Anna-Kaisa Karppanen
MSc.
Doctoral Researcher
My research focuses on infant motor development, temperament and anhedonia and their association to different physical activity levels and time spent sedentary from adulthood to midlife. The study is based on the prospective Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 1966.
Understanding the relationship of individual temperament trait, early life motor development, anhedonia and physical activity enables to identify subjects with high risk of developing sedentary lifestyle and develop more personalized and more effective treatment and physical activity counselling.
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anna-kaisa.karppanen@oulu.fi
Phone number
+358414537748
Visiting address
Aapistie 5B
FI-90220 Oulu
Finland
FI-90220 Oulu
Finland
Postal address
POB 5000
FI-90014
University of Oulu
Finland
FI-90014
University of Oulu
Finland