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Andreas Blomqvist

My name is Andreas Blomqvist and I am wearing two hats! Some days I am an entrepreneur, running an eHealth business in Stockholm, and other days I am a PhD-student in the field of medical science, focusing on physical activity and heart failure.

Physical activity and heart failure

Heart failure is a very common disease with 250 000 afflicted in Sweden alone. Efficacious pharmacological treatment is readily available, but adequate self-care behaviour is in fact also a very potent way to deal with the disease.

There is strong evidence that people with heart failure greatly benefit from exercise, but for many people it is not feasible to attend structure physical therapy and many lead sedentary lives. My research is dedicated towards the development of a home-based support for these people, designed to encourage and support increased physical activity.

Education

  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, KTH 2004
  • MBA, Blekinge Institute of Technology 2009

Publications

2025

Henry C. Evrard, Andreas Blomqvist (2025) Balancing the role of the ventral posterior thalamus in pain and temperature Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol. 133, p. 1014-1015 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Andreas Blomqvist, Anna Strömberg, Marie Lundberg, Maria Bäck, Tiny Jaarsma, Leonie Klompstra (2025) Exploring user experience: A qualitative analysis of the use of a physical activity support app for people with heart failure PLOS ONE, Vol. 20, Article e0309577 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Signe Svanfeldt, Chris Seth, Marcus Gners, Andreas Blomqvist (2025) The science behind the lifesum app: an intervention design analysis Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 14023 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Andreas Blomqvist, Maria Bäck, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma (2025) Testing the Recruitment Frequency, Implementation Fidelity, and Feasibility of Outcomes of the Heart Failure Activity Coach Study (HEALTHY): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial JMIR Formative Research, Vol. 9, Article e62910 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Andreas Blomqvist (2024) Supporting physical activity in people with heart failure: Novel Tools for Intervention and Assessment

Organisation

Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health (ORH)

We carry out education and research in nursing. We run the nursing program in Linköping and Norrköping, as well as the Midwife program and 7 programs on an advanced level for specialist nurses.

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