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Karin Schröder

Associate Professor

I work with teaching in physiotherapy. I am passionate about teaching. Making a subject interesting and understanding students' difficulties to promote learning is one of my strengths. My research fields are low back pain and dizziness.

Presentation

I teach in the physiotherapy program and am also responsible for the advanced course on pain and pain management.

My dissertation deals with the implementation and broad evaluation of a physiotherapeutic model care program for low back pain (BetterBack). Further studies have continued to evaluate the BetterBack care program, which has been recognized as the best-evaluated care program for back pain, with evaluations at the provider, patient, and organisational levels, where the implementation is also based on established theories (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39516802/).

I have continued to research low back pain with a focus on guideline implementation and now also in the area of dizziness and students' perception of AI. I work one day a week as a physiotherapist in primary care.

About me

Background

  • 1990 Registered Physical Therapist
  • 2013 Master's degree in Physical Therapy
  • 2013 LSR specialist in Orthopedics
  • 2021 PhD
  • 2023 Associate professor

Awards

  • Excellent Inspirer 2015, 2017 and 2019
    - Awarded by the student union Consensus by vote from students at the PT-program
  • Nominated "Pedagogue of the year" 2022

Teaching

  • Semester 1, 3, 5, 6 of physiotherapy program in elective course of elementary education
  • pain and pain management at the graduate level

Publications

2025

Yvonne Lindbäck, Karin Schröder, Torkel Engström, Karin Valeskog, Sofi Sonesson (2025) Generative artificial intelligence in physiotherapy education: great potential amidst challenges- a qualitative interview study BMC Medical Education, Vol. 25, Article 603 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Paul Enthoven, Linnea Menning, Birgitta Öberg, Karin Schröder, Maria Fors, Yvonne Lindbäck, Allan Abbott (2024) Physiotherapists' experiences of implementation of the BetterBack model of care for low back pain in primary care - a focus group interview study Physiotherapy Theory and Practice (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Fors, Birgitta Öberg, Paul Enthoven, Karin Schröder, Hugo Hesser, Henrik Hedevik, Allan Abbott (2024) Are illness perceptions and patient self-care enablement mediators of treatment effect in best practice physiotherapy low back pain care? Secondary mediation analyses in the BetterBack trial Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Vol. 40, p. 1753-1766 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Karin Schröder, Birgitta Öberg, Paul Enthoven, Henrik Hedevik, Allan Abbott (2023) Improved adherence to clinical guidelines for low back pain after implementation of the BetterBack model of care: A stepped cluster randomized controlled trial within a hybrid type 2 trial Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Vol. 39, p. 1376-1390 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Maria Fors, Birgitta Öberg, Paul Enthoven, Karin Schröder, Allan Abbott (2022) The association between patients' illness perceptions and longitudinal clinical outcome in patients with low back pain PAIN Reports, Vol. 7, Article e1004 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Coworkers

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Birgitta Öberg

Professor Emeritus

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Allan Abbott

Professor

Organisation

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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.
Div of Physiotherapy

Unit of Physiotherapy

We are about 45 employees who together develop further teaching and research in physiotherapy. The link between clinical and academic activities is strong.

News

Fewer back problems with BetterBack

Most backs protest at least at once in a lifetime. Movement is often the best help. Therefore, researchers and physiotherapists in healthcare have developed a model of care “BetterBack (BättreRygg)”, which has now attracted international attention.

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