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Anna-Karin Ax

My research focus on physical activity during cancer treatment and aims to improve the rehabilitation in patients with cancer.

Presentation

I’m the headteacher in the course Contact Nurse in Cancer Care. I am a specialist nurse in oncology at the department of oncology, university hospital, Linköping.

Publications

2023

Anna-Karin Ax (2023) Exercise in patients with cancer: Effects on health-related quality of life, costs, and cost-effectiveness during oncological treatment
Anna-Karin Ax, Magnus Husberg, Birgitta Johansson, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Sveinung Berntsen, Katarina Sjövall, Sussanne Börjeson, Karin Nordin, Thomas Davidson (2023) Cost-effectiveness of different exercise intensities during oncological treatment in the Phys-Can RCT Acta Oncologica, Vol. 62, p. 414-421 Continue to DOI

2022

Anna-Karin Ax, Magnus Husberg, Birgitta Johansson, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Sveinung Berntsen, Katarina Sjövall, Sussanne Börjeson, Karin Nordin, Thomas Davidson (2022) Long-term resource utilisation and associated costs of exercise during (neo)adjuvant oncological treatment: the Phys-Can project Acta Oncologica, Vol. 61, p. 888-896 Continue to DOI
Anna-Karin Ax, Birgitta Johansson, Johan Lyth, Karin Nordin, Sussanne Börjeson (2022) Short- and long-term effect of high versus low-to-moderate intensity exercise to optimise health-related quality of life after oncological treatment - results from the Phys-Can project Supportive Care in Cancer, Vol. 30, p. 5949-5963 Continue to DOI

2021

Ingrid Demmelmaier, Hannah L. Brooke, Anna Henriksson, Anne-Sophie Mazzoni, Ann Christin Helgesen Bjorke, Helena Igelstrom, Anna-Karin Ax, Katarina Sjovall, Maria Hellbom, Ronnie Pingel, Henrik Lindman, Silvia Johansson, Galina Velikova, Truls Raastad, Laurien M. Buffart, Pernilla Asenlof, Neil K. Aaronson, Bengt Glimelius, Peter Nygren, Birgitta Johansson, Sussanne Börjeson, Sveinung Berntsen, Karin Nordin (2021) Does exercise intensity matter for fatigue during (neo-)adjuvant cancer treatment? The Phys-Can randomized clinical trial Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Vol. 31, p. 1144-1159 Continue to DOI

Organisation

Wordcloud research subjects at HMV

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

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.
Five people in a laboratory.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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