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
Psychiatric disorders in Swedish elite athletes
2023- Cecilia Åkesdotter
- Article
Protocol for a 2-year longitudinal study of eating disturbances, mental health problems and overuse injuries in rock climbers (CLIMB).
2023- Klara Edlund,
- Isabel Nigicser,
- Mikael Sansone,
- Article
Scoping review of dual-task interference in individuals with intellectual disability.
2023- Roi Charles Pineda,
- Ralf Th Krampe,
- Yves Vanlandewijck,
- Conference Paper
Short, frequent physical activity breaks improve working memory in adolescents during prolonged sitting (AbbaH teen study)
2023- Karin Kjellenberg,
- Emerald G. Heiland,
- Olga Tarassova,
- Conference Paper
Effects of physical activity breaks on working memory and oxygenated hemoglobin in adolescents
2023- Karin Kjellenberg,
- Emerald G. Heiland,
- Olga Tarassova,
- Conference Paper
Acute effects of nitrate and breakfast on working memory and cerebral blood flow in adolescents
2023- Emerald G. Heiland,
- Karin Kjellenberg,
- Olga Tarassova,
- Article
Glucosinolate-rich broccoli sprouts protect against oxidative stress and improve adaptations to intense exercise training.
2023- Mikael Flockhart,
- Lina Nilsson,
- E N Tillqvist,
- Article
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Endurance Athletes
2023- Mikael Flockhart,
- Filip J Larsen
- Article
Insights into the energy returning properties of 'super shoes' from a novel, highly accurate, biplanar videoradiography dataset
2023- Quinn Yetman,
- Anton Arndt,
- Michael Rainbow
- Article
Symptoms of depression and anxiety among elite high school student-athletes in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic
2023- Mitchell J Andersson,
- Göran Kenttä,
- Karin Moesch,
- Article
The past, present and future of footwear biomechanics
2023- Toni Arndt,
- Wolfgang Potthast
- Article
The Underlying Mechanisms of Sports Injuries in Paralympic Goalball
2023- Malek Rebai,
- Rin Tan,
- Yves Vanlandewijck,
- Article
Performance and micro-pacing strategies in sit para-biathlon
2023- Gauthier Rispal,
- Anna Cecilia Severin,
- Julia Kathrin Baumgart,
- Chapter
Consulting boundaries
2023- Sebastian Brueckner,
- Göran Kenttä
- Article
Perceived exertion is lower at equal mean exercise intensities when cycling in field versus indoors
2023- Karin Sofia Elisabeth Olsson,
- Ruggero Ceci,
- Lina Wahlgren,
- Article
Mobility of the human foot's medial arch helps enable upright bipedal locomotion.
2023- Lauren Welte,
- Nicholas B Holowka,
- Luke A Kelly,
- Conference Paper
Effectively managing Paralympic teams
2023- Gordon Bloom,
- Danielle Alexander,
- Marte Bentzen,
- Article
The role of acute changes in mBDNF, cortisol and pro-BDNF in predicting cognitive performance in old age.
2023- Jonna Nilsson,
- Maria Ekblom,
- Marcus Moberg,
- Article
Fully Integrated Wearable Device for Continuous Sweat Lactate Monitoring in Sports.
2023- Xing Xuan,
- Chen Chen,
- Agueda Molinero-Fernandez,
- Article
Starting a Conversation about Vulnerability in Elite Sport
2023- Karin Hägglund,
- Christopher R. D. Wagstaff,
- Göran Kenttä,
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