Hans Berg
About me
Hans Berg is Visiting Professor of Environmental Physiology at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology since 1 September 2024.
He presented his thesis ”Effects of unloading on skeletal muscle mass and function in man” at Karolinska Institutet in 1996, using experimental bedrest or unilateral limb unloading to quantify muscle atrophy, cellular changes and performance deficits following inactivity or spaceflight. As a spin-off he invented the flywheel exercise technology (FWE) for gravity-independent strength training, used in space and other microgravity studies with ESA and NASA, now well-documented for athletic training and rehab.
As a research resident, then consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Karolinska University Hospital, Dr Berg assessed strength loss and gait disturbance in relation to muscle atrophy, fat infiltration and bone loss in patients suffering osteoarthritis (OA). A translational project evaluated small joint implants to treat focal cartilage lesions typical for young sports individuals causing chronic disability. Implants inserted in sheep, were monitored for bone ingrowth and cartilage wear up to 1 year, allowing this Swedish-developed method to be introduced and used clinically worldwide.
An international randomized controlled clinical study (RCT) questioned the efficacy of shoulder fracture surgery. Further RCTs quantify atrophy after tendon injury and knee arthroplasty. Several national register studies map the epidemiology of tendon injury, upper and lower extremity fractures and trends in their surgical treatment. A register study uses machine learning to predict mortality after high-energy severe traumatic injuries. A joint study with KTH Royal Institute of Technology aims to merge robotic surgery with new external fixation technologies for fractures.
Increased gravitational (G) force, hypoxia and decompression stress are all risks encountered in modern military jet aviation. Experimental studies using a human centrifuge focus both cardiovascular challenges to human performance and the increased spinal load exposed under increased G-forces. Experiments using a hypobaric chamber, producing reduced ambient air pressure, simulate high-altitude aviation or space walks. Related decompression sickness and/or hypoxia syndromes, reducing optimal performance, can thereby be investigated. Basic physiological reactions are revealed in these unique environments.
Our FWE training model to prevent muscle and bone loss in microgravity during planned long-term spaceflight, has produced a recent thesisis, and is now undergoing biomechanical and metabolic evaluation with the goal to qualify for the planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.
Research
Muscle physiology, environmental physiology, aviation and space physiology, orthopaedics.
Articles
- Article: INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED. 2024;55(8):111702Holtenius J; Mosfeldt M; Enocson A; Berg HE
- Article: BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE. 2024;10(3):e001960Svedman S; Marcano A; Ackermann PW; Fellander-Tsai L; Berg HE
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2023;20(11):e1004308Launonen AP; Sumrein BO; Reito A; Lepola V; Paloneva J; Berg HE; Fellander-Tsai L; Kask K; Rahnel T; Tootsi K; Martson A; Jonsson KB; Wolf O; Strom P; Dossing K; Ostergaard HK; Mechlenburg I; Mattila VM; Laitinen MK
- Article: SPORTS BIOMECHANICS. 2023;22(6):767-783Sjoberg M; Berg HE; Norrbrand L; Andersen MS; Gutierrez-Farewik EM; Sundblad P; Eiken O
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY. 2023;33(4):1245-1253Lundin N; Berg HE; Enocson A
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2023;94:171-177Holtenius J; Berg HE; Enocson A
- Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2023;34(2):349-356Sumrein BO; Berg HE; Launonen AP; Landell P; Laitinen MK; Fellander-Tsai L; Mattila VM; Huttunen TT
- Article: JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH. 2023;37(1):27-34Sjoberg M; Eiken O; Norrbrand L; Berg HE; Gutierrez-Farewik EM
- Article: PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS INTERNATIONAL. 2022;46(5):414-424Kuhlmann A; Hagberg K; Kamrad I; Ramstrand N; Seidinger S; Berg H
- Article: BONE. 2022;162:116479Morohoshi A; Qureshi AR; Iseri K; Morohoshi H; Li Y; Lindholm B; Berg HE; Li F-T
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2022;111(1):14574969221083133Salonen A; Laitakari E; Berg HE; Fellander-Tsai L; Mattila VM; Huttunen TT
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY. 2022;157:111631Skoglund E; Lundberg TR; Rullman E; Fielding RA; Kirn DR; Englund DA; von Berens A; Koochek A; Cederholm T; Berg HE; Gustafsson T
- Article: FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING. 2021;3:686335Sjoberg M; Berg HE; Norrbrand L; Andersen MS; Gutierrez-Farewik EM; Sundblad P; Eiken O
- Article: INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED. 2021;52(6):1410-1417Lundin N; Huttunen TT; Berg HE; Marcano A; Fellander-Tsai L; Enocson A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SURGERY. 2021;47(3):803-809Mellner C; Mohammed J; Larsson M; Esberg S; Szymanski M; Hellstrom N; Chang C; Berg HE; Skoldenberg O; Knutsson B; Morberg P; Mukka S
- Article: BONE. 2021;147:115909Iseri K; Carrero JJ; Evans M; Runesson B; Stenvinkel P; Lindholm B; Berg HE; Fellaner-Tsai L; Qureshi AR
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(5):e044103Svedman S; Alkner B; Berg HE; Domeij-Arverud E; Jonsson K; Helander KN; Ackermann PW
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2021;92(3):323-328Lundin N; Huttunen TT; Enocson A; Marcano AI; Fellander-Tsai L; Berg HE
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2020;35(12):2372-2380Iseri K; Carrero JJ; Evans M; Fellander-Tsai L; Berg HE; Runesson B; Stenvinkel P; Lindholm B; Qureshi AR
- Article: JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2020;45(11):1022-1028Launonen AP; Huttunen TT; Lepola V; Niemi ST; Kannus P; Li F-T; Berg HE; Laitinen MK; Mattila VM
- Article: BONE. 2020;140:115554Iseri K; Carrero JJ; Evans M; Fellander-Tsai L; Berg HE; Runesson B; Stenvinkel P; Lindholm B; Qureshi AR
- Article: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 2020;40(3):165-172Berg HE; Truong D; Skoglund E; Gustafsson T; Lundberg TR
- Article: BONE. 2020;133:115242Iseri K; Carrero JJ; Evans M; Fellander-Tsai L; Berg H; Runesson B; Stenvinkel P; Lindholm B; Qureshi AR
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2019;16(7):e1002855Launonen AP; Sumrein BO; Reito A; Lepola V; Paloneva J; Jonsson KB; Wolf O; Strom P; Berg HE; Fellander-Tsai L; Jansson K-A; Fell D; Mechlenburg I; Dossing K; Ostergaard H; Martson A; Laitinen MK; Mattila VM
- Article: ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2019;63(5):610-614Bartha E; Davidson T; Berg HE; Kalman S
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS. 2019;87:206-210Jonsson M; Munkhammar T; Norrbrand L; Berg HE
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(1):e024916Launonen AP; Fjalestad T; Laitinen MK; Lahdeoja T; Ekholm C; Wagle T; Mattila VM; Sumrein BO; Paloneva J; Lehtimaki K; Thillemann T; Berg H; Wolf O
- Article: CARTILAGE. 2019;10(1):120-128Martinez-Carranza NL; Hultenby K; Lagerstedt AS; Schupbach P; Berg HE
- Article: JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY. 2018;27(10):1756-1761Sumrein BO; Mattila VM; Lepola V; Laitinen MK; Launonen AP
- Journal article: CLINICAL TRIALS IN ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS. 2018;3(3):74-80Aulin C; Martinez-Carranza N; Fyhrlund J; Berg HE; Hedström M
- Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2017;28(3):901-907Sumrein BO; Huttunen TT; Launonen AP; Berg HE; Fellander-Tsai L; Mattila VM
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME. 2016;98(21):1837-1842Huttunen TT; Launonen AP; Berg HE; Lepola V; Fellander-Tsai L; Mattila VM
- Article: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE. 2016;24(3):484-493Martinez-Carranza N; Ryd L; Hultenby K; Hedlund H; Nurmi-Sandh H; Lagerstedt AS; Schupbach P; Berg HE
- Article: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE. 2014;22(6):836-844Martinez-Carranza N; Berg HE; Lagerstedt A-S; Nurmi-Sandh H; Schupbach P; Ryd L
- Article: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE. 2013;21(5):739-745Martinez-Carranza N; Berg HE; Hultenby K; Nurmi-Sandh H; Ryd L; Lagerstedt A-S
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2010;81(2):183-188Rasch A; Dalen N; Berg HE
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY - SERIES B. 2009;91B(5):583-588Rasch A; Bystrom AH; Dalen N; Martinez-Carranza N; Berg HE
- Article: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA. 2008;62(2-3):232-239Hueser D; Wolff C; Berg HE; Tesch PA; Cork M
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2007;78(4):505-510Rasch A; Bystrom AH; Dalen N; Berg HE
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2007;99(3):283-289Berg HE; Eiken O; Miklavcic L; Mekjavic IB
- Article: ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. 2005;86(12):2371-2376Rasch A; Dalén N; Berg HE
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2005;94(4):357-363Enocson AG; Berg HE; Vargas R; Jenner G; Tesch PA
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2005;93(4):463-468Tesch PA; Berg HE; Bring D; Evans HJ; LeBlanc AD
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2003;90(1-2):44-49Alkner BA; Berg HE; Kozlovskaya I; Sayenko D; Tesch PA
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2001;90(2):431-435Ferretti G; Berg HE; Minetti AE; Moia C; Rampichini S; Narici MV
- Article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 2000;32(2):459-463Alkner BA; Tesch PA; Berg HE
- Article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 1999;31(7):1065-1067Berg HE; Eiken O
- Article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 1998;163(4):369-377Gamrin L; Berg HE; Essén P; Tesch PA; Hultman E; Garlick PJ; McNurlan MA; Wernerman J
- Article: JOURNAL OF GRAVITATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR GRAVITATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY. 1998;5(1):P19-P22Tesch PA; Berg HE
- Article: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA. 1998;42(1-8):219-230Berg HE; Tesch PA
- Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 1997;82(1):182-188Berg HE; Larsson L; Tesch PA
- Article: PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 1996;432(2):320-328Larsson L; Li XP; Berg HE; Frontera WR
- Article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 1996;157(1):63-70Berg HE; Tesch PA
- Article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 1995;27(12):1666-1670BERG HE; EIKEN O; TESCH PA
- Journal article: AVIATION SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 1994;65(8):752-756BERG HE; TESCH PA
- Journal article: ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. 1994;75(6):661-665BERG HE; BERGGREN G; TESCH PA
- Journal article: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 1993;148(4):379-385BERG HE; TEDNER B; TESCH PA
- Journal article: CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 1993;13(4):337-347BERG HE; DUDLEY GA; HATHER B; TESCH PA
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 1993;74(3):1293-1298LINNARSSON D; ORNHAGEN H; GENNSER M; BERG H
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1992;89(39):3157-3160Berg H; Tesch P; Berggren G
- Journal article: MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE. 1992;24(5):s114Berg HE; Berggren G; Tesch PA
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGIST. 1992;35(1 Suppl):s96-s98Berg HE; Tesch PA
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 1991;70(4):1882-1885BERG HE; DUDLEY GA; HAGGMARK T; OHLSEN H; TESCH PA
- Journal article: PHYSIOLOGIST. 1991;34(1 Suppl):s104-s106Tesch PA; Berg HE; Häggmark T; Ohlsén H; Dudley GA
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All other publications
- Editorial comment: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2017;88(6):577Berg HE
- Published conference paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE. 1997;18:S322-S324Tesch PA; Berg HE
Employments
- Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2026
- Visiting Professor, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2026
Degrees and Education
- Docent, karolinska institutet, 2009
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1997