Carina Boström

Carina Boström

Senior Lecturer | Docent
Telephone: +46852488827
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels Allé 23, 14183 Huddinge
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Fysioterapi, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Telephone number: 08/52488827 or 0722006321
    Associate professor (docent) in rehabilitation medicine, PhD, KI
    Senior university lecturer at KI
    Graduate from Teacher training programme for professions allied to medicine
    (Uppsala university)
    Reg. Physiotherapist, RPT (KI)
    Main supervisor PhDs:
    -Henrik Pettersson, dissertation 2019
    -Birgitta Widerström, dissertation 2017
    Co-supervisor PhDs
    -Valentin Ritschl, Medical university Vienna, Austria, ongoing, planned
    dissertation 2021
    -Malin Mattsson, dissertation 2014
    Co-supervisor Licentiate (LIC) thesis
    -Malin Mattsson, defended LIC, 2011
    Post docs (externally financed)
    -Malin Mattsson, Sunderby hospital/Luleå Technical University,
    Boden/Luleå
    -Gizem Irem Kinikli, Hacettepe university, Turkey
    Member of the Executive committee of Foundations for Research in
    Rheumatology, FOREUM, http://www.foreum.org/ [1] as representative for the
    health professions within European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), since
    2017
    Member of the Committee for doctoral education (FoUK)
    https://ki.se/en/nvs/committee-for-doctoral-education-at-nvs [2], department
    for Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska Institutet, since
    2017
    Deputy research group leader in Wim Grooten's research group at division for
    physiotherapy, department of NVS, KI, since 2019
    Member of the Editorial board in two scientific journals:
    *Disability and Rehabilitation [3]:*
    @DisabilityRehab [4]
    2 sep. [5] 2020
    We would like to introduce Associate Professor Carina Boström from the
    Editoral board - with expertise in rheumatology, physiotherapy, physical
    activity and quality of life from the Karolinska Institute, Dept of
    Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society.
    Received grant from European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) for the task
    force project: /EULAR recommendations/points to consider for the
    non-pharmacological management of connective tissue diseases with focus on
    systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis, / with a budget of
    €54, 500, 2020.
    [1] http://www.foreum.org/
    [2] https://ki.se/en/nvs/committee-for-doctoral-education-at-nvs
    [3] https://twitter.com/DisabilityRehab
    [4] https://twitter.com/DisabilityRehab
    [5] https://twitter.com/DisabilityRehab/status/1300952054924361729

Research

  • My research field is:
    Rehabilitation medicine and physiotherapy
    Rehabilitation in rheumatic diseases with focus on autoimmune connective
    tissue diseases. My research within this area, for the moment, deals with:
    -Studies regarding physical function/capacity, physical activity and
    health-related quality of life in people with systemic sclerosis,
    associations with lung function and subtype of the disease, and effects of
    physical exercise
    -Studies regarding physical activity, exercise and life-style habits in
    systemic lupus erythematosus
    -Psychometric studies on patient-reported outcomes
    I am, since 2019, the study group leader of the European League Against
    Rheumatism (EULAR) non-pharmacological treatment of autoimmune connective
    tissue diseases study group:
    https://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/nonpharmacological_treatment_study_group_web_publication.pdf
    [1]
    /Book chapters/
    -*Boström C*, Svenungsson E. Alexanderson H. Systemisk lupus
    erythematosus. Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och sjukdomsbehandling
    (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Physical activity as disease prevention and
    treatment), FYSS 2021, Läkartidningens förlag, 2021
    -Alexanderson H, *Boström C*. Myosit. Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention
    och sjukdomsbehandling (Myositis. Physical activity as disease prevention and
    treatment), FYSS 2021, Läkartidningens förlag, 2021
    -*Boström C*, Svenungsson E, Alexanderson H. Systemisk lupus
    erythematosus in the book Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och
    sjukdomsbehandling (Physical activity as disease prevention and
    treatment), FYSS 2017, Läkartidningens förlag, 2016
    -Alexanderson H, Svenungsson E, *Boström C*. Myosit in the book Fysisk
    aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och sjukdomsbehandling (Physical activity as
    disease prevention and treatment), FYSS 2017, Läkartidningens förlag, 2016
    -*Boström C*. Systemisk lupus erythematosus, systemisk skleros och primärt
    Sjögrens syndrom in the book Fysisk aktivitet vid reumatisk sjukdom
    (Physical activity in rheumatic diseases), Studentlitteratur, 2014
    -EULAR online school for health professionals, responsible for the chapter
    Physical activity and exercise in the module Rare diseases/Systemic
    sclerosis, 2019-2021
    -EULAR online school for health professionals, co-author of the module Rare
    diseases/Systemic sclerosis, 2019-2021
    -EULAR online school for health professionals, responsible for module Rare
    diseases/Systemic sclerosis, 2019-2020
    -
    -Physiotherapy and Refugees Education Project - ERASMUS project. E-book based
    on the digital PREP course, 2021 (https://prosjekt.hvl.no/prep )
    /Scientific articles/
    For the moment I am author of around 70 scientific publications, see below
    (not all are published in Pubmed yet). The following articles is not indexed
    in Pubmed:
    -Kinikli GI...Boström C et al. Predictors of physical capacity in SLE
    file:///C:/Users/Carina%20Bostr%C3%B6m/Downloads/2000-1-1-500-501-eng%20(4).pdf
    -Stolt [2] M, Gattinger [3] H, Boström [4] C, Suhonen R. Foot health
    educational interventions for patients and healthcare professionals: A
    scoping review.* *November 22,
    2019 https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919888952 [5]
    https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/article/view/121793
    https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/*pedagogic-leadership-in-higher-education-using-participatory-action-research-strategies--illustrative-cases-from-three-pedagogical*-2161-1122-1000388.php?aid=77766
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carina_Bostroem/publication/21143725_*Clinical_Reliability_of_Shoulder_Function_Assessment_in_Patients_with_Rheumatoid_Arthritis*/links/597069e4a6fdccc6c971ca3c/Clinical-Reliability-of-Shoulder-Function-Assessment-in-Patients-with-Rheumatoid-Arthritis.pdf
    [6]
    http://www.mjrheum.org/852/newsid792/202 [7] (IMplementation of Physical
    Activity into routine Clinical pracTice in Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Disease:
    The IMPACT-RMD study protocol and rationale)
    [1] https://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/nonpharmacological_treatment_study_group_web_publication.pdf
    [2] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0017896919888952
    [3] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0017896919888952
    [4] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0017896919888952
    [5] https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0017896919888952
    [6] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carina_Bostroem/publication/21143725_Clinical_Reliability_of_Shoulder_Function_Assessment_in_Patients_with_Rheumatoid_Arthritis/links/597069e4a6fdccc6c971ca3c/Clinical-Reliability-of-Shoulder-Function-Assessment-in-Patients-with-Rheumatoid-Arthritis.pdf
    [7] http://www.mjrheum.org/852/newsid792/202

Teaching

  • Member of the Pedagogic academy at Karolinska Institutet

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Employments

  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2005-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2000

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