Maria Bäck
Adjunct Professor
Postdoktor
About me
CV
- 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Unit of Physiotherapy, Linköping University
- 2014-16 Post-doc, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Unit of Physiotherapy, Linköping University
- 2012 PhD in medicine, Institute of medicine, Sahlgrenska academy, University of Gothenburg
- 2008 Specialist competence in cardiovascular diseases
- 2005 Master of Science in physiotherapy, University of Gothenburg.
- 2001 Bachelor of physiotherapy, University of Gothenburg
Field of teaching
Teaching at the Physiotherapy program and at advanced levels, mainly lectures, workshops and examinations in the fields of cardiovascular disease, exercise, physiology and behavioural medicine. Supervision of masters degree-projects and PhD students.
Selection of merits
- Reviewers in scientific journals
- Member of examination boards
- Invited speaker to national and international congresses and educational courses
- SWEDEHEART steering group member
- Coordinator of the national network of physiotherapists working in cardiac rehabilitation
- Physiotherapist representative in the National system for knowledge driven management within Swedish healthcare as member of the national working group for secondary prevention of coronary artery disease
- Chair (2012-2018) and past chair (2019-2020) of the Swedish Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professions within Cardiology
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- Board member of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professions (ACNAP) within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- Chair of the ESC Task Force on Allied Professionals, led by ACNAP
- Co-chair together with Professor Dominique Hansen of the ESC Task Force on Physiotherapy and Sport Scientists Network, led by European Association of Preventive Cardiology
- Member of the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation section of the Association of Preventive Cardiology within the ESC
Publications
2026
2026 ESC Guidelines on cardiac rehabilitation Developed by the task force on cardiac rehabilitation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM) and World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
European Heart Journal
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehag099
Associations of exercise capacity after myocardial infarction with mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events: sex-specific findings from the nationwide SWEDEHEART cohort
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwag449
Psychosocial support as a gateway to cardiac rehabilitation
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvag202
Associations of demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle factors and comorbidity with accelerometer-measured physical activity in adults with cardiovascular diseases
PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0352673
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352673
Validating hip- and wrist-ActiGraph accelerometer cut-points for physical activity intensities in people living with coronary heart disease
PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0349618
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349618
Research
Selection of research funding as a main applicant
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation
- Swedish Heart and Lung Association
- Family Kamprad Foundation
- Grants from the Swedish state under the agreement between the Swedish government and the county councils, the ALF agreement
- Post-doc fellowship from Swedish Society of Medical Research