Bengt Saltin (3 June 1935 — 12 September 2014) was a Swedish professor in
exercise physiology
Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise. It is one of the allied health professions, and involves the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise. Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise ...
, who spent parts of his career in
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After starting his medical studies at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 1950s, he commenced his doctoral studies at the Department of Physiology at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute (GCI/GIH) in Stockholm in 1960.
Per-Olof Åstrand
Per-Olof Åstrand (21 October 1922 – 2 January 2015) was a Swedish professor of physiology at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH) in Stockholm 1970–1977, and 1977–1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a ...
became his tutor, and in 1964 he presented his doctoral thesis. He thereafter proceeded with introducing muscle physiology and biochemistry studies at the same departement.
In the 1970s he commenced with the same type of studies at the August Krogh Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the 1990s he returned to Stockholm and the Karolinska Institute for some years, and later he returned to Copenhagen to establish the Copenhagen Muscle Research Institute.
His overall contributions to exercise physiology are among the greater attained in history,
Saltin died in Stockholm, Sweden, on 12 September 2014 after a long illness.
http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=510&Itemid=129 Obituary Prof Bengt Saltin
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Publications
* ''Muscle Fatigue Mechanisms in Exercise and Training: 4th International Symposium on Exercise and Sport Biology, 1990 (Medicine and Sport Science)'' (1992)
* ''Exercise and Circulation in Health and Disease'' (1999)
See also
*August Krogh
Schack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several ...
*Per-Olof Åstrand
Per-Olof Åstrand (21 October 1922 – 2 January 2015) was a Swedish professor of physiology at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH) in Stockholm 1970–1977, and 1977–1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a ...
References
Further reading
Schantz, P. 2015. Along paths converging to Bengt Saltin's early contributions in exercise physiology. Scand J Med Sci Sports 25 (Suppl. 4): 7-15
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1935 births
2014 deaths
Swedish physiologists
Sports scientists
Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters