Emmanuel Bäckryd

Senior Associate Pro

Publications

2026

Emmanuel Bäckryd, Björn Gerdle, Marcelo Rivano Fischer, Sophia Akerblom, Anna Trulsson Schouenborg, Elena Dragioti, Huan-Ji Dong, Asa Ringqvist (2026)

Exploring the relationship between pain intensity and psychological distress: a parallel mediator, cross-sectional, registry study of >6,400 patients in Sweden Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 26, Article 20260030 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2026-0030

Sara Hasson, Emmanuel Bäckryd, Thomas Kallman, Huan-Ji Dong, Bijar Ghafouri (2026)

Expression of inflammation-related proteins and use of analgesics before and after interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation - a secondary analysis Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 26, Article 20260021 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2026-0021

Anders Larsson, Mats B. Eriksson, Emmanuel Bäckryd, Linda Steinholtz, Anna-Karin Hamberg (2026)

Evaluating Patient Medians for Laboratory Quality Control Using Long-Term Carbamazepine Monitoring Data The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfag102

Sofi Sonesson, Ida Åkerlund, Kalle Torvaldsson, Emmanuel Bäckryd, Hanna Lindblom, Martin Hägglund (2026)

One in three reports pain in a given week: a one-season prospective study on prevalence of pain and analgesic use in amateur female and male football players BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol. 12, Article e002851 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002851

2025

Peter Zsigmond, Emmanuel Bäckryd, Bijar Ghafouri (2025)

The relationship between inflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid in healthy controls and in patients with severe essential tremor before and after deep brain stimulation Brain Disorders, Vol. 20, Article 100277 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dscb.2025.100277

Research

PAINOMICS® Research Group

The aim of the research at Painomics laboratory is to investigate mechanistic markers of nociception and severity of pain, in peripheral and central level in subjects with chronic pain conditions, using omics.

Coworkers

Anders Carlsson

Lecturer

Bijar Ghafouri

Professor, Head of Unit

Mika Jönsson

Postdoc

Karin Wåhlén

Assistant Professor

Organisation

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.

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Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

We are an interdisciplinary division that consists of three units: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Medicine.

Unit of Clinical Medicine

Within the unit of clinical medicine, we conduct research and teaching in geriatrics, general medicine, occupational and environmental medicine and pain and rehabilitation medicine.