Sport Performance and Exercise Research & Innovation Center-Stockholm, SPERIC-S
We study sports performance and training, from molecules to humans in motion. During the past year, an intense interdisciplinary research, innovation, and educational environment has been built around exercise, health, and performance development, SPERIC-S.

Introduction
The strength of our research environment is that we combine targeted excellence with current broad applied knowledge - without compromising on quality. Our ultimate competence areas are biomechanics, sports physiology, sports psychology, leadership, and nutrition. The ambition is to maintain an environment with a broad top comprising several project managers and projects where everyone has a place and development.
Together with Riksidrottsförbundet and Mittuniversitet, we have an agreement on a joint venture, a sports research school, and a sports research network where sports. It is focused on the form of the Swedish Sports Confederation, together with specialist sports federations, businesses, and academia working together for investment in elite sports-oriented, activity-based research.
Purpose
Our ambition is to conduct research and collaboration closely with sports and business. The reason is that new knowledge is quickly shared to all benefit.
We examine risk and health factors for sustainable sports from an interdisciplinary perspective and evaluate measures for promoting sustainable sports.
We want to understand the details of how the body is affected by exercise to translate that knowledge into performance optimization and health promotion.
We want to be involved in creating innovations that support our elite athletes and make everyday life easier for the exerciser. The research also aims to understand and develop leadership in sports where performance and sustainability are focused.
We want to understand the entire chain, from molecule to human, and have the skills, environment, and passion.
Research projects
Researchers
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Centrum för idrottsforskning
- KK-stiftelsen
- CampPRO Ortopedteknik AB
- Permobil AB
- Qualisys AB
- Räddningsregion sydöstra Svealand
- Riksidrottsförbundet
- P3 Athletics
- Åke Wibergs stiftelse
- Svenska Naprapatförbundet
- Håkanssons stiftelse
- Orienteringsförbundet
- Svexa
- Svenska Skidförbundet
- Lars Hierta
- Principal Investigator
- Universitets- och högskolerådet
- EU - EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, EIT Health and EIT Digital, Erasmus+ program
- CampPRO Ortopedteknik AB,
- Permobil AB
- Qualisys AB
- Aleris Rehab Station Stockholm
- Riksidrottsförbundet
- Parasport Sverige
- Stiftelsen Spinalis
- RG Aktiv Rehabilitering
- Svenskt Nätverk för Anpassad Fysisk Aktivitet (SNAFA)
- Karolinska institutet
- Mitt universitetet
- Lunds universitet
- Stockholm Stad
- SATS
- BioArctic
- RF/SISU Stockholm
- Bosön, RF elit
- Idrottsmedicinska kliniken Bosön
- Capio Artro kliniken rehabilitering
- Skandinaviska Kiropraktor högskolan
- Axelsons Massage Institut
- Arcademy, Stockholm
- Rehabilitation Centre Klimmendaal, the Netherlands
- KU Leuven, Belgien
- UZ Leuven, Belgien
- HMU, Spain
- University Miguel Hernandez, Spain
- Politecnico di Turino, Italien
- AWF, Warzarwa, Polen
- Klimmendal, Nederländerna
- Räddningsregion sydöstra Svealand
- Ghent University
- Bonn University
- Malmö universitet
- Uppsala universitet
- Högskolan Väst
- Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, KTH
- Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
- Sophiahemmet
- Stockholms universitet
- Högskolan i Skövde
- Högskolan i Jönköping
- Örebro universitet
- Umeå universitet
- Göteborgs universitet
- Sahlgrenska akademin
- Högskolan i Halmstad
- Universitetet i Agder
- University of Minnesota
- Norges Idrotsshögskola
- Ariel University
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Montreal
- St Mary's University Twickenham UK
- Leeds Beckett University UK
- Jyväskylä, KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Finland, German Sport University Cologne, and University of Nevada, USA.
- P3 Athletics
- Intramedic
- Vyaire Medical, Höchberg, Germany
- JN Sport Science & Innovation AB
- Svenska Kanotförbundet
- Paddle Australia
- David Aitken, eget företag, Australia,
- One Giant Leap, New Zealand
- Högskolan i Østfold.
- Försvarsmakten
- World Athletics
- World Federation of Sporting Goods Industries (WFSGI)
- Queens University, Kingston Kanada,
- University of Queensland, Australien.
- Linköpings universitet
- Ski Team Sweden (alpint och ski cross)
- Capio Artro Klinik
- Svenska orienteringsförbudet
- Maurten
- Svexa
- Supersapeins
- Sydgrönt
- University of Craiova (Rumänien)
- Fredrick University (Cypern)
- University of Luxembourg (Luxemburg).
- Igloo Innovation (Norge)
- Ungt Entreprenörskap (Norge)
- The International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (Italien)
- Svenska Olympiska Kommittén
- Elitidrottsmottagningen Region Stockholm samt Region Skåne
- University of Leeds Beckett.
Publications
The publications from the research group Sport Performance and Exercise Research & Innovation Center-Stockholm, SPERIC-S are listed in GIH's publication database DiVA. The most recent publications are displayed first.
- Comprehensive Doctoral Thesis
Early specialising aesthetic performers
2023- Charlotte Downing
- Article
The lactate receptor GPR81 is predominantly expressed in type II human skeletal muscle fibers
2023- Fabian Nordström,
- Rasmus Liegnell,
- William Apro,
- Comprehensive Doctoral Thesis
Psychiatric disorders in Swedish elite athletes
2023- Cecilia Åkesdotter
- Article
Överdriven träning kan försämra mitokondriefunktion och glukostolerans
2022- Mikael Flockhart
- Conference Paper
THRIFTY; A Novel Method For Rapid Fiber Type Identification Of Isolated Skeletal Muscle Fibers
2022- Sebastian Edman,
- Oscar Horwath,
- Alva Andersson,
- Article
Lifestyle characteristics in adolescent female football players
2022- Anne Fältström,
- Eva Skillgate,
- Nathan Weiss,
- Conference Paper
A Qualitative Analysis of Swedish Sport Psychology Practitioners’ Experiences of a Continuing Education Program
2022- Johanna Belz,
- Göran Kenttä,
- Jelena Muetstege,
- Conference Paper
Monitoring mental health in elite Para athletes in preparation and during the Beijing Paralympic Games 2022
2022- M Bentzen,
- Göran Kenttä,
- Tommy Karls,
- Conference Paper
Self-Compassion in Competitive Sport: The «Why», «How», «When» and «For Whom»
2022- Philipp Röthlin,
- Amber Mosewich,
- Leah Ferguson,
- Conference Paper
Six-month Stability of Individual Differences in Sports Coaches’ Burnout, Self-compassion and Social Support.
2022- N Ackaret,
- P Röthlin,
- M Allemand,
- Conference Paper
Mental health in Swedish student-athletes during the covid-19 pandemic
2022- K Moesch,
- A Håkansson,
- Göran Kenttä
- Conference Paper
Dual Career Experience and Resilience in Swedish Student-Athletes Can Make a Difference to their Mental Health
2022- Göran Kenttä,
- A Ivarsson,
- K Lindahl,
- Conference Paper
Monitoring mental health in Paralympic athletes – does it influence the coach-athlete relationship?
2022- Göran Kenttä,
- K Fagher,
- M Bentzen
- Conference Paper
Three hours of moderate intensity exercise training reduces glucose tolerance in endurance trained athletes
2022- Mikael Flockhart,
- Dominik Tischer,
- Lina Nilsson,
- Conference Paper
Satellite cell pool expansion induced by resistance exercise is not altered by acute normobaric hypoxia
2022- Oscar Horwath,
- Fabian Nordström,
- William Apro,
- Article
The role of glycogen phosphorylase in glycogen biogenesis in skeletal muscle after exercise
2022- Abram Katz
- Conference Paper
Exploring the role of the high-performance head coach in creating a successful culture in Canadian, norwegian, and swedish parasport teams
2022- Danielle Alexander,
- Gordon Bloom,
- Marte Bentzen,
- Chapter
Consulting Boundaries
2022- Sebastian Brueckner,
- Göran Kenttä
- Conference Paper
P05-01 Change in cardiorespiratory fitness in midlife and incident hypertension
2022- Tobias Holmlund,
- Björn Ekblom,
- Elin Ekblom Bak
- Comprehensive Doctoral Thesis
Skeletal muscle fiber types in man
2022- Sebastian Edman