Research Unit for Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark

02/05/2022

Colleagues, keep an eye out for these three new NIH research networks. As they gear up, they will create many new opportunities for collaboration, funded pilot studies and dissemination. The networks are: ForceNet, NeuronS_MATTR and SPINE-WORK. Read more about these networks here https://bit.ly/3kxA2Uc

26/05/2021

We hope our new paper is useful inspiration for clinicians supporting people in self-management of back pain

A paradigm shift away from clinician-led management of people with chronic disorders to people playing a key role in their own care has been advocated…

26/05/2021

Patients generally reported high levels of reassurance after consulting a chiropractor for back pain. Feeling reassured was associated with higher chance of improvement.
The power of communication?
New paper in the Clinical Journal of Pain

between the level of reassurance and outcomes and to investigate if the associations were moderated by patients’ risk profile. Methods: Adult patients consulting chiropractors for LBP were emailed the CRQ directly after the consultation. Outcomes were Global Perceived Effect (GPE) after 2 weeks, a...

07/10/2020

Description of our cohort of 2,848 patients seeking care for low back pain - with an invitation to researchers interested in using the data for collaborative projects.

The Danish Chiropractic Low Back Pain Cohort (ChiCo): Description and Summary of an Available Data Source for Research Collaborations

02/10/2020

Similarities of models of care across musculoskeletal conditions point to an opportunity for reducing the complexity of implementation

ent decisions are guided by response to treatment, and increasingly comprehensive interventions are only offered to people with inadequate response to more simple care. In low back pain, the most widely known approach is based on risk stratification, where patients with higher predicted risk of poor...

26/08/2020

Næste GLA:D Ryg-kursus afholdes d. 3-4. november på SDU.
Der er endnu pladser til klinikere der arbejder med at understøtte patienters egenhåndtering af rygsmerter
Tilmelding: https://lnkd.in/drERhVi

29/07/2020

This paper outlines the framework from our PhD course on 'Applied Prognostic Research'
https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-020-01050-7

Prognostic research has many important purposes, including (i) describing the natural history and clinical course of health conditions, (ii) investigating variables associated with health outcomes of interest, (iii) estimating an individual’s probability of developing different outcomes, (iv) inve...

09/07/2020

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Ligesom alle andre foreninger, har corona-krisen påvirket DHBKs økonomi i den negative retning. Det vil vi forsøge at rette op på og derfor afholder vi et støtteløb “LØB FOR DHBK” Lørdag d. 22. August 2020 kl 11-15.
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P.s. Den formelle invitation vil komme indenfor 2 uger.

31/03/2020

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies has a call for articles related to the chiropractic profession and the COVID-19 pandemic.
CMT will consider submissions in the form of debates/commentaries, reviews or primary research about the reaction of the chiropractic profession and the implementation of changes to chiropractic practice related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other topics could include the actions of clinicians, chiropractic societies, groups, chiropractic programs, accreditation authorities and other officials to the pandemic.
In addition, a critical analysis of the role of chiropractic treatment and immunity, plus any lessons learnt from the pandemic are also sought.

Rapid review of submissions is planned.

https://chiromt.biomedcentral.com/

By providing chiropractors, manual therapists and related health professionals with clinically relevant information, Chiropractic & Manual Therapies shares a ...

17/01/2020

Top 5 paper in PeerJ by former and trainee - Jakob Fløe Aaskov. X-ray vision is real.

17/12/2019

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas :)

06/10/2019

Quick question for expert minds. If you could name one known association between a spinal structure and a pathology, what would it be (e.g. spinal canal and central stenosis)?

23/05/2019

Flere studerende gennemfører kandidatuddannelsen på klinisk biomekanik, hvorfor der nu søges flere kiropraktorklinikker til at varetage de studerendes klinikophold i privat praksis. Læs mere om nyheden her:

https://www.danskkiropraktorforening.dk/nyheder/2019/vil-du-modtage-studerende-i-klinikophold/

Klinikophold i privat praksis er en del af de studerendes afsluttende kliniske år, dvs. 9. eller 10. semester.

23/02/2019

September 9-11 2019: SUND Summer School: A 3-day residential course on 2 themes – Research Impact & Writing Processes

Learn from:
David Budtz Pedersen, AAU
Charlotte Wien, SDU
Thomas Basbøll, CBS
- more lecturers and the detailed program will soon be available.

https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/phd/phd_skoler/phdskolensundhedsvidenskab/phd_students/phd_courses/courses/fab_summer

SUND Summer School: A 3-day residential course on 2 themes – Research Impact & Writing Processes Course content:The Sund Summer School is a 3-day course that addresses aspects of research that relate to all PhD candidates, no matter what topic or method your project concerns.The course combines le...

19/02/2019

The protocol for evaluating the implementation of GLA:D Back is out

Reassuring patient education and exercise therapy are widely recommended interventions for back pain in clinical guidelines. However, many patients are offered non-guideline endorsed options, and strategies for effective implementation of guideline-based care have not yet been developed. This protoc...

22/01/2019

Peter Kent, Eleanor Boyle and Alice Kongsted teach "Applied Prognostic Research - How to make sense of longitudinal health data" in June:
https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/phd/phd_skoler/phdskolensundhedsvidenskab/phd_students/phd_courses/courses/fab_applied_prognostic

Applied Prognostic Research – How to make sense of longitudinal health data Prognostic health research studies relationships between patient characteristics and outcomes. There is much confusion in prognostic research because studies of associations, prediction models and causation are often mixed...

01/12/2018

The intervention development of the GLA:D® Back intervention is described in a new paper. A structured program integrating patient education with exercises for . We hope it will be helpful for clinicians who want to support pt self-management. - …https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-018-2334-x …

Clinical guidelines recommend that people with back pain be given information and education about their back pain, advice to remain active and at work, and exercises to improve mobility and physical activity. Guidelines, however, rarely describe how this is best delivered. The aim of this paper is t...

16/11/2018

Thanks a lot to all of you attending our inaugural seminar. You made it such an enjoyable day!
Alice