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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

2025

Margret Leosdottir, Lars Dahlbom, Maria Bäck, Lars Wallentin, Joakim Alfredsson, David Erlinge, Tomas Jernberg, Emil Hagstrom (2025) Data quality assessment in the SWEDEHEART registry: Insights from serial audits on completeness and accuracy American Heart Journal, Vol. 288, p. 149-158 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Georgia K. Chaseling, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Maria Bäck, Oscar Miro, Maryia Tokmakova, Petter Ljungman, Jari Laukkanen, Rosa Maria Bruno, George Ntaios, Bianca Rocca, Ollie Jay, Lacy M. Alexander, W. Larry Kenney, Philip Moons (2025) Heat extremes and cardiovascular diseases: a scientific statement of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions, Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care, European Association of Preventive Cardiology, Heart Failure Association, European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC, the ESC Council on Hypertension, the ESC Council on Stroke, and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy European Heart Journal (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Andreas Blomqvist, Anna Strömberg, Marie Lundberg, Maria Bäck, Tiny Jaarsma, Leonie Klompstra (2025) Exploring user experience: A qualitative analysis of the use of a physical activity support app for people with heart failure PLOS ONE, Vol. 20, Article e0309577 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Nicole Freene, Amanda Lonn, Maria Bäck, Jennifer Reed (2025) Women's heart health: should the physical activity recommendations be different? European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Mattias Ekstrom, Kristina Hambraeus, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Sabina Borg, Madeleine Brosved, Marcus Flink, Kajsa Hedin, Charlotta Lans, Jessica Olovsson, Charlotte Urell, Birgitta Öberg, Stefan James (2025) Feasibility, safety and patient perceptions of exercise-based cardiac telerehabilitation in a multicentre real-world setting after myocardial infarction-the remote exercise SWEDEHEART study The European Heart Journal - Digital Health, Vol. 6, p. 508-518 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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

Organisation

Illustration of the letters 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.
A physiotherapist in a blue shirt is standing to the left of a woman in a pink shirt doing an exercise. You can not see their faces.

Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

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

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