David Moulaee Conradsson
Om mig
Jag är sjukgymnast sedan 2008, lektor och docent vid sektionen för fysioterapi, Karolinska Institutet. Jag tog min kandidatexamen i sjukgymnastik vid Karolinska Institutet, magisterexamen i medicinsk vetenskap vid Karolinska Institutet (2012) och doktorsexamen i medicinska vetenskap vid Karolinska Institutet (2016); Balance control in older adults with Parkinson’s disease: effects of medication and exercise. Efter min doktorandutbildning genomförde jag en post-doc vid Human brain Control of Locomotion Lab, McGill University, Montreal, Kanada under handledning av Associate professor Caroline Paquette.
Mitt intresse och expertis är inom neurologisk rehabilitering och kliniska och experimentella studier om gångförmåga, motorisk funktion och fysisk aktivitet. Jag har en klinisk position som sjukgymnast på Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset och arbetar som manager för uMOVE core facility på Karolinska Institutet.Jag är forskargruppsledare för REACH – digital behandling och prevention.
Forskningsbeskrivning
Min forskning fokuserar på nya behandlingsstrategier för personer som drabbats av neurologisk sjukdomar/skada. Jag har ett särskilt intresse för hälsobefrämjande strategier för sekundärprevention för personer med neurologiska sjukdomar eller skador (stroke, transitorisk ischemisk attack (TIA), Parkinsons sjukdom, ryggmärgsskada).
Mitt forskningsprogram är primärt inriktat mot att skapa förutsättningar för fysisk aktivitet för personer som drabbats av stroke eller TIA. Övergripande mål är att:- Metodutveckla rörelsemätare (accelerometrar) för mätning av fysisk aktivitet vid stroke.
- Förstå hur personer som haft stroke eller TIA är fysisk aktiva (eller inaktiva) och identifiera faktorer som främjar och begränsar deras engagemang i fysisk aktivitet.
- Uvecklar och utvärdera digitala interventioner (tex via mobilapplikationer) för att främja fysisk träning och fysisk aktivitet vid stroke/TIA.
Jag är också intresserad av global hälsa och hur förutsättningarna för rehabilitering och dess utfall skiljer sig mellan olika kontexter. Jag samarbetar till exempel med Associate professor Conran Joseph vid Stellenbosch University och Professor Anthea Rhoda vid University of Western Cape i Kapstaden, Sydafrika inom projektet “Health systems for stroke and spinal cord injury in Sweden and South Africa – a public health perspective on research and education”. Det övergripande målet med projektet är att beskriva och jämföra vårdprocesser och långsiktiga resultat av rehabilitering efter stroke och ryggmärgsskada i Sydafrika och Sverige.
Undervisning
Jag har ett stort intresse för det pedagogiska uppdraget och jag undervisar och handleder på grund, avancerad och forskarutbildningsnivå. Min specialisering i undervisning är främst inom digital fysioterapi, mätmetoder av fysisk aktivitet och interventioner för att främja fysisk aktivitet för patientgrupper med neurologiska sjukdomar eller skador.
Jag är kursledare för kursen “Rehabilitering på distans - ett fysioterapeutiskt perspektiv” (avancerad nivå, 7, 5 hp) som syftar till att förbättra beredskapen hos fysioterapeuter att arbeta på distans med stöd av digitala hjälpmedel. Jag har erfarenhet från samordning och utveckling av kurser, föreläsningar och praktiska seminarier, samt examinator och moderator.
Jag är även intresserad av internationalisering av utbildning för att förbättra utbildningens kvalitet och mångfald. Inom vårt pågående samarbete med Stellenbosch University och University of Western Cape i Kapstaden arbetar vi till exempel med att definiera universella lärandemål och utforma läraraktiviteter kopplade till studenternas kulturella kompetens.
Utvalda publikationer
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2025;20(7):801-811Thurston C; Humphries S; Bezuidenhout L; Johansson S; Holmlund L; von Koch L; English C; Conradsson DM
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2024;15:1463162Bezuidenhout L; Humphries S; Moulaee Conradsson D
- Article: PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH. 2024;3(7):e0000563Humphries S; Bezuidenhout L; Haeger CK; Conradsson DM
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;18(9):1132-1142Fini NA; Simpson D; Moore SA; Mahendran N; Eng JJ; Borschmann K; Conradsson DM; Chastin S; Churilov L; English C
Artiklar
- Journal article: BMC DIGITAL HEALTH. 2025;3(1):28Thurston C; Johansson S; von Koch L; English C; Conradsson DM
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2025;47(9):2436-2442Hedberg-Graff J; Bezuidenhout L; Krumlinde-Sundholm L; Hallgren J; Conradsson DM; Hagstromer M
- Journal article: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(5):e0307625Conradsson DM; Aktar B; Bezuidenhout L
- Journal article: DIGITAL HEALTH. 2025;11:20552076251374247Bezuidenhout L; Humphries S; English C; Sundberg CJ; Nilsson M; Conradsson DM
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):20017Svensson A; Svensson-Raskh A; Holmstrom L; Hallberg C; Bezuidenhout L; Conradsson DM; Stahlberg M; Bruchfeld J; Fedorowski A; Nygren-Bonnier M
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 2024;48(2):75-82Conradsson DM; Leavy B; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
- Article: NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL. 2024;43:103637Kvist A; Bezuidenhout L; Johansson H; Albrecht F; Conradsson DM; Franzen E
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS. 2024;162:111907Kvist A; Tinmark F; Bezuidenhout L; Reimeringer M; Conradsson DM; Franzen E
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2023;45(26):4381-4387Bezuidenhout L; Rhoda A; Moulaee Conradsson D; Theron F; Joseph C
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(5):e069747Westergren J; Sjoberg V; Vixner L; Nyberg RG; Moulaee Conradsson D; Monnier A; LoMartire R; Enthoven P; Ang BO
- Article: SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2023;113(5):46-53Joseph C; Thurston C; Nizeyimana E; Scriba E; Conradsson DM; Rhoda A
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;20(9):5709Bezuidenhout L; Rhoda A; Moulaee Conradsson D; Mothabeng J; Joseph C
- Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2023;13(4):e2948Kvist A; Bezuidenhout L; Johansson H; Albrecht F; Ekman U; Conradsson DM; Franzen E
- Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2023;23(1):124Thurston C; Bezuidenhout L; Humphries S; Johansson S; von Koch L; Hager CK; Holmlund L; Sundberg CJ; Garcia-Ptacek S; Kwak L; Nilsson M; English C; Conradsson DM
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(2):e064278Brodin N; Conradsson DM; Swinnen TW; Esbensen BA; Kennedy N; Hammer NM; McKenna S; Henriksson P; Nordgren B
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2022;44(26):8463-8470Bezuidenhout L; Joseph C; Einarsson U; Thurston C; Hagstromer M; Conradsson DM
- Article: PHYSIOTHERAPY THEORY AND PRACTICE. 2022;38(11):1615-1623Bruvoll M; Torstensen TA; Conradsson DM; Ang BO; Osteras H
- Article: SENSORS. 2022;22(11):4080Moulaee Conradsson D; Bezuidenhout LJ-R
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022;22(1):555Bezuidenhout L; Joseph C; Thurston C; Rhoda A; English C; Conradsson DM
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 2021;45(4):266-272Leavy B; Hagstromer M; Conradsson DM; Franzen E
- Article: SENSORS. 2021;21(9):3154Bezuidenhout L; Thurston C; Hagstromer M; Moulaee Conradsson D
- Article: SPINAL CORD. 2021;59(2):225-233Thurston C; Blom L; Conradsson DM; Joseph C
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2021;43(3):406-413Conradsson D; Ytterberg C; Engelkes C; Johansson S; Gottberg K
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2020;451:36-50Hinton DC; Conradsson DM; Paquette C
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2020;26(13):1775-1784Johansson S; Ytterberg C; Gottberg K; Holmqvist LW; von Koch L; Conradsson D
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2020;46:102519Conradsson DM; Forslin M; Fink K; Johansson U; von Koch L; Johansson S
- Article: TOPICS IN STROKE REHABILITATION. 2020;27(7):494-502Joseph C; Rhoda A; Conradsson DM
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY. 2020;22(2):106-114Grooten WJA; Karlefur O; Conradsson D
- Article: GAIT & POSTURE. 2020;75:115-120Hinton DC; Conradsson D; Bouyer L; Paquette C
- Article: EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY. 2019;125:110655Conradsson D; Hinton DC; Paquette C
- Article: SPINAL CORD. 2019;57(9):763-769Conradsson D; Phillips J; Nizeyimana E; Hilliar C; Joseph C
- Article: PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS. 2019;64:188-193Mitchell T; Conradsson D; Paquette C
- Article: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 2019;33(2):147-156Lofgren N; Conradsson D; Rennie L; Moe-Nilssen R; Franzen E
- Article: GAIT & POSTURE. 2019;68:562-568Conradsson D; Halvarsson A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 2019;43(1):42-49Factors Associated With Responsiveness to Gait and Balance Training in People With Parkinson DiseaseLofgren N; Conradsson D; Joseph C; Leavy B; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
- Article: CLINICAL REHABILITATION. 2018;32(11):1520-1529Wallen MB; Hagstromer M; Conradsson D; Sorjonen K; Franzen E
- Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2018;40(21):2509-2515Joseph C; Conradsson D; Hagstromer M; Lawal I; Rhoda A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 2018;42(4):241-247Conradsson D; Paquette C; Franzen E
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2018;9:453Conradsson D; Rhoda A; Mlenzana N; Wikmar LN; Wahman K; Hultling C; Joseph C
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(6):e0198455Conradsson D; Paquette C; Franzen E
- Article: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE. 2018;50(5):429-434Joseph C; Stromback B; Hagstromer M; Conradsson D
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2018;265(1):119-126Conradsson D; Ytterberg C; von Koch L; Johansson S
- Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2017;4(6):843-851Conradsson D; Leavy B; Hagstroemer M; Nilsson MH; Franzen E
- Article: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2017;135(6):614-621Lofgren N; Wallen MB; Sorjonen K; Conradsson D; Franzen E
- Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2017;17(1):90Joseph C; Conradsson D; Wikmar LN; Rowe M
- Article: GAIT & POSTURE. 2017;54:71-75Forsell C; Conradsson D; Paquette C; Franzen E
- Article: APPLIED ERGONOMICS. 2017;60:1-11Grooten WJA; Ang BO; Hagstromer M; Conradsson D; Nero H; Franzen E
- Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2017;17(1):19Conradsson D; Nero H; Lofgren N; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;341:18-26Conradsson D; Paquette C; Lokk J; Franzen E
- Article: JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2016;6(4):833-840Nero H; Wallen MB; Franzen E; Conradsson D; Stahle A; Hagstromer M
- Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2016;6(10):e00524Franzen E; Conradsson D; Hagstromer M; Nilsson MH
- Article: NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR. 2015;29(9):827-836Conradsson D; Lofgren N; Nero H; Hagstromer M; Stahle A; Lokk J; Franzen E
- Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2014;14:235Lofgren N; Lenholm E; Conradsson D; Stahle A; Franzen E
- Article: ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. 2014;95(5):1000-1003Conradsson D; Lofgren N; Stahle A; Franzen E
- Journal article: GAIT & POSTURE. 2013;38:s46-s47Löfgren N; Conradsson D; Ståhle A; Franzén E
- Article: ERGONOMICS. 2013;56(8):1304-1314Grooten WJA; Conradsson D; Ang BO; Franzen E
- Article: BMC NEUROLOGY. 2012;12:111Conradsson D; Lofgren N; Stahle A; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
- Article: JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. 2010;50(2):132-138Conradsson D; Friden C; Nilsson-Wikmar L; Ang BO
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Alla övriga publikationer
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2025;32(SUPPL1):176Lagerlund H; Conradsson DM; Kwak L; Hager C; Holmlund L
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2025Lagerlund H; Bezuidenhout L; Humphries S; Holmlund L; Kwak L; Häger CK; Moulaee Conradsson D
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2024;19(2):147Thurston C; Lagerlund H; Humphries S; Bezuidenhout L; Johansson S; Conradsson DM
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;18(1):86-87Moore S; Fini N; Simpson D; Mahendran N; Eng J; Borschmann K; Conradsson DM; Chastin S; Churilov L; English C
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2022;17(2_SUPPL):5Fini N; Simpson D; Moore S; Mahendran N; Eng J; Borschmann K; Conradsson DM; Chastin S; Churilov L; English C
- Book chapter: SELF-MANAGEMENT IN CHRONIC ILLNESS. 2021;p. 35-47Nizeyimana E; Conradsson DM; Joseph C
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2018;13:8-9Conradsson D; Mitchell T; Thiel A; Paquette C
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2016;11(SUPP 3):89Lawal I; Joseph C; Conradsson D; Rhoda A
- Doctoral thesis: 2015Moulaee Conradsson D
- Conference publication: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2014;29:S239Franzen E; Conradsson D; Lofgren N; Nero H; Stahle A; Hagstromer M
- Conference publication: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2014;29:S232-S233Conradsson D; Paquette C; Franzen E
- Conference publication: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2014;29:S186Lofgren N; Lenholm E; Conradsson D; Stahle A; Franzen E
- Conference publication: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2014;29:S183Wallen MB; Lofgren N; Conradsson D; Hagstromer M; Franzen E
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2012;19:571Conradsson D; Lofgren N; Hagstromer M; Stahle A; Franzen E
Utvalda forskningsbidrag
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2023 - 31 December 2026The overarching purpose is to improve secondary stroke prevention post stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) by increasing access to physical activity through telerehabilitation. This will be accomplished by building on a national collaboration within secondary stroke prevention and by testing a new telerehabilitation program (ENAbLE) developed in Australia.The ENAbLE program seeks to strengthen physical functioning and self-efficacy for exercise through home-based physical exercise and to equip the person with knowledge and confidence to sustain physical activity through behavior change techniques. The program will be accessible via a recent developed mobile application which will be used to reinforce autonomy and patient-therapist partnership.We will first evaluate if a digital version of the ENAbLE program could be delivered as intended through a pilot randomized controlled trial to determine the feasibility, end-users experiences and preliminary effects in people post stroke/TIA living in urban and rural regions of Sweden. We will thereafter perform a full-scale randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of the ENAbLE program on cardiovascular health, physical activity, function, well-being and its cost-effectiveness across Sweden.This project will address the unmet need of providing accessible and sustainable support for physical activity to people post stroke or TIA to decrease the risk of stroke recurrence through adherence to physical activity.
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025Support for physical activity is necessary to sustain health after stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Still, rehabilitation services are not available to many of those who potentially would benefit due to barriers related to accessibility. While telerehabilitation is a promising strategy to support physical activity, there is a gap of knowledge regarding the implementation of technology that meet the needs of people post stroke or TIA in order to foster adherence and engagement in physical activity.Purpose is to improve health and wellbeing after stroke or TIA by increasing the access to physical activity through telerehabilitation. This will be accomplished by building on a national collaboration within secondary stroke prevention and through testing of an existing telerehabilitation program (ENAbLE) developed in Australia.The ENAbLE program seeks to strengthen physical functioning and self-efficacy for exercise through home-based physical exercise and to equip the person with knowledge and confidence to sustain physical activity through behavior change techniques. The program will be accessible via a recent developed mobile application which will be used to reinforce autonomy and patient-therapist partnership.We will first evaluate if the ENAbLE program can be delivered as intended through a pilot RCT to determine the feasibility, processes, end-users experiences and preliminary effects of the program in urban and rural regions of Sweden. We will thereafter initiate a full-scale RCT to investigate the effects of the ENAbLE program on risk factors for recurrent stroke, well-being and its cost-effectiveness across Sweden.The project will draw on socio-technical theory, depicting technologies as part of a dynamic system in order to explore its potential use in rehabilitation. The ENAbLE program offers a sustainable strategy to support exercise and physical activity which could benefit a large group of people with stroke and TIA regardless of where they live.
Forskningsbidrag
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2025 - 31 December 2026Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a leading neurodegenerative health condition in Sweden and a public health concern. Although no cure exists, functional independence and participation in society remain top priorities, and can be achieved through targeted physical activity (PA) interventions. To date, few longitudinal cohort studies have been conducted, using PA as main outcome in therapy research, partly due to the complex nature of predicting and controlling this phenomenon. To help address this knowledge gap, the overall purpose of the future long-term (ActivPARK) study is to enhance knowledge of the evolution of PA behavior, and how it is influenced beyond the disease characteristics using a broad explanatory model, in persons with PD from a diversity of settings in Sweden with the aim of prescribing tailored and personalized interventions to enhance functioning, health, and wellbeing throughout the disease progression and recommend potential health care pathway modifications. We have just established an expert group, comprising researchers, healthcare professionals, and PD organisations (including persons with PD) and reached consensus on essential priority clinical therapy research questions on PA and methodological considerations. The next phase entails performing a multicentre feasibility/pilot study, further developing and refining the research questions linked to the improved explanatory model for PA and methodology, to inform the definite larger clinical cohort study.
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2023 - 31 December 2026Life means combining motor-cognitive skills, e.g., walking, talking and navigating. Aging or neurological diseases, e.g., Parkinson’s disease (PD) compromises these skills needed for an independent life. It is uncertain which brain alterations lead to these difficulties and how to target these heterogenous motor-cognitive difficulties. Current treatments apply a "one-size-fits-all" approach, which needs to evolve towards personalized rehabilitation, reaching beyond a simple adaption to disease severity.Our multimodal project combines physiotherapy, neurology, psychology and neuroimaging to characterize motor-cognitive skills during complex walking, identify underlying brain alterations and subtype PD to inform a novel exercise approach for people with PD. This 5 years proposal has 4 stages: 1) Exploring brain alterations and links to the motor-cognitive skills in healthy and PD 2) PD subtyping using neuroimaging, motor, cognitive and clinical data 3) Characterization of exercise responsiveness in PD and 4) Development and testing of a personalized motor-cognitive exercise program. We combine novel techniques for data collection with in-depth analysis of existing data (EXPANd trial). The results will have an immediate application and clinical relevance for personalized rehabilitation in older and PD. There is no cure for PD yet, thus positive findings would revolutionize treatment, giving new hope to patients for a life with improved health, independence and higher quality.
- VINNOVA14 June 2021 - 30 April 2023
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research1 April 2017 - 31 March 2018
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé1 April 2016 - 31 March 2018
Anställningar
- Lektor, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
- Biträdande Lektor, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2019-2024
- Universitetsadjunkt, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2016-2024
Examina och utbildning
- Docent, Fysioterapi, Karolinska Institutet, 2021
- Medicine Doktorsexamen, Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
- Medicine Magisterexamen, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
- Sjukgymnastexamen, Karolinska Institutet, 2008