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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 7d

This morning we have a presentation from Kenneth Mertz about relative energy deficiency in sports, the myths around the topic, the sparse literature and how they aim to investigate REDS in athletes 💪🥗🏋️‍♀️ Check out his most recent work on effect on bone 🦴
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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 8d

Can green proteins match animal protein in supporting muscle health after menopause?

Congratulations to @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social on receiving nearly DKK 4 million from the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social to investigate sustainable proteins, strength training & healthy aging in women. 👏🌱🥛🧬

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 9d

New paper alert! Dr Rikke Høffner & team show how different rehab loading strategies influence tendon structure and healing after Achilles tendon rupture surgery. MRI&ultrasound revealing changes not only at the rupture site but throughout the entire tendon.

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Morphological Changes One Year After Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair: A Comparison of Loading Strategies

Purpose: This study investigated effects of delayed initial loading in comparison to a standard regime following an Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) on tendon cross-sectional area (CSA) and fat infiltra...

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 14d

Enjoying some sun 🌞 after another morning of recruiting subjects for their study looking at the impact of inflammation on skeletal muscle maintenance in hospitalized patients (InflaMus): study leader @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social and medical students, Tobias Christiansen & Louise Helmbæk

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 14d

Time to bring out the big 🔫 for this morning meeting! Prof. Michael Krogsgaard gives an insightful presentation on the problem of the ankle and highlights the unanswered scientific questions of how to best treat them through surgical means💡

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 17d

At @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social Hearts x Minds Festival in Aarhus, Dr Anne Theil Gates and Eline Baad-Hansen talked about physical health and cognitive function with exercise 💙 🧠 💪

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 19d

Today we celebrated friend and collaborator Prof. Kristoffer Barfod’s inaugural lecture. Congratulation from us at the ISMC!

Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 20d

This mornings department meeting was a presentation by Charlotte Anker-Petersen from Sports Orthopedics Research Centre Copenhagen who presented her PhD projects on injury epidemiology, clinical findings and risk factors in TeamGym gymnasts. Her latest paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 27d

Today’s department meeting was presented by Max Ravn Merkel on the research MAGNETOM Free.Star MRI scanner and its possibilities. We also had an introduction to what the new CPH Center for Translational Research has to offer 🤩 Lots of new tools for our researchers with enthusiastic support 👩‍🔬

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats Ask!

Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats to our two winners of the @dsmb-dk.bsky.social annual meeting best oral presentation prizes! Best heparan sulfate talk sponsored by Amsbio goes to Jessica Oyie Sousa Onyeisi @gotteprof.bsky.social lab&best ECM talk sponsored by Tebubio goes to Ask Møbjerg @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
#proudPI

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Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · Sep 9

At the @dsmb-dk.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2025 and PhD student Ask Møbjerg is presenting our latest work on the acute effects of exercise on ECM remodelling of human muscle-tendon tissues using snRNAseq and RNAscope 🏋️‍♀️🔬

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Sep 4

To kick-off this semester's Thursday morning meetings, PhD student Frederik Nielsen, supervised by @abigailmackey1.bsky.social and @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social, introduced his exciting study on enhancing muscle and bone protein synthesis in elderly females🦴💪🙌

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Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · Sep 2

BSMB Autumn meeting Surrey talking about our latest work. Very proud of Team Tendon & collaborators for persevering with such a difficult tissue 👏
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Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · Aug 28

Team Tendon bids farewell to @steffendanielle.bsky.social and celebrates a paper submission tonight with a lovely meal out together 🥰 We’ll miss her energy, insightful questions and friendly presence at @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Yesterday afternoon we held our summer party with the perfect summer weather 🌞 A huge thank you to our medical student Tobias Holst-Christensen and all the helpers for organising biathlon, snacks, dinner and games! 🔫 🏃‍♀️🍉🧃🍔🎯🔨

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Aug 4

A special seminar from @jarodforer.bsky.social visiting from @uoregon.bsky.social to tell us about his PhD so far, specifically a project characterizing the fluid response to injury in rat Achilles tendons. Thanks for stopping by the institute to share your work!

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jul 4

Postdoc Casper Soendenbroe doing an excellent job presenting now @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini:
FLEXING MUSCLES AND STIMULATING NERVES – THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON MUSCLE INNERVATION💪🙌

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jul 3

At the @ecssofficial.bsky.social 2025 meeting in Rimini, @abigailmackey1.bsky.social is in the plenary session, Mechanisms of Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with her talk “Don’t forget, hypertrophy is not just for the beach - the structural and cellular drivers & facilitators of hypertrophy”

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today we had took advantage of Dr Chavaunne Thorpe’s visit and asked her to present her research on The Diverse Roles of the Interfascicular Matrix in Tendon Health, Ageing and Disease and have a mini discussion meeting with the Tendon Group. Thanks for an insightful visit!

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jun 23

What a day we’ve had! Ann Damgaard defended her PhD investigating the influence of mechanical loading, hormonal changes and tendinopathy on human patellar tendon adaptations spectacularly today! Many thanks to the opponents Prof Andy Carr @ox.ac.uk & Chavaunne Thorpe @royalvetcollege.bsky.social 🎉🥳

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jun 23

Congratulations to Leonard Pulevic on getting a very well-deserved top grade in your Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc exam this morning on the topic of muscle disuse and regeneration, supervised by Casper Søndenbroe, Grith Højfeldt and @abigailmackey1.bsky.social
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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨New literature review from Ann Damgaard MD (soon to defend PhD!): Physical activity and other modifiers of extracellular matrix dynamics in healthy and diseased tendon tissue: focus on in vivo techniques journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Physical activity and other modifiers of extracellular matrix dynamics in healthy and diseased tendon tissue: focus on in vivo techniques | American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology | American Ph...

Tendons have traditionally been considered largely metabolically inert, and little research has focused on tendon matrix dynamics. In the past few decades, the study of tendon extracellular matrix dyn...

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Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social · Jun 5

In today’s departmental meeting, @annesofieagergaard.bsky.social gives us a much anticipated update on the TEREX trial looking at the role of restitution time in exercise-based treatment of patellar tendinopathy. She’s also joined forces with Carl-Johan Boraxbekk to look at brain connectivity too! 👀

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Abigail Mackey @abigailmackey1.bsky.social · Jun 4

🧪 Check out our new publication @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social highlighting important considerations for using CAF as a biomarker of muscle wasting, lead by 1st author Casper Soendenbroe 💪
⚠️Exercise timing and medication matter.

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Serum C‐Terminal Agrin Fragment With Acute and Long‐Term Exercise and Angiotensin II Type I Receptor Blockade

Background Sarcopenia represents a major clinical and societal challenge facing rapidly aging populations. Accessible and specific biomarkers represent valuable tools, both in diagnosis and assessin.....

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Abigail Mackey @abigailmackey1.bsky.social · Jun 4

End of semester get together for the group and special send off for Christian Høgsbjerg who will spend the next few months of his PhD @mourkiotilab.bsky.social doing some cool #MTJ 🐭science!
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