Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Physiotherapy for non-surgical spine patients
This PhD project investigates how patients with low back pain deemed unsuitable for surgery and their physiotherapists manage treatment and follow-up through evidence-based, biopsychosocial approaches.
Completed research projects
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A healthy back throughout life – a digital information bank (The BACK Bank)
The aim with this used-initiated project is to establish a digital information bank to enhance confidence, support informed health decisions, and reduce unnecessary healthcare utilization among people with back pain.
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The Back Complaints in the Elders, Norway (BACE-N)
Part of the Back Complaints in the Elders consortium, established to create standardised methodology for large cohort studies on the burden of back pain in the elderly.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sannes, Ann-Christin
; Kretz, Lise;
Pripp, Are Hugo
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Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse
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Killingmo, Rikke Munk
;
Stensrud, Silje
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Storheim, Kjersti
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Grotle, Margreth
; Iben, Axén,
(2025).
Two-years clinical course of pain intensity and symptom satisfaction for latent classes in older adults with back pain | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Springer Nature Link.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09442-w
Nordén, Kristine Røren; Fryxelius, Anna; Bånerud, Ingrid Fjeldheim; Bakland, Gunnstein; Voksø, Tore; Larsen, Mona; Lunestad, Astrid Torgersen;
Storheim, Kjersti
; Martinsen, Amy;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
(2025).
Mapping the future: identifying research priorities in rheumatoid arthritis with the James Lind Alliance approach.
BMC Rheumatology.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-025-00588-7
Sannes, Ann-Christin
; Feller, Daniel;
Pripp, Are Hugo
; Chiarotto, Alessandro; Kretz, Lise;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
; Axén, Iben;
Storheim, Kjersti
;
Grotle, Margreth
;
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse
(2025).
Development, internal and external validation of a prognostic model for symptom dissatisfaction among older adults with a new episode of backpain.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102318
Melås, Thea Morin
; Bjørneboe, John Andreas; Juel, Niels Gunnar; Wefring, Maren Lunder; Skatteboe, Sigrid;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
; Engebretsen, Kaia Beck; Rathleff, Michael Skovdal;
Øiestad, Britt Elin
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Søberg, Helene L.
;
Pripp, Are Hugo
; Brox, Jens Ivar;
Johnsen, Marianne Bakke
(2025).
Self-management versus usual care for greater trochanteric pain syndrome (the HIPS trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090688
Vidal, Rubens;
Grotle, Margreth
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Johnsen, Marianne Bakke
; Yvernay, Louis; Hartvigsen, Jan; Ostelo, Raymond Willem Jozef Gerardus;
Kjønø, Lise Grethe
; Enstad, Christian Lindtveit;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
; Halsnes, Einar Henjum; Grande, Guilherme H D; Oliveira, Crystian Bitencourt
(2025).
Prediction models for outcomes in people with low back pain receiving conservative treatment: a systematic review.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111593
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
;
Tveter, Anne Therese
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Pripp, Are Hugo
; Tingulstad, Alexander; Maas, Esther;
Rysstad, Tarjei Langseth
;
Grotle, Margreth
(2024).
Modifiable prognostic factors of high societal costs among people on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders: findings from an occupational cohort study.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080567
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
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Rysstad, Tarjei Langseth
; Maas, Esther;
Pripp, Are Hugo
; Aanesen, Fiona; Tingulstad, Alexander;
Tveter, Anne Therese
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Øiestad, Britt Elin
;
Grotle, Margreth
(2024).
Modifiable prognostic factors of high societal costs among people on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders: a replication study.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-08132-3
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
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Øiestad, Britt Elin
; Risberg, May Arna; Maas, Esther;
Grotle, Margreth
(2024).
Cost-effectiveness of strength exercise or aerobic exercise compared with usual care for patients with knee osteoarthritis: secondary results from a multiarm randomised controlled trial in Norway.
BMJ Open.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079704
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse
; Flugstad, Solveig;
Storheim, Kjersti
;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
;
Grotle, Margreth
(2024).
Predictive validity of the STarT Back screening tool among older adults with back pain.
European Journal of Pain.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2281
Kretz, Lise; Axen, Iben;
Stensrud, Silje
; Hoekstra, Trynke;
Vigdal, Ørjan Nesse
;
Killingmo, Rikke Munk
;
Storheim, Kjersti
;
Grotle, Margreth
(2024).
Identifying latent subgroups in the older population seeking primary health care for a new episode of back pain – findings from the BACE-N cohort.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07163-0