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Better management of musculoskeletal conditions

Musculoskeletal conditions are prevalent and burdensome, commonly requiring health care.

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We are a research group with broad clinical experience and multidisciplinary networks driving regional, national and international projects.

Our research is funded by Swedish Research Council national project grants and county clinical research in medicine grants as well as the Research Council in Southeast Sweden.

The purpose of this research program is to evaluate and implement evidence-based care for musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to improve health care quality, patient function, activity, self-care enablement and health related quality of life

The following projects are included in the research program:

  • The development and evaluation of effectiveness, implementation and quality of best practice models of care for musculoskeletal conditions
  • The effectiveness of physiotherapeutic interventions in degenerative musculoskeletal conditions including prehabilitation and rehabilitation for patients receiving surgical interventions
  • Etiology and prevention of spinal deformities

Our research is focused on reducing the prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal conditions which rank highest in the Global Burden of Disease. This through developing and implementing sustainable high-quality health care.

Research projects

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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.

Researchers

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Allan Abbott

Professor

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Birgitta Öberg

Professor Emeritus

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Paul Enthoven

Associate Professor, Docent

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Yvonne Lindbäck

Associate Professor

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Karin Schröder

Associate Professor

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Maria Fors

Affiliated Researcher

Financiers

Financiers

Related Research

Publications from Allan Abbot

2026

Maija Paukkunen, Birgitta Öberg, Jaro Karppinen, Leena Ala-Mursula, Katja Ryynänen, Riikka Holopainen, Allan Abbott (2026) Where is the patient in the records? Evaluating physiotherapists' first visit in occupational health primary care pathway for low back pain BMJ Open Quality, Vol. 15, Article e003900 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Johanna Vinblad, Erik Bülow, Fredrik Nyberg, Katarina Eeg-Olofsson, Annette W-Dahl, Gunilla Limbäck, Martin Englund, Allan Abbott, Andrea Dell’Isola, Ola Rolfson (2025) Association of type 2 diabetes with reoperation, adverse events and mortality after hip and knee replacement: a Swedish register-based study including 109 938 hip and 80 897 knee replacements BMJ Open, Vol. 15, Article e096717 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Marcus Malmqvist, Tom P. C. Schlosser, Daphne Wezenberg, Allan Abbott, Ludvig Vavruch (2025) Quantification of chest deformity correction in anterior and posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis European spine journal (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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.

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