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Toomas Timpka
Researcher at Linköping University
Publications - 336
Citations - 7725
Toomas Timpka is an academic researcher from Linköping University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Population. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 316 publications receiving 6399 citations. Previous affiliations of Toomas Timpka include University of Skövde.
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Electronic data capture on athletes' pre-participation health and in-competition injury and illness at major sports championships: An extended usability study in Athletics.
David Karlsson,Toomas Timpka,Jenny Jacobsson,Juan-Manuel Alonso,Jan Kowalski,Sverker Nilsson,Frédéric Depiesse,Pedro Branco,Pascal Edouard +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that athletes’ motivation to self-report health data and the design of the human–computer interface for team physicians are key issues for the usability of electronic data collection systems in association with championships in individual sports.
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Exploration of the life histories and future of war-wounded Salvadoran and Iranian Kurd quota refugees in Sweden: a qualitative approach
TL;DR: The findings suggest that repatriation is a recurrent theme in the future plans of these refugees and the reconstruction of identity may take many forms due to a background as youth soldiers as well as their different experiences of the culture in the host country.
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Infographic. Useful steps in the prevention of illnesses during international athletics championships
Pascal Edouard,Danny Glover,Andrew Murray,Toomas Timpka,Marine Sorg,Frédéric Depiesse,Pedro Branco,Astrid Junge +7 more
TL;DR: This study aimed to describe the occurrence and characteristics of illnesses at international athletics championships with regards to sex (male and female athletes), disciplines and championships type (indoor and outdoor).
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Participatory Design of Inter-organizational Systems: A Method Approach
TL;DR: In this article, a method based on participatory design for developing inter-organizational systems for public services is explored, in order to to ensure that traditional values of participatory designs are taken into consideration in the design of the interorganizational information systems.
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Interrater reliability of the injury reporting of the injury surveillance system used in international athletics championships.
Pascal Edouard,Astrid Junge,Marianna Kiss-Polauf,Christophe Ramirez,Mónica Sousa,Toomas Timpka,Pedro Branco +6 more
TL;DR: The injury surveillance system used during international athletics championships provided reliable data for "sex", "location", "event", "circumstance", and "age", and can be recommended as tool to collect epidemiology information on injuries during international Athletics championships.