About
I am a PhD research fellow at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences. I am also a member of the MUSKHealth research group. My primary research interests are back pain among older adults, where I am working with a cohort study Back Complaints in the Elders - Norway. This is a large cohort study where we assess treatment, course and prognosis, and factors affecting the prognosis of back pain among older adults in primary care. We collaborate with research groups in the Netherlands and Brazil.
Research groups
Research projects
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The Back Complaints in the Elders, Norway (BACE-N)
The BACE-N is part of an international consortium (The Back Complaints in the Elders: BACE), which was established in 2008 in order to create standardised methodology for large cohort studies and share data on the burden of back pain in older people.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Storheim, Kjersti; Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Rysstad, Tarjei Langseth; Pripp, Are Hugo; van der Gaag, Wendelien; Chiarotto, Alessandro; Koes, Bart W.; Grotle, Margreth
(2023).
External validation and updating of prognostic prediction models for nonrecovery among older adults seeking primary care for back pain.
Pain.
https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002974
Kjønø, Lise Grethe; Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Grotle, Margreth; Storheim, Kjersti
(2022).
Assessing physical workload among people with musculoskeletal disorders: validity and reliability of the physical workload questionnaire.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05222-y
Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Chiarotto, Alessandro; van der Windt, Danielle; Storheim, Kjersti; Bierma-Zienstra, Sita; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Zolic-Karlsson, Zinajda; Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Koes, Bart W.; Grotle, Margreth
(2022).
Modifiable prognostic factors of high costs related to healthcare utilization among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: an identification and replication study.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08180-2
Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Storheim, Kjersti; van der Windt, Danielle; Zolic-Karlsson, Zinajda; Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Kretz, Lise; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Grotle, Margreth
(2022).
Healthcare utilization and related costs among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: Findings from the BACE-N cohort study.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057778
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Storheim, Kjersti; Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Grotle, Margreth
(2022).
The one-year clinical course of back-related disability and the prognostic value of comorbidity among older adults with back pain in primary care.
Pain.
Vol. 164.
https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002779
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Storheim, Kjersti; Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Grotle, Margreth
(2021).
Characteristics of older adults with back
pain associated with choice of first
primary care provider: a cross-sectional
analysis from the BACE-N cohort study.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 11:e053229.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053229
Tingulstad, Alexander; Killingmo, Rikke Munk; Grotle, Margreth; Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse; Storheim, Kjersti; Langhammer, Birgitta
(2019).
Back beliefs among elderly seeking health care due to back pain; psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the back beliefs questionnaire.
8 p.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2910-8