Aging and health – Welmer's research group

We study health in older adults, with special focus on physical function, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and injurious falls.

Part of the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

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Selected publications

Article: EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE. 2024;15(3):699-708
Exploring home rehabilitation therapists' experiences of supporting older persons to physical exercise after acute hospitalization: a qualitative interview study
Sandlund C; Sandberg L; Lindblom S; Frisendahl N; Bostroem A-M; Welmer A-K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2023;24(12):1984-1989.e2
Association Between Concerns About Falling and Risk of Injurious Falls in Older Adults: The Role of Balance Impairment
Welmer A-K; Frisendahl N; Beridze G; Trevisan C; Calderon-Larranaga A
Article: JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA, SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE. 2022;13(1):254-263
Twelve-year sarcopenia trajectories in older adults: results from a population-based study
Trevisan C; Vetrano DL; Calvani R; Picca A; Welmer A-K
Article: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;34(1):235-247
Associations of pre-pandemic levels of physical function and physical activity with COVID-19-like symptoms during the outbreak
Saadeh M; Calderon-Larranaga A; Vetrano DL; von Rosen P; Fratiglioni L; Welmer A-K
Article: THE JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY. SERIES A, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2021;76(10):1789-1795
Correlations of Subjective and Social Well-Being With Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in Older Adults-A Population-Based Study
Chen S; Calderon-Larranaga A; Saadeh M; Dohrn I-M; Welmer A-K
Article: THE JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY. SERIES A, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2021;76(9):1699-1706
The Association Between Injurious Falls and Older Adults' Cognitive Function: The Role of Depressive Mood and Physical Performance
Trevisan C; Ripamonti E; Grande G; Triolo F; Ek S; Maggi S; Sergi G; Fratiglioni L; Welmer A-K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2020;21(12):1900-1905.e1
Predictive Performance of the FIF Screening Tool in 2 Cohorts of Community-Living Older Adults
Frisendahl N; Ek S; Rosendahl E; Bostrom A-M; Fagerstrom C; Elmstahl S; Welmer A-K
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2020;17(1):68
Impact of dopamine-related genetic variants on physical activity in old age - a cohort study
Dohrn I-M; Papenberg G; Winkler E; Welmer A-K
Article: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 2020;17(1):8
Device-measured sedentary behavior and physical activity in older adults differ by demographic and health-related factors
Dohrn I-M; Gardiner PA; Winkler E; Welmer A-K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2019;67(9):1851-1858
Impact of Social Network on the Risk and Consequences of Injurious Falls in Older Adults
Trevisan C; Rizzuto D; Maggi S; Sergi G; Wang H-X; Fratiglioni L; Welmer A-K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2019;20(9):1163-1168.e3
Predicting First-Time Injurious Falls in Older Men and Women Living in the Community: Development of the First Injurious Fall Screening Tool
Ek S; Rizzuto D; Calderon-Larranaga A; Franzen E; Xu W; Welmer A-K
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2019;67(2):246-253
Risk Factors for Injurious Falls in Older Adults: The Role of Sex and Length of Follow-Up
Ek S; Rizzuto D; Fratiglioni L; Calderon-Larranaga A; Johnell K; Sjoberg L; Xu W; Welmer A-K

Funding

Grants

Preventing functional decline in acutely hospitalized older adults – effect and process evaluation of a transitional care intervention (PREV FUNC study)
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
Social Health And Reserve in the Dementia patient journey (SHARED)
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K): Follow-up data collection
Swedish Research Council
Thinking, moving, and falling: Early detection of fall-prone phenotypes as targets for primary interventions - a translational study
Swedish Research Council
Preventing functional decline in acutely hospitalized older patients – effect of a simple exercise program versus individualized multicomponent training (PREV FUNC study)
The Center for Innovative Medicine
Preventing functional decline in acutely hospitalized older patients – effect of a simple exercise program versus individualized multicomponent training (PREV FUNC study)
Konung Gustaf Vs och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse
Harmful sitting in old age—using epidemiological and qualitative approaches to tailor future interventions
The Mälardalen Area Doctoral School in Healthcare Science (MoF-V)
Harmful sitting in old age—using epidemiological and qualitative approaches to tailor future interventions
The Strategic Research Area Health Care Science, Karolinska Insitutet
Preventing functional decline in acutely hospitalized older patients – effect of a simple exercise program versus individualized multicomponent training (PREV FUNC study)
ALF Medicine
Injurious falls in older adults: identifying people at different levels of risk—from epidemiology to implementation research
Doctoral School in Health Care Sciences (FiV), Karolinska Insitutet

Staff and contact

Group leader

Anna-Karin Welmer
Senior Lecturer | Docent
Telephone +46852488804
E-mail anna-karin.welmer@ki.se

All members of the group

Kristina Dalin Eriksson
Phd Student
Telephone +46852488805
E-mail kristina.dalin.eriksson@ki.se
Nathalie Frisendahl
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail nathalie.frisendahl@ki.se
Anna Karlsson
Affiliated to Research
Telephone +46852488815
E-mail anna.karlsson.2@ki.se
Caroline Lager
Phd Student
E-mail caroline.lager@ki.se
Linda Sandberg
Affiliated to Research
E-mail linda.m.sandberg@ki.se
Christina Sandlund
Affiliated to Research | Lecturer | Assistant Professor
Telephone +46852485309
E-mail christina.sandlund@ki.se
Anna-Karin Welmer
Senior Lecturer | Docent
Telephone +46852488804
E-mail anna-karin.welmer@ki.se

Visiting address

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Alfred Nobels allé 23, B3, Huddinge, SE-141 83, Sweden

Postal address

Karolinska Institutet, Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy 23100, Huddinge, SE-141 83, Sweden