• The effects of being told you are in the intervention group on training results: a pilot study 

      Lindberg, Kolbjørn Andreas; Bjørnsen, Thomas; Vårvik, Fredrik Tonstad; Paulsen, Gøran; Joensen, Malene; Kristoffersen, Morten; Sveen, Ole; Gundersen, Hilde; Slettaløkken, Gunnar; Brankovic, Robert; Solberg, Paul Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Little is known about the placebo effects when comparing training interventions. Consequently, we investigated whether subjects being told they are in the intervention group get better training results compared to subjects ...
    • Frequent blood flow restricted training not to failure and to failure induces similar gains in myonuclei and muscle mass 

      Bjørnsen, Thomas; Wernbom, Mathias; Paulsen, Gøran; Berntsen, Sveinung; Brankovic, Robert; Stålesen, Håkon; Sundnes, Joakim; Raastad, Truls (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The purpose of the present study was to compare the effects of short-term high-frequency failure vs non-failure blood flow–restricted resistance exercise (BFRRE) on changes in satellite cells (SCs), myonuclei, muscle size, ...