Research focus
We currently have several research programs on chronic or recurrent conditions in the primary, secondary and tertiary care sector.
Our main programs include several defined research projects with different principal investigators (PI:s). In these projects, we handle a wide range of scientific methods that deal with registry, clinical, empirical and laboratory data, psychometrics, as well as qualitative methods. Our group is interdisciplinary, and we work actively to understand and critically evaluate health-related variables from a biopsychosocial perspective. The long-term goal is to develop and implement updated knowledge into clinical actions to meet the challenge of tomorrow's patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
Research projects
Research in musculoskeletal disorders
- Multi-disciplinary approach rehabilitation in patients with chronic pain
- Exercise and spinal manipulative therapy for musculoskeletal disorders in primary, secondary and tertiary health care
- Factors associated with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain
- Non-pharmacological management and exercise therapy of autoimmune (rheumatic) connective tissue diseases
Research in occupational health
- Sedentary behaviour
Research in sport medicine
- Biopsychosocial factors for injury prevention
- Motor control and movement control tests
Clinimetric research
- Measurement properties and cross-cultural adaptation and validation of instruments in musculoskeletal disorders
- ICF classification of sickness certificates
Collaborators and partners, financial support
List of our collaborators and partners including main financial support.
News and activities
Photo: Getty Images,Getty Images/iStockphotoNew study: Both high- and low-dose exercise therapy is beneficial for knee osteoarthritis
Photo: Sara Hessling.Evidence for exercise in patients with chronic low back pain
Photo: Privat.Carina Boström conducts research about the effects of high-intensity interval exercise in systemic lupus erythematosus
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