Involving patients in their care and shared decision making is all good, but here it is associated with higher opioid use. Need for better education of clinicians is one way of interpreting pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38615802/

Do you know there's a consensus on research priorities for telehealth in MSK care?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37789304/
Junior Fandim

Excellent piece that highlights the paradigm shift we are seeing in care for people with back pain. Unfortunately, health systems have not caught up with the evidence, all points raised here pertain to Denmark (and most other countries) as well theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f…

Prof Margreth Grotle leading meeting for International Advisory Board meeting at OsloMet Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health. How to progress MSK research in Norway and in Scandinavia. Raymond Ostelo and other brilliant people

Arbejder du med patienter med rygsmerte?
Så er det nu du skal tilmelde dig Årsmøde i Det Nationale Netværk for Sundhed i Muskler og Led & Dansk Netværk for Sundhed i Ryggen den 30.maj:
event.sdu.dk/konferenceinat…

Kom og vær med til en virkelig spændende dag, fyldt med ny læring og gode diskussioner, der er lidt til alle.

Tilmelding lige her 👉 event.sdu.dk/konferenceinat…

Hør blandt andet fra Jan Hartvigsen 💪

'The over-reliance on surgery to treat chronic pain should join bloodletting on the list of outdated medical practices, an expert says.' Interesting perspectives from Ian Harris nzherald.co.nz/nz/chronic-pai…

The overwhelming truth that people with low back pain are being FAILED by current health systems worldwide

Please join our discussion group meeting on April 19th and hear from our international panel of experts in LBP and Osteoarthritis! ⁦OARSI⁩ ⁦Christopher Little⁩ ⁦Dr. Raja Rampersaud⁩

Slowly but surely, we are entering the digital age also in MSK care

What is important for people in pain? We have collected 3500 responses - THANK YOU. We need the last 100 health care profs before we can close the survey. Please spread the word & help by spending 10 minutes on our survey: redcap.aau.dk/surveys/?s=FYE… Work led by Chris Djurtoft

At the Center for Muscle and Joint Health at University of Southern Denmark, we combine having fun with working hard to produce new knowledge and insights on how to prevent pain and disability in people of all ages and how to improve the lives of those who suffer from it

my editorial in Journal of Physiotherapy on recent WHO guidance on LBP sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

How to prepare PhD students for the future in a positive way: make strong research environments with opportunities for sharing knowledge and networking across seniority

The WHO guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults now has summary guidance available in all UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish. Access all resources here: who.int/publications/i…

So much great research presented by ECRs at our Cebnter for Muscle and Joint Healh

Some high-quality research being conducted at our Center. 🤓

Professor fylder 60 år: På fem år er hans artikel – helt uhørt – blevet citeret over 3.000 gange af andre forskere politiken.dk/del/9kqX87ACZf…

The new episode of The DRIVEN Lab is live now 🎙️
We are joined by Alice Kongsted, professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Hear the episode here or where you get your podcasts:

open.spotify.com/episode/1mQtVw…

Discussing MSK in people with diabetes with international group af diabetes experts at Steno Diabetes Copenhagen.
So much need for more research…..