Joints, Muscles and Skeleton

Physiotherapy - Epidemiology and Prevention

Our research focus is to improve this knowledge of injury and sickness in different populations, especially in sports and work related populations. Epidemiological registering of preventive and health ca interventions is another focus.

Shoulder problems – assessment, treatment and outcome measures

The overarching aim is to improve diagnostics, treatment and evaluation of patients with shoulder problems both within primary care rehabilitation and in the orthopedic setting.

Human Movement Science

We improve knowledge of movement system function in healthy as well as individuals with functional impairments due to sickness of injury. Our research utilizes methods for measuring and analyzing the mechanisms required for function and activity.

Physiotherapeutic Diagnostics and Rehabilitation

We conduct clinical research on diagnostic methods and effects of interventions such as therapeutic exercise, manual therapies, pain management modalities as well as pedagogical and behavioural based management strategies.

Musculoskeletal Imaging Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography

Medical Digital Twin

Medical Digital Twin (MeDigiT) is a platform with the aim of facilitating the use of personalized digital models in healthcare. The platform is a meeting place for stakeholders in the subject of medical digital twins.

The care program: Better Back

The care program Betterback☺︎ is intended to support diagnostic and treatment intervention processes for more effective primary care for patients with a new onset of low back pain, with or without radiculopathy.

Natural corollaries and recovery after acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury – the NACOX cohort study protocol

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury can result in joint instability, decreased functional performance, reduced physical activity and quality of life, and an increased risk for post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

Better management of musculoskeletal conditions

Musculoskeletal disorders rank highest in the global disease burden. The purpose of our research is to evaluate and implement evidence-based care for musculoskeletal disorders.

Experimental Orthopedics

The purpose of this research is to ensure and accelerate the healing of injured bones and tendons.The project involves clinical research that builds on our previous experimental work, mainly regarding PTH and bisphosphonates.

Bone, mineralization and vascular calcification

Mineralization occurs normally in bone but has, nevertheless, much in common with the pathological process of vascular calcification, which inevitably leads to increased morbidity and mortality.

Treatment of meniscus injuries

Keyhole surgery has long been the most common treatment for suspected meniscus injury. But the benefits of the operation are now being questioned and instead replaced with training primarily for middle-aged and older people with knee pain.

Etiology and prevention of spinal deformities

The etiology of many spinal deformities are complex or even unknown. Genetics, muskuloskeletal structural integrity, biomechanical factors and neuromuscular functional impairments may be causal factors for spinal deformity.

Athletics Research Center

Athletics (track and field) is globally one of the most popular individual sports and the largest sport at the Olympic Games. The Athletics Research Center is a hub for international multi-disciplinary Athletics research.

PRECIIS

PRECIIS aims towards significantly better outcomes and patient safety at a significantly lower cost, through ground-breaking improvement of precision in orthopedic surgery.

Diagnosis and rehabilitation for Whiplash Associated Disorders

Forum Scientium Graduate School

Graduate school Forum Scientium, a bridge between medicine, natural sciences and engineering, stimulates creativity and a common use of ideas, knowledge, and equipment.

Unnecessary surgery for back pain

Millions of people all over the world receive the wrong treatment for low back pain, according to an international study published in The Lancet.

Corticosteroids aid healing – if the timing is right

A corticosteroid can improve the healing of damaged tendons, but it must be given at the right time, according to a new study from LiU. In rats, the tendon became twice as strong by the anti-inflammatory treatment.

Athletes´ symptom anxiety linked to risk of injury

The anxiety experienced by elite athletes over illness symptoms is linked to the risk being injured during competition, according to a study carried out at the World Championship in Athletics 2015.

Sooner on your feet after hip fracture

An already available drug can help patients get back on their feet more rapidly after a hip fracture, according to an international study published in the Journal of Bone Joint Surgery.

LiU prof busts medical myths

Many common surgical interventions, such as meniscus surgery, are both costly and risky, and offer no benefits at all – according to agroup of orthopaedic ”mythbusters”.

Combating osteoporosis before a hip breaks

One in five women, and one in ten men, in Sweden can suffer a broken hip due to osteoporosis. But a simple hand x-ray can detect the problem before any bone fracture occurs.

Sports injuries researched in a new centre

Two or three injuries per season – that is standard for an average athlete. The consequence can be life-long suffering. Linköping University now has a research centre devoted to this issue.

Bone medicine increases risk of rare fracture

Many older patients are given bisphosphonate for years to treat osteoporosis. But there is a risk that this treatment can lead to a rare type of fracture of the femur.