8.30       Welcome and introduction

8.30 – 9.15       Physical capacities of the human body - Senior Researcher Jakob Agergaard

9.15 – 10.00    Assessment of human skeletal muscle mass and strength: from athletes to old adults to clinical patients, effects of exercise intervention - Professor Per Aagaard

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 11.15 Population wide assessment of muscle mass and strength - Professor Charlotte Suetta

11.15 – 12.00 Muscle pennation angle and fascicle length: application of imaging techniques - Senior Researcher Rene Svensson

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break

13.00 – 15.45 Lab tour with hands-on experience with tests and analysis

                             - DXA and bioimpedance - Postdoc Grith Højfeldt

                     - Ultrasound - PhD stud. Physiotherapist Rikke Høffner

                     - MRI - Senior Researcher Monika Bayer

                     - Kincom/Biodex - Postdoc Kenneth Mertz

15.45 – 16.00 Questions and panel discussion

Day 2 – Muscle function

9.00 – 10.00     Measurement of muscle function in clinical practice - Professor Morten Tange Kristensen

10.00 – 10.30  Coffee break

10.30 – 11.15  Assessing muscle function in a clinical study - PhD. Physiotherapist Theresa Bieler

11.15 – 12.00  Trajectories in musculoskeletal function with aging – Professor, MD. Michael Kjær

12.00 – 12.45  Lunch break

12.45 – 14.30  Lab tour with hands-on experience with tests and analysis

                     - Functional tests - PhD. Theresa Bieler

                             - Muscle power tests

                     - Muscle strength, 1RM and hand grip tests - Postdoc. Kenneth Mertz

14.30 – 16.00  Group work on study design and questions - Postdoc. Grith Højfeldt and Senior Researcher Jakob Agergaard

Day 3 - Aerobe and anaerobe work capacity

9.00 – 10.00     Improvements in and limitations to human aerobic performance - Associate Professor Morten Hostrup

10.00 – 10.30  Coffee break

10.30 – 11.15  Measuring aerobic capacity in a clinical population - Associate Professor Christian Have Dall

11.15 – 12.00  Mitochondria during health, aging, and disease - Associate Professor Steen Larsen

12.00 – 13.00  Lunch break

13.00 – 14.00  Lab tour with hands-on experience with tests and analysis

                             - Direct VO2 max measurement - Postdoc. Kenneth Mertz

                     - Indirect VO2 max assessment - Associate Professor Christian Have Dall

14.00 – 14.15  Coffee break

14.15 – 15.45  Group work on study designs and group presentations - Postdoc. Grith Højfeldt and Senior Researcher Jakob Agergaard

15.45 – 16.00  Questions and evaluation

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