Physical activity and Sports medicine with focus on prevention - Collaborators and partners

We have on-going research collaboration at local (KI), national and international levels. We have for example been part of two large EU-funded projects (HELENA-study and the ALPHA-study) and one large international project (IPS).

Examples of current collaboration:

  • Professor Claude Marcus, Karolinska Institutet, CLINTEC. The Early STOPP study.
  • Professor Erika Franzén, Karolinska Institutet, Franzén Group. The BETA-PD study.
  • Professor Unn-Britt Johansson Sophiahemmet University. Sophia Step Study, A three - armed behavioral intervention for individuals with diabetes. LongLife Active - Individually tailored motivational program for a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.
  • Associate professor Linda Vixner, Dalarna University. Pain and physical activity (eVIS).
  • Professor Ulf Ekelund, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Harmonized analysis of accelerometer physical activity data.
  • Professor Sebastian Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Compositional data analysis (CODA).
  • Riksidrottsförbundet (The Swedish Sports Confederation).

Financial support

Ongoing funding

  • The Swedish Research council (the BETA project, AbdMoRe)
  • Stockholm County Council Research Fund
  • National School in Health Care Sciences (BETA project, AbdMoRe project)
  • The Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports (Sport Injury Prevention project)
  • Folksam (ABC-study)
  • Forte (Early Stop Study, Sophia Step Study)