Laura Karavirta

Laura Karavirta

Academy Research Fellow
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Room number
Mobile
+358408055041
Postal address
Rautpohjankatu 8a
Fields of science
315 Sport and fitness sciences
3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health

Biography

I work as an Academy research fellow at the Gerontology Research Center and the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences. Our research group develops novel methods for physical activity assessment using wearable sensors, and use the methodology to study the effects of physical activity on health. I write a science blog on physical activity monitoring in Finnish in

Research interests

I work in the field of exercise science to develop methodology for physical activity assessments and to understand the relationship between exercise dose and response. Our research focuses on using wearable technology such as accelerometers and heart rate monitors to quantify physical activity in large epidemiological studies. The aim is to quantify physical activity both in absolute terms and individually relative to exercise capacity to examine the independent association between physical activity and health.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
Neuvonen, Joona
Aittokoski, Timo
Rantalainen, Timo
Lipponen, Jukka
Palmberg, Lotta
Brage, Soren
Gonzales, Tomas I.
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Karavirta, Laura
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

PLoS ONE
Karavirta, Laura
Aittokoski, Timo
Pynnönen, Katja
Rantalainen, Timo
Westgate, Kate
Gonzales, Tomas
Palmberg, Lotta
Neuvonen, Joona
Lipponen, Jukka A.
Turunen, Katri
Nikander, Riku
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Brage, Søren
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Toimintarajoitteisten nuorten fyysisen aktiivisuuden mittaaminen
Karavirta, Laura
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Palmberg, Lotta
Suorsa, Kristin
Löppönen, Antti
Karavirta, Laura
Rantanen, Taina
Rantalainen, Timo
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

GeroScience
Koivunen, Kaisa
Portegijs, Erja
Karavirta, Laura
Rantanen, Taina
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Löppönen, Antti
Karavirta, Laura
Finni, Taija
Palmberg, Lotta
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Delecluse, Christophe
Van Roie, Evelien
Rantalainen, Timo
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Experimental Gerontology
Mattila, Olli-Pekka
Rantanen, Taina
Rantakokko, Merja
Karavirta, Laura
Cronin, Neil
Rantalainen, Timo
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
Lindeman, Katja
Karavirta, Laura
Koivunen, Kaisa
Keskinen, Kirsi E.
Eronen, Johanna
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
Lindeman, Katja
Karavirta, Laura
Eronen, Johanna
Kajan, Niina
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
Palmberg, Lotta
Löppönen, Antti
Hyvärinen, Matti
Portegijs, Erja
Rantanen, Taina
Rantalainen, Timo
Karavirta, Laura