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Mari Lundberg
Visiting Professor
Care in Long-term ConditionsAbout Mari Lundberg
I am a physiotherapist and professor in physiotherapy, and I run the Back in Motion Research Group. My research is about pain in general, and fear of movement in particular. I use various forms of research methodology and designs, such as qualitative research methodology, randomized controlled trial, and regression models.
I received my degree in physical therapy in 1992 and have worked clinically within different areas (e.g. orthopaedics, primary health care and sports medicine). I hold a bachelor degree within psychology, and a PhD in orthopaedics. I have in-depth competencies within behavioral medicine and statistics.
In 2012, I became a associate professor and I teach and supervise at all levels in the educational system (first, second and third cycle). I have been engaged in teaching since 2007 at University of Gothenburg, Karolinska Institutet and The Swedish Institute of Health Sciences.
I am the main supervisor for four PhD students and the co-supervisor for five PhD students.
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Exploring signs of central sensitization in adolescents with hypermobility Spectrum disorder or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome
Elke Schubert Hjalmarsson, Anders Fasth, Kelly Ickmans, Ann-Charlott Söderpalm, Mari Lundberg
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN - 2024 -
Have my back as I get back to work-Experiences of stakeholder support in returning to work after sick leave due to chronic pain: A qualitative interview
study
Åse Lundin, Inger Ekman, Paulin Andréll, Mari Lundberg, Sara Wallström
PLOS ONE - 2024 -
Comparison of short term recovery in patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy with varying degrees of kinesiophobia treated with the Silbernagel protocol: A prospective single cohort
analysis
Hayley Powell Smitheman, Shawn L. Hanlon, Mari Lundberg, Ryan T. Pohlig, Karin Gravare Silbernagel
PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT - 2024 -
Person-centred care in the context of higher education - a discourse analysis based on interviews with programme
directors
Annie Jonnergård, Ida Björkman, Emma Forsgren, Caroline Feldthusen, Mari Lundberg, Catarina Wallengren
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION - 2024 -
The Effect of Graded Activity and Pain Education After Lumbar Spinal Fusion on Sedentary Behavior 3 and 12 Months Postsurgery: A Randomized Controlled
Trial
Heidi Tegner, Nanna Rolving, Marius Henriksen, Rachid Bech-Azeddine, Mari Lundberg, Bente Appel Esbensen
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - 2024 -
Long-Term Follow-Up of a Person-Centered Prehabilitation Program Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Physical Therapy for Patients Scheduled for Lumbar
Fusion
Mike K. Kemani, Rikard Hanafi, Helena Brisby, Hanna Lotzke, Mari Lundberg
PHYSICAL THERAPY - 2024 -
Nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic low back pain? The low back pain phenotyping (BACPAP) consortium's international and multidisciplinary consensus
recommendations
Jo Nijs, Eva Kosek, Alessandro Chiarotto, Chad Cook, Lieven A. Danneels, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Paul W. Hodges, Bart Koes, Adriaan Louw, Raymond Ostelo, Gwendolyne G.M. Scholten-Peeters, Michele Sterling, Othman Alkassabi, Hana Alsobayel, Darren Beales, Paraskevi Bilika, Jacqui R. Clark, Liesbet De Baets, Christophe Demoulin, Rutger M.J. de Zoete, Ömer Elma, Annelie Gutke, Rikard Hanafi, Sabina Hotz Boendermaker, Eva Huysmans, Eleni Kapreli, Mari Lundberg, Anneleen Malfliet, Ney Meziat Filho, Felipe J.J. Reis, Lennard Voogt, Kory Zimney, Rob Smeets, Bart Morlion, Kurt de Vlam, Steven Z. George
The Lancet Rheumatology - 2024 -
Balancing between being the most valuable player (MVP) and passing the ball: a qualitative study of support when living with chronic pain in
Sweden
Veronica Lilja, Sara Wallström, Markus Saarijärvi, Mari Lundberg, Vivi Anne Segertoft, Inger Ekman
BMJ open - 2024 -
Get Back, a person-centred digital programme targeting physical activity for patients undergoing spinal stenosis surgery-a study protocol of a randomized feasibility
study
Emelie Karlsson, Rikard Hanafi, Helena Brisby, Andreas Fors, Mike Kemani, Håkan Hedman, Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES - 2024 -
Adolescents' experiences of Help Overcoming Pain Early—A school based person-centred intervention for adolescents with chronic
pain
Ulrika Wallbing, Stefan Nilsson, Helena Wigert, Mari Lundberg
Paediatric and Neonatal Pain - 2023 -
Suffering out of sight but not out of mind - interpreting experiences of sick leave due to chronic pain in a community setting: a qualitative
study
Åse Lundin, Inger Ekman, Sara Wallström, Paulin Andréll, Mari Lundberg
BMJ Open - 2023 -
Putting the fear-avoidance model into practice - what can patients with chronic low back pain learn from patients with Achilles tendinopathy and vice
versa?
H. P. Smitheman, Mari Lundberg, Malin Härnesand, Sara Gelfgren, K. G. Silbernagel
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy - 2023 -
Fear of movement was associated with sedentary behaviour 12 months after lumbar fusion surgery in patients with low back pain and degenerative disc
disorder
Max Jakobsson, Maria Hagströmer, Hanna Lotzke, Philip von Rosen, Mari Lundberg
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2023 -
Help overcoming pain early, a brief person-centred intervention for adolescents with chronic pain in a school setting, may improve symptoms of
insomnia
Ulrika Wallbing, Stefan Nilsson, Mari Lundberg, Helena Wigert, Mike K. Kemani
Frontiers in Pain Research - 2023 -
Central sensitization in adolescents with hypermobility spectrum disorder or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome-a feasibility
study
Elke Schubert Hjalmarsson, Anders Fasth, K. Ickmans, E. L. Mardbrink, Ann-Charlott Söderpalm, Mari Lundberg
Pilot and Feasibility Studies - 2023 -
The Predictive Value of Fear Avoidance Beliefs for Outcomes Following Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Disease: A Systematic Review and Best Evidence
Synthesis
V. Wouter, T. Heidi, C. Iris, H. Eva, Jo Nijs, M. Maarten, G. Lisa, B. Ronald, Mari Lundberg
Pain Physician - 2022 -
Person-centered care content in medicine, occupational therapy, nursing, and physiotherapy education
programs
Catarina Wallengren Gustafsson, Håkan Billig, Ida Björkman, Inger Ekman, Caroline Feldthusen, Irma Lindström Kjellberg, Mari Lundberg
BMC medical education - 2022 -
Person-centred care on the move - an interview study with programme directors in Swedish higher
education.
Ida Björkman, Caroline Feldthusen, Emma Forsgren, Annie Jonnergård, Irma Lindström Kjellberg, Catarina Wallengren Gustafsson, Mari Lundberg
BMC medical education - 2022 -
Thoughts on Pain, Physical Activity, and Body in Patients With Recurrent Low Back Pain and Fear: An Interview
Study
M. André, Mari Lundberg
Physical Therapy - 2022 -
Overcoming fear of movement resulting from knee replacement; strategies used by patients: An interview
study
F. Najafi, Z. Zare, S. M. Javad Mortazavi, Mari Lundberg, H. Shahsavari
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing - 2022 -
A Person-Centred Prehabilitation Program based on Cognitive Behavioural Physical Therapy for patients scheduled for Lumbar Fusion surgery: A mediation analysis to assess fear of movement (kinesiophobia), self-efficacy and catastrophizing as mediators of health
outcomes
G. Mansell, M. den Hollander, H. Lotzke, R. J. E. M. Smeets, Mari Lundberg
European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom) - 2022 -
Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision
medicine
Jo Nijs, S. Z. George, D. J. Clauw, C. Fernandez-de-las-Penas, E. Kosek, K. Ickmans, J. Fernandez-Carnero, A. Polli, E. Kapreli, E. Huysmans, A. I. Cuesta-Vargas, R. Mani, Mari Lundberg, L. Leysen, D. Rice, M. Sterling, M. Curatolo
Lancet Rheumatology - 2021 -
The Impact of the Degree of Kinesiophobia on Recovery in Patients With Achilles
Tendinopathy
N. H. Alghamdi, R. T. Pohlig, Mari Lundberg, K. G. Silbernagel
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal - 2021 -
Fear of Movement Is Related to Low Back Disability During a Two-Year Period in Patients Who Have Undergone Elective Lumbar Spine
Surgery
Mike K. Kemani, Olle Hägg, Max Jakobsson, Mari Lundberg
World Neurosurgery - 2020 -
Perceptions of Kinesiophobia in Relation to Physical Activity and Exercise After Myocardial Infarction: A Qualitative
Study
M. Bäck, V. Caldenius, L. Svensson, Mari Lundberg
Physical therapy - 2020 -
The effect of graded activity and pain education (GAPE): an early post-surgical rehabilitation programme after lumbar spinal fusion-study protocol for a randomized controlled
trial
H. Tegner, B. A. Esbensen, M. Henriksen, R. Bech-Azeddine, Mari Lundberg, L. Nielsen, N. Rolving
Trials - 2020 -
Effects of a person-centred approach in a school setting for adolescents with chronic pain-The HOPE randomized controlled
trial
Andreas Fors, Ulrika Wallbing, G. Alfven, M. K. Kemani, Mari Lundberg, Helena Wigert, Stefan Nilsson
European Journal of Pain - 2020 -
Developing an evidence-based prehabilitation programme designed to improve functional outcomes after lumbar fusion surgery-A feasibility study using the Medical Research Council
framework
Hanna Lotzke, Annelie Gutke, M. den Hollander, R. Smeets, Mari Lundberg
European Journal of Physiotherapy - 2020 -
Prediction of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Self-Reported Disability Following Lumbar Fusion
Surgery.
Max Jakobsson, Helena Brisby, Annelie Gutke, Olle Hägg, Hanna Lotzke, Rob Smeets, Mari Lundberg
World neurosurgery - 2019 -
Development of the Help Overcoming Pain Early (HOPE) Programme Built on a Person-Centred Approach to Support School Nurses in the Care of Adolescents with Chronic Pain-A Feasibility
Study.
Stefan Nilsson, Ulrika Wallbing, Gösta Alfvén, Kristina Dalenius, Andreas Fors, Marie Golsäter, Per-Åke Rosvall, Helena Wigert, Mari Lundberg
Children (Basel, Switzerland) - 2019 -
Level of Evidence for Reliability, Validity, and Responsiveness of Physical Capacity Tasks Designed to Assess Functioning in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review Using the COSMIN
Standards.
Max Jakobsson, Annelie Gutke, Lidwine B Mokkink, Rob Smeets, Mari Lundberg
Physical Therapy - 2019 -
A Person-Centered Prehabilitation Program Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Physical Therapy for Patients Scheduled for Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Randomized Controlled
Trial
Hanna Lotzke, Helena Brisby, Annelie Gutke, Olle Hägg, Max Jakobsson, R. Smeets, Mari Lundberg
Physical Therapy - 2019 -
One-minute stair climbing, 50-foot walk, and timed up-and-go were responsive measures for patients with chronic low back pain undergoing lumbar fusion
surgery
Max Jakobsson, Helena Brisby, Annelie Gutke, Mari Lundberg, R. Smeets
Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2019 -
Prehabilitation: The Emperor's New Clothes or a New Arena for Physical
Therapists?
Mari Lundberg, K. R. Archer, Caroline Larsson, E. Rydwik
Physical Therapy - 2019 -
Factor structure and internal consistency of a Swedish version of the Pain Catastrophizing
Scale.
Mike K Kemani, Anna Grimby-Ekman, Jesper Lundgren, Michael Sullivan, Mari Lundberg
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 2019 -
Patients with severe low back pain exhibit a low level of physical activity before lumbar fusion surgery: a cross-sectional
study
Hanna Lotzke, Max Jakobsson, Annelie Gutke, Maria Hagströmer, Helena Brisby, Olle Hägg, Rob Smeets, Mari Lundberg
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2018 -
Use of the PREPARE (PREhabilitation, Physical Activity and exeRcisE) program to improve outcomes after lumbar fusion surgery for severe low back pain: A study protocol of a person-centred randomised controlled
trial
Hanna Lotzke, Max Jakobsson, Helena Brisby, Annelie Gutke, Olle Hägg, R. Smeets, M. Den Hollander, Lars-Eric Olsson, Mari Lundberg
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - 2016 -
Kinesiophobia mediates the influences on attendance at exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease.
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
Physiotherapy theory and practice - 2016 -
Addressing sleep problems and cognitive dysfunctions in comprehensive rehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal
pain.
Jo Nijs, Enrique Lluch Girbés, Mari Lundberg, Anneleen Malfliet, Michele Sterling
Manual therapy - 2015 -
How does kinesiophobia change over time in patients with acute coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Mari Lundberg, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Bengt Jansson
Physiotherapy, Oral presentation, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT), 1-4 May 2015Singapore - 2015 -
Exercise therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Innovation by altering pain
memories.
Jo Nijs, Enrique Lluch Girbés, Mari Lundberg, Anneleen Malfliet, Michele Sterling
Manual therapy - 2015 -
What variables predict participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
Svenska kardiovaskulära vårmötet, Malmö 7-9 maj 2014 - 2014 -
What variables predict participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
European Heart Journal. European Society of Cardiology, 30 August - 3 September 2014, Barcelona - 2014 -
Pain, Mind, and Movement in Musculoskeletal Pain: Is Physical Activity Always Health-promoting or are There Detrimental
Aspects?
Monika I Hasenbring, Mari Lundberg, Romy Parker, Anne Söderlund, Bev Bolton, Rob Jem Smeets, André Ljutov, Maureen J Simmonds
The Clinical journal of pain - 2014 -
Ability to perform a single heel-rise is significantly related to patient-reported outcome after Achilles tendon
rupture.
Niklas Olsson, Jón Karlsson, Bengt I. Eriksson, Annelie Brorsson, Mari Lundberg, Karin Grävare Silbernagel
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports - 2014 -
Avoidance behavior towards physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: the fear for post-exertional
malaise.
Jo Nijs, Mari Lundberg
Clinical rheumatology - 2014 -
The impact on kinesiophobia (fear of movement) by clinical variables for patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
International Journal of Cardiology - 2013 -
Fear of movement and avoidance behaviour toward physical activity in chronic-fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: state of the art and implications for clinical
practice.
Jo Nijs, Nathalie Roussel, Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Margot De Kooning, Kelly Ickmans, Filip Struyf, Mira Meeus, Mari Lundberg
Clinical Rheumatology - 2013 -
Change in kinesiophobia and its relation to activity limitation after multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with chronic back
pain
C. L. Bergsten, Mari Lundberg, P. Lindberg, B. Elfving
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2012 -
Validation of a questionnaire to detect kinesiophobia (fear of movement) in patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Bengt Jansson, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - 2012 -
Catastrophizing during and after pregnancy: associations with lumbopelvic pain and postpartum physical
ability.
Christina B Olsson, Wilhelmus J A Grooten, Lena Nilsson-Wikmar, Karin Harms-Ringdahl, Mari Lundberg
Physical therapy - 2012 -
Cross-validation of the Depression, Anxiety, and Positive Outlook Scale (DAPOS) for Clinical
Use
Patricia Olaya-Contreras, Jorma Styf, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
The Clinical journal of pain - 2011 -
Pain-related fear: a critical review of the related
measures.
Mari Lundberg, Anna Grimby-Ekman, J Verbunt, M J Simmonds
Pain research and treatment - 2011 -
Impact of postpartum lumbopelvic pain on disability, pain intensity, health-related quality of life, activity level, kinesiophobia, and depressive
symptoms
Annelie Gutke, Mari Lundberg, Hans-Christian Östgaard, B. Öberg
European spine journal - 2011 -
High degree of kinesiophobia after lumbar disc herniation
surgery.
Gunilla Limbäck Svensson, Mari Lundberg, Hans-Christian Östgaard, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt
Acta orthopaedica - 2011 -
THE IMPACT OF FEAR-AVOIDANCE MODEL VARIABLES ON DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SPECIFIC- OR NON-SPECIFIC CHRONIC LOW BACK
PAIN.
Mari Lundberg, Karin Frennered, Olle Hägg, Jorma Styf
Spine - 2011 -
The majority of patients with Achilles tendinopathy recover fully when treated with exercise alone: a 5-year
follow-up.
Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Annelie Brorsson, Mari Lundberg
The American journal of sports medicine - 2011 -
Kinesiofobi (rörelserädsla) hos patienter med
kranskärlssjukdom
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
Abstraktbok Sjukgymnastdagarna 14-16 sept 2011, Stockholm - 2011 -
Validation of a queationnaire to detect kinesiophobia (fear of movement) in patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
World Physical Therapy 16th International WCPT Congress 20-23 June 2011, Amsterdam - 2011 -
My prosthesis as a part of me: a qualitative analysis of living with an osseointegrated prosthetic
limb.
Mari Lundberg, Kerstin Hagberg, Jennifer Bullington
Prosthetics and orthotics international - 2011 -
Women on sick leave - participation in rehabilitation
encounters
Eva Erkmar, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Mari Lundberg
Advances in Physiotherapy - 2010 -
Measurement invariance for gender and psychometric properties of the Depression, Anxiety and Positive Outlook Scale (DAPOS) in chronic musculoskeletal
pain
Patricia Olaya-Contreras, Jorma Styf, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
European Journal of Pain - 2009 -
On what patients does the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
fit?
Mari Lundberg, Jorma Styf, Bengt Jansson
Physiotherapy theory and practice - 2009 -
Kinesiophobia among physiological overusers with musculoskeletal
pain
Mari Lundberg, Jorma Styf
Eur J Pain - 2009 -
Experiences of moving with persistent pain – A qualitative study from a patient
perspective.
Mari Lundberg, Jorma Styf, J Bullington
Physiotherapy Theor Pract - 2007 -
Kinesiophobia among patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary
healthcare.
Mari Lundberg, Maria E H Larsson, Helene Ostlund, Jorma Styf
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2006 -
Kinesiophobia : various aspects of moving with musculoskeletal
pain
Mari Lundberg
2006 -
Kinesiophobia among patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary health
care.
Mari Lundberg, M Larsson, H Östlund, Jorma Styf
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - 2006 -
Rörelserädsla – hinder för effektiv
rehabilitering?
Mari Lundberg
Medikament - 2006 -
Kinesiophobia -various aspects of moving with musculoskeletal
pain.
Mari Lundberg
Svensk Idrottsmedicin - 2006 -
A psychometric evaluation or ghe Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia - from a physiotherapeutic
perspective
Mari Lundberg, Jorma Styf, Sven G. Carlsson
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - 2004 -
Preoperative oral carbohydrate treatment attenuates endogenous glucose release 3 days after
surgery
M. Soop, J. Nygren, A. Thorell, L. Weidenhielm, Mari Lundberg, F. Hammarqvist, O. Ljungqvist
Clin Nutr - 2004 -
A psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) – from a physiotherapeutic
perspective.
Mari Lundberg, Jorma Styf, S.G. Carlsson
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - 2004