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  1. Injuries among professional ballet dancers in Finland: a prospective cohort study over five ballet seasons (FinBallet Study)

    Article • The Physician and Sportsmedicine, October 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Sari Aaltonen

  2. Midlife and old-age cardiovascular risk factors, educational attainment, and cognition at 90-years – population-based study with 48-years of follow-up

    Article • PLOS One, October 2025, PLOS

    Sari Aaltonen

  3. Associations Between Physical Activity Profiles Over 46 Years And Cognitive Health At Age 90

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, October 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen

  4. Genetic predisposition to high BMI and changes in BMI during adolescence modulate associations between adult BMI and plasma molecules involved in glucose metabolism

    Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  5. The urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity in early midlife: a FinnTwin12 study

    Article • Health & Place, July 2025, Elsevier

    Sari Aaltonen

  6. Gene-environment interplay in the relationship between the visibility of the environment and self-reported depression in early midlife: a Finnish twin cohort study

    Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  7. Midlife and old-age cardiovascular risk factors, educational attainment, and cognition at 90-years – population-based study with 48-years of follow-up

    Article • March 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  8. Alcohol use in Early Midlife: Findings from the Age 37 Follow-Up Assessment of the FinnTwin12 Cohort

    Article • Behavior Genetics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sari Aaltonen

  9. Etiology and correlates of alcohol misuse in early midlife

    Article • Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, December 2024, Wiley

    Dr Pyry N Sipilä, Sari Aaltonen

  10. Genetic contributions to body mass index over adolescence and its associations with adult weight gain: a 25-year follow-up study of Finnish twins

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sari Aaltonen

  11. The urban physical exposome and leisure-time physical activity in early midlife: a FinnTwin12 study

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  12. Adolescent leisure-time physical activity and eating disorders: a longitudinal population-based twin study

    Article • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sari Aaltonen, Sara Kaartinen

  13. TWINGEN: protocol for an observational clinical biobank recall and biomarker cohort study to identify Finnish individuals with high risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2024, BMJ

    Sari Aaltonen, Dr Tarja Kokkola

  14. Longitudinal leisure-time physical activity profiles throughout adulthood and related characteristics: a 36-year follow-up study of the older Finnish Twin Cohort

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bram Berntzen, Sari Aaltonen

  15. Physical Activity and Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults

    Article • JAMA Network Open, February 2024, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Sari Aaltonen

  16. Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in nonagenarians: Associations with self-reported physical activity, anthropometric, sociodemographic, health and cognitive characteristics

    Article • PLOS One, December 2023, PLOS

    Sari Aaltonen, Sara Kaartinen

  17. TWINGEN – protocol for an observational clinical biobank recall and biomarker study to identify individuals with high risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Sari Aaltonen, Dr Tarja Kokkola

  18. Exploring the relationships between adolescent alcohol misuse and later life health outcomes

    Article • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, September 2022, Wiley

    Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola, Sari Aaltonen

  19. Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola, Sari Aaltonen

  20. Physical activity and health: Findings from Finnish monozygotic twin pairs discordant for physical activity

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, July 2022, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  21. Adherence to an Injury Prevention Warm-Up Program in Children’s Soccer—A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Tommi Vasankari, Sari Aaltonen

  22. Neuromuscular training warm‐up in the prevention of overuse lower extremity injuries in children's football: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial

    Article • Translational Sports Medicine, November 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Sari Aaltonen

  23. The Associations Between Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Academic Performance: A Twin Study

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, August 2021, Human Kinetics

    Sari Aaltonen

  24. Genetic and Environmental Effects on the Individual Variation and Continuity of Participation in Diverse Physical Activities

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, July 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen, Sara Kaartinen

  25. Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Prevents Acute Noncontact Lower Extremity Injuries in Children’s Soccer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, April 2021, SAGE Publications

    Sari Aaltonen

  26. Motives for physical activity in older men and women: A twin study using accelerometer‐measured physical activity

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, April 2020, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  27. Physical Activity and Academic Performance

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen

  28. Cross-sectional associations between the diversity of sport activities and the type of low back pain in adulthood

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Sara Kaartinen, Sari Aaltonen

  29. FinnTwin16: A Longitudinal Study from Age 16 of a Population-Based Finnish Twin Cohort

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, December 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Pyry N Sipilä, Sari Aaltonen, Sara Kaartinen

  30. FinnTwin12 Cohort: An Updated Review

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, October 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  31. Diversity of sport activities in relation to low back and neck-shoulder region pain

    Article • Preventive Medicine Reports, September 2019, Elsevier

    Sara Kaartinen, Sari Aaltonen

  32. The CODATwins Project: The Current Status and Recent Findings of COllaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, July 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Sisira Siribaddana, Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola, Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Sari Aaltonen, Matthew Hotopf

  33. Parental Education and Genetics of BMI from Infancy to Old Age: A Pooled Analysis of 29 Twin Cohorts

    Article • Obesity, April 2019, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen, Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola, Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam

  34. The Interplay between Genes and Psychosocial Home Environment on Physical Activity

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, April 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen

  35. Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Professor Sisira Siribaddana, Sari Aaltonen, Senior Researcher, PDh, MHS, PT Maarit Piirtola, Matthew Hotopf

  36. Diversity of sport activities in adolescence and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, January 2017, Wiley

    Sara Kaartinen, Sari Aaltonen

  37. Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994

    Article • eLife, December 2016, eLife

    Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Matthew Hotopf, Professor Sisira Siribaddana, Sari Aaltonen

  38. Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Academic Performance: Cross-Lagged Associations from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sari Aaltonen

  39. Genetic architecture of motives for leisure-time physical activity: a twin study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2016, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  40. Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwi...

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2016, American Society for Nutrition

    Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Sari Aaltonen

  41. Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Sari Aaltonen

  42. Leisure-time physical activity and intra-abdominal fat in young adulthood: A monozygotic co-twin control study

    Article • Obesity, April 2016, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  43. Twin's Birth-Order Differences in Height and Body Mass Index From Birth to Old Age: A Pooled Study of 26 Twin Cohorts Participating in the CODATwins Project

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, March 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Sari Aaltonen

  44. Motor Development and Physical Activity

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, October 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen

  45. Zygosity Differences in Height and Body Mass Index of Twins From Infancy to Old Age: A Study of the CODATwins Project

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, September 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Sisira Siribaddana, Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Matthew Hotopf, Sari Aaltonen

  46. The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, May 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Sisira Siribaddana, Professor Ariel Knafo-Noam, Dr. Brooke M Huibregtse, Matthew Hotopf, Sari Aaltonen

  47. Physical Activity, Fitness, Glucose Homeostasis, and Brain Morphology in Twins

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sari Aaltonen

  48. Factors behind Leisure-Time Physical Activity Behavior Based on Finnish Twin Studies: The Role of Genetic and Environmental Influences and the Role of Motives

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Sari Aaltonen

  49. Interventions to Prevent Sports Related Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

    Article • Sports Medicine, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sari Aaltonen, Ari Heinonen

  50. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Longitudinal Changes in Leisure-Time Physical Activity From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  51. Motives for physical activity among active and inactive persons in their mid-30s

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, January 2013, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  52. Motives for and Barriers to Physical Activity in Twin Pairs Discordant for Leisure Time Physical Activity for 30 Years

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, February 2012, Thieme Publishing Group

    Sari Aaltonen

  53. A Longitudinal Study on Genetic and Environmental Influences on Leisure Time Physical Activity in the Finnish Twin Cohort

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, October 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  54. Effects of exercise training on oxygen uptake in coronary heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, July 2010, Wiley

    Sari Aaltonen

  55. Effects of 32-Year Leisure Time Physical Activity Discordance in Twin Pairs on Health (TWINACTIVE Study): Aims, Design and Results for Physical Fitness

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, February 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Sari Aaltonen

  56. Prevention of Sports Injuries

    Article • Archives of Internal Medicine, August 2007, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Sari Aaltonen, Ari Heinonen