Marie Kierkegaard

Marie Kierkegaard

Senior Lecturer/Physcial Therapist | Docent
Telephone: +46852488137
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels Allé 23, 14183 Huddinge
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 Fysioterapi, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a registered physiotherapist since 1984, have a PhD [1] in physiotherapy since 2010, associate professor (docent) 2019, and I am a certified specialist in Physiotherapy in Neurology since 2002. I have a combined position as senior lecturer at the Karolinska Institutet with research, education and clinical work at the Centerof Neurology [2], Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm Health Services. I belong to the research group Neuroepidemiology and health services research [3]. I collaborate with researchers and clinicians at both national and international level, have for example been scientific advisor in the EU project OPTIMISTIC [4]. Physical activity and health is a major interest, and I am editor of the neurological chapters in FYSS [5]and main author of the chapter on physical activity in multiple sclerosis (MS). Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge, 1981 University Certificate in Physiotherapy, Uppsala College of Health and Caring Sciences, 1984 Master of Medical Science in Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, 1998 Certified Specialist in Physiotherapy in Neurology, 2002 Doctor of Philosophy in Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, 2010 [1] http://publications.ki.se/xmlui/handle/10616/40296 [2] https://www.neurologicentrum.se/ [3] https://ki.se/en/nvs/neuroepidemiology-and-health-services-research [4] https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/305697/reporting [5] http://www.fyss.se/in-english/introduction/

Research

  • My research area is functioning, disability and health, including effects of physical exercise, in people with neurological and neuromuscular disorders. An on-going project is to study the effects of high-intensity resistance training in people with MS with disease-related fatigue. In addition to studying the effects of diseases on health, function, activity and participation in society, I also study the use and satisfaction with health care in people with neurological/neuromuscular disease. An example of this is the ongoing research project “To live with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): health-related quality of life, and use and satisfaction with care during the course of the disease”.

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Employments

  • Senior Lecturer/Physcial Therapist, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2010
  • Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 1998

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