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| Carina A ThorstenssonSummaryAffiliation: Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Country: Sweden Publications
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Reduced functional performance in the lower extremity predicted radiographic knee osteoarthritis five years laterC A Thorstensson
Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Oskarström, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 63:402-7. 2004..Reduced quadriceps strength is an early finding in subjects with knee osteoarthritis, but it is not clear whether it is a cause or a consequence of knee osteoarthritis...
Help-seeking behaviour among people living with chronic hip or knee pain in the communityCarina A Thorstensson
Research and Development Centre, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Oskarström, Sweden
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:153. 2009..This study explores the importance of several potential risk factors on help seeking across different practitioner groups, among adults living with chronic hip or knee pain in a large community sample...
Choosing surgery: patients' preferences within a trial of treatments for anterior cruciate ligament injury. A qualitative studyCarina A Thorstensson
Department of Research and Development, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Oskarström, Sweden
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:100. 2009....
Natural course of knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged subjects with knee pain: 12-year follow-up using clinical and radiographic criteriaC A Thorstensson
Research and Development Centre, Spenshult, S 313 92 Oskarström, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 68:1890-3. 2009..To explore the natural course of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a middle-aged population with chronic knee pain...
Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance - the perspective of social insurance officers. A qualitative studyCarina A Thorstensson
The MORSE project Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
BMC Health Serv Res 8:231. 2008..Objective was to describe variations in how social insurance officers conceive the cooperation with the health care in their daily work with sick leave...
The effect of eight weeks of exercise on knee adduction moment in early knee osteoarthritis--a pilot studyC A Thorstensson
Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Sweden
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:1163-70. 2007..Exercise is an important treatment of knee OA, but the effect on joint load has not been determined. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise on knee adduction moment during one-leg rise and gait...
How do middle-aged patients conceive exercise as a form of treatment for knee osteoarthritis?Carina A Thorstensson
Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstead, Sweden
Disabil Rehabil 28:51-9. 2006..To describe conceptions, as registered by a semi-structured interview, of exercise as treatment among sixteen middle-aged patients with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis...
Six-week high-intensity exercise program for middle-aged patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN20244858]Carina A Thorstensson
Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:27. 2005..Subjects in this study were middle-aged with symptomatic and definite radiographic knee osteoarthritis. The aim was to test the effects of a short-term, high-intensity exercise program on self-reported pain, function and quality of life...
Risk of sick leave and disability pension in working-age women and men with knee osteoarthritisJenny Hubertsson
Correspondence to Jenny Hubertsson, Department of Orthopedics, Skåne University Hospital Lund, Klinikgatan 22, SE 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis 72:401-5. 2013..To investigate sick leave and disability pension in working-age subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) compared with the general population...
Serum levels of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) increase temporarily after physical exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritisMaria L E Andersson
Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:98. 2006..The objective of the present study was to monitor serum levels of COMP during a randomised controlled trial of physical exercise vs. standardised rest in individuals with symptomatic and radiographic knee OA...
Sickness absence in musculoskeletal disorders - patients' experiences of interactions with the social insurance agency and health care. A qualitative studyJenny Hubertsson
Musculoskeletal Sciences, Dept of Orthopedics, Skane University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund Sweden
BMC Public Health 11:107. 2011....
