Bengt Saltin
Preventive Cardiology
University of Copenhagen
About
Bengt Saltin works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with University of Copenhagen.
Bengt Saltin was a Swedish professor in exercise physiology who spent significant parts of his career in Denmark at the University of Copenhagen. He served as director of the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre at Rigshospitalet. His research contributed to understanding the physiological effects of exercise on muscle metabolism and cardiovascular systems.
Research focus
Cardiovascular exercise physiologyMuscle metabolism in relation to cardiac healthExercise as therapy for chronic cardiovascular diseasesHeart rate variability and autonomic controlSkeletal muscle adaptations to training
Impact
660 pubs · 68,597 cites · h-index 138
Training
MD
Karolinska Institute
1962
PhD
Royal Gymnastic Central Institute
1964
Affiliations
Work Experience
Director
Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen · 1995 - 2014
Professor of Exercise Physiology
August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen · 1973 - Present
Professor
Karolinska Institute · 1968 - 1973
Associate Professor
Karolinska Institute · 1964 - 1968