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Kristin Gustafsson

Affiliated Researcher

I am a phd student at Linköping University and work clinically as a physiotherapist at Rehabilitation Centre, Ryhov County Hospital in Jönköping. My research is focused on risk- and health factors in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis.

My research

In my research, I study risk- and health factors in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis

They has been referred for structured core treatment (including education and individually adapted exercises) and registered in the National Quality Register for “Better Management of Patients with Osteoarthritis” (BOA).

I study if patients in the BOA Register differ from the Swedish general population regarding socioeconomic, health and sick leave. I also strives for identifying factors that can predict progression and long-term outcome for the patients in the BOA Register.

Previously I have also studied physiotherapeutic treatment of acute ankle sprains.


Publications

2026

Kristin Gustafsson, Therese Jonsson, Marcus Ljung, Caroline Stahl, Elin Ostlind (2026) Major discrepancies in recommendations regarding long-term activity restrictions following knee replacement: a survey among Swedish physiotherapists BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 27, Article 582 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-026-10142-2
Kristin Gustafsson, Per Liv, Ola Rolfson, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer, Sebastian Mukka, Jens Wahlstrom (2026) The return to work after arthroplasty (REWARD) cohort: a nationwide longitudinal study of sick leave and disability pension among individuals receiving hip and knee arthroplasty in Sweden BMJ Open, Vol. 16, Article e119123 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119123
Kristin Gustafsson, Jens Wahlstrom, Albin Stjernbrandt, Charlotte Lewis, Sebastian Mukka, Per Liv, Adnan Noor Baloch (2026) Occupational biomechanical risk factors for hip and knee arthroplasty incidence: a register-based cohort study in male construction workers BMJ Open, Vol. 16, Article e107604 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107604
Marcus Ljung, Kristin Gustafsson, Joanna Kvist (2026) Effect of prehabilitation before total knee replacement on postoperative patient-reported joint awareness, enablement and knee function: protocol for the PROTEKT randomised controlled trial BMJ Open, Vol. 16, Article e113185 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113185
Therese Jonsson, Kristin Gustafsson, Anna Cronstrom, Eva Ageberg (2026) Does surgical history matter? A register-based study of 94 000 individuals from the Swedish osteoarthritis register on clinical profiles and outcomes of first-line treatment for knee osteoarthritis MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE, Vol. 81, Article 103457 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103457

Organisation

Coworkers

  • Marit Eriksson IMH, Linköpings Universitet och Futurum Region Jönköpings län
  • Ola Rolfson, Professor. Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sahlgrenska Akademin, Göteborgs Universitet
  • Leif Dahlberg, Professor, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lunds Universitet
  • Kristina Areskoug Josefsson, Docent, Biträdande professor, Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Hälsohögskolan i Jönköping