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ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen
@ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
Working to resolve sports injuries in human musculoskeletal tissue at Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine
https://www.ismc.dk/
New results presented at this morning's meeting by Birgitte Hougs Kjær from her impressive #PASEtrial testing treatment options for patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy👏👏
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Day 2 of the Matrix Biology PhD course and we’re in the new Fælleshuset building starting our group work brain storming. Thanks to @douglaspdyer.bsky.social and @tranejoan.bsky.social for laying the foundations of ECM biology in yesterday’s lectures!
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Our tendon enthusiasts @ccstorytime.bsky.social & @annesofieagergaard.bsky.social are in Nanjing, China for an international meeting focused on orthopedic surgery and sports medicine talking about their approach with circadian rhythms and exercise-based treatment on tackling tendinopathy ⏰🏋️‍♀️ #tendon
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Inspiring days for the Applied Muscle Performance and Rehabilitation group at the Strength & Conditioning Society conference at NIH in beautiful Oslo 🇳🇴 3-day deep dive into exercise physiology - highlighted by two stellar performances (1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Come through Panum to see Anne Theil Gates and Magnus Heilmann-Clausen this #Kulturnatten! Get yohr test results for chair-stand, hand grip, Hbac1, body composition (bioimpedence) and estimated VO2 max (Seismofit)! 💪🌕 #healthyaging
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This morning we had a special lecture from Linette Marie Kofod who talked about her PhD where she looked at the effect and importance of delivering the right amount of oxygen to chronic COPD patients. There were lots of interests and a great discussion!
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This morning we have a presentation from Kenneth Mertz about relative energy deficiency in sports, the myths around the topic, the sparse literature and how they aim to investigate REDS in athletes 💪🥗🏋️‍♀️ Check out his most recent work on effect on bone 🦴
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Can green proteins match animal protein in supporting muscle health after menopause?

Congratulations to @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social on receiving nearly DKK 4 million from the @novo-nordisk.bsky.social to investigate sustainable proteins, strength training & healthy aging in women. 👏🌱🥛🧬
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New paper alert! Dr Rikke Høffner & team show how different rehab loading strategies influence tendon structure and healing after Achilles tendon rupture surgery. MRI&ultrasound revealing changes not only at the rupture site but throughout the entire tendon.

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Morphological Changes One Year After Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair: A Comparison of Loading Strategies
Purpose: This study investigated effects of delayed initial loading in comparison to a standard regime following an Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) on tendon cross-sectional area (CSA) and fat infiltra...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Enjoying some sun 🌞 after another morning of recruiting subjects for their study looking at the impact of inflammation on skeletal muscle maintenance in hospitalized patients (InflaMus): study leader @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social and medical students, Tobias Christiansen & Louise Helmbæk
September 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Time to bring out the big 🔫 for this morning meeting! Prof. Michael Krogsgaard gives an insightful presentation on the problem of the ankle and highlights the unanswered scientific questions of how to best treat them through surgical means💡
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
At @lundbeckfonden.bsky.social Hearts x Minds Festival in Aarhus, Dr Anne Theil Gates and Eline Baad-Hansen talked about physical health and cognitive function with exercise 💙 🧠 💪
September 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today we celebrated friend and collaborator Prof. Kristoffer Barfod’s inaugural lecture. Congratulation from us at the ISMC!
September 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This mornings department meeting was a presentation by Charlotte Anker-Petersen from Sports Orthopedics Research Centre Copenhagen who presented her PhD projects on injury epidemiology, clinical findings and risk factors in TeamGym gymnasts. Her latest paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Today’s department meeting was presented by Max Ravn Merkel on the research MAGNETOM Free.Star MRI scanner and its possibilities. We also had an introduction to what the new CPH Center for Translational Research has to offer 🤩 Lots of new tools for our researchers with enthusiastic support 👩‍🔬
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Congrats Ask!
Congrats to our two winners of the @dsmb-dk.bsky.social annual meeting best oral presentation prizes! Best heparan sulfate talk sponsored by Amsbio goes to Jessica Oyie Sousa Onyeisi @gotteprof.bsky.social lab&best ECM talk sponsored by Tebubio goes to Ask Møbjerg @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
#proudPI
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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At the @dsmb-dk.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2025 and PhD student Ask Møbjerg is presenting our latest work on the acute effects of exercise on ECM remodelling of human muscle-tendon tissues using snRNAseq and RNAscope 🏋️‍♀️🔬

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September 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
To kick-off this semester's Thursday morning meetings, PhD student Frederik Nielsen, supervised by @abigailmackey1.bsky.social and @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social, introduced his exciting study on enhancing muscle and bone protein synthesis in elderly females🦴💪🙌
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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BSMB Autumn meeting Surrey talking about our latest work. Very proud of Team Tendon & collaborators for persevering with such a difficult tissue 👏
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September 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Team Tendon bids farewell to @steffendanielle.bsky.social and celebrates a paper submission tonight with a lovely meal out together 🥰 We’ll miss her energy, insightful questions and friendly presence at @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yesterday afternoon we held our summer party with the perfect summer weather 🌞 A huge thank you to our medical student Tobias Holst-Christensen and all the helpers for organising biathlon, snacks, dinner and games! 🔫 🏃‍♀️🍉🧃🍔🎯🔨
August 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A special seminar from @jarodforer.bsky.social visiting from @uoregon.bsky.social to tell us about his PhD so far, specifically a project characterizing the fluid response to injury in rat Achilles tendons. Thanks for stopping by the institute to share your work!
August 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Postdoc Casper Soendenbroe doing an excellent job presenting now @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini:
FLEXING MUSCLES AND STIMULATING NERVES – THE EFFECTS OF HEAVY RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON MUSCLE INNERVATION💪🙌
July 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
At the @ecssofficial.bsky.social 2025 meeting in Rimini, @abigailmackey1.bsky.social is in the plenary session, Mechanisms of Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with her talk “Don’t forget, hypertrophy is not just for the beach - the structural and cellular drivers & facilitators of hypertrophy”
July 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today we had took advantage of Dr Chavaunne Thorpe’s visit and asked her to present her research on The Diverse Roles of the Interfascicular Matrix in Tendon Health, Ageing and Disease and have a mini discussion meeting with the Tendon Group. Thanks for an insightful visit!
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM