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Personal profile
Research profile
Research interests:
- Respiratory muscle fatigue and respiratory muscle training
- Cardiovascular function in health and disease
- Experimental physiology
- Autonomic cardiovascular control
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).
- Spinal cord injury, mechanical ventilation, respiratory disease
Teaching profile
Supervision and mentoring: Pr. December 2024, I have supervised 5 student projects at the BSc in Sports Sciences, and 4 student projects at the BSc MedIS/Medicine (3rd semester experimental project). I have supervised and examined 6 student projects at the MSc in Sports Sciences.
Teaching: I have been teaching in the MSc in Sports Science education in the course:
Sport Programs for Diverse Target Groups
and at several courses in the BSc in Sports Sciences education: Exercise Physiology within Endurance and Strength Training Exercise Physiology and Athletics
Applied Exercise Physiology and Data Processing
Biomechanics in Theory and Practice (ball games)
I have also teached at the BSc in Biomedical Engineering and Informatics in Quantitative Physiology course.
I have also been teaching in the Occupational Therapy education program at the University College of Northern Jutland (UCN).
Administrative profile
2022-2023: Head of the Sports Laboratory at AAU SUND
2023-2024: Laboratory demonstration exercises for high school classes, including measurement of maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)
2022-2023: ‘Moving Coordinator’ for the Sports Laboratory as part of the move to the AAU SUND building.
2023: VBN Editor for the ExerciseTech research group.
2023: I was part of a working group regarding the decoration of the Sports Science student environment at Gigantium.
2019: DHL coordinator for the Department of Health Science and Technology.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Health and Exercise Science, Ph.D., PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BARRIERS IN WHEELCHAIR USERS, AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF UPPER-BODY ROWING EXERCISE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY
15 Nov 2018 → 16 Jun 2022
Award Date: 16 Jun 2022
Sports Science, MSc, EFFECT OF INTENSE EXERCISE HYPERPNEA ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGENATION
2015 → 2017
Award Date: 27 Jun 2017
Sports Science, BSc, Investigation of the acute effects of low intensity physical activity on post-prandial blood glucose levels in healthy, non-obese, inactive men and women
2010 → 2013
External positions
Medlemskab, The Scandinavian Physiological Society
2022 → …
Medlemskab, Danish Cardiovascular Academy
2021 → …
Keywords
- Sports Science
- Medicine
- Public health
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Collaborations from the last five years
Projects
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Moving Together - Online Dance Intervention for mental and physical health in older adults
Pessoto Hirata, R. (PI), Hansen, R. K. (Project Coordinator), Jochum, E. (CoPI), Villumsen, M. (Project Participant) & Egholm, D. (Project Participant)
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research
Research output
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Physical activity barriers in wheelchair users, and cardiometabolic health effects of upper-body rowing exercise in individuals with spinal cord injury
Hansen, R. K., 2022, Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 77 p.Research output: PhD thesis
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Rowing exercise increases cardiorespiratory fitness and brachial artery diameter but not traditional cardiometabolic risk factors in spinal cord-injured humans
Hansen, R. K., Samani, A., Laessoe, U., Handberg, A., Mellergaard, M., Figlewski, K., Thijssen, D. H. J., Gliemann, L. & Larsen, R. G., Jun 2023, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 123, 6, p. 1241-1255 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sex differences in microvascular function across lower leg muscles in humans
Molbo, L., Hansen, R. K., Østergaard, L. R., Frøkjær, J. B. & Larsen, R. G., Jan 2022, In: Microvascular Research. 139, 104278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Physical Activity Barriers in Danish Manual Wheelchair Users: A Cross-sectional Study
Hansen, R. K., Larsen, R. G., Laessoe, U., Samani, A. & Cowan, R. E., Apr 2021, In: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 102, 4, p. 687-693Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Moving together - benefits of an online dance program on physical and mental health for older women: an exploratory mixed-method study
Hansen, R. K., Jochum, E., Egholm, D., Villumsen, M. & Hirata, R. P., 2 May 2024, In: BMC Geriatrics. 24, 1, 392.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)36 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Spinal Research Institute’s 2022 SCI Writing Prize
Hansen, R. K. (Recipient), 11 Oct 2022
Prize: Research, education and innovation prizes
Press/Media
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Effekt af træning på hjerte-/kredsløbsfunktion og metaboliske faktorer hos rygmarvsskadede kørestolsbrugere
25/08/2020
1 Media contribution
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Salsa er sundt: Online-dans gav målbar forbedring af ældres fysiske og mentale helbred
21/11/2023 → 27/11/2023
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Salsa og moderne dans forbedrer ældres selvopfattede livskvalitet og kan potentielt mindske faldrisiko
24/11/2023
1 item of Media coverage
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Salsa skal forebygge faldulykker hos ældre
08/01/2023 → 08/01/2023
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Effekt af træning på hjerte- og kredsløbsfunktion
01/07/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media