Julia Starck

About me

I am a doctor and PhD-student, focusing on physical activity and physical performance in children.

My PhD-project focuses on daily physical activity in children with and without cerebral palsy. My biggest project investigates physical performance, development and response to endurance exercise in healthy children throughout puberty, where they perform yearly physical tests for five years.

Article: EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. 2026;111(8):3772-3783
Circulating mitochondrial-derived microproteins at rest and in response to an acute bout of endurance exercise in individuals with cerebral palsy
Horwath O; Corell L; Wan J; Hjalmarsson E; Starck J; Reitzner SM; Norrbom J; Fernandez-Gonzalo R; Kvist O; Cohen P; von Walden F; Edman S
Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2026;26(1):684
Study protocol for Full Speed Ahead: an intervention for improved activities in daily life through Frame Running and Goal directed training
Eliasson A-C; Lowing K; Hjalmarsson E; Lidbeck C; Adestedt A; Starck J; Aspdahl M; Lowing J; Frisk E; Strand J; Ericson A; Andersson K; Brostrom E; Kvist O; Norrbom J; von Walden F
Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2025;603(8):2333-2347
Exercise-induced plasma mature brain-derived neurotrophic factor elevation in children, adolescents and adults: influence of age, maturity and physical activity
Edman S; Starck J; Corell L; Hangasjarvi W; von Finckenstein A; Reimeringer M; Reitzner S; Norrbom J; Moberg M; von Walden F

Conference publication: ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA. 2025;241
Physical Self-Esteem and Daily Activity in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Starck J; Hjalmarsson E; Oen S; Reimringer M; Alexanderson H; von Walden F

Phd Student, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2027
Phd Student, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027
Phd Student, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2025
Phd Student, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2024