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Maria Bäck
Adjunct Professor
Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine-
Cardiac rehabilitation and physical activity decrease the risk of stroke after acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide cohort study in
Sweden.
Adam Viktorisson, Dongni Johansson Buvarp, Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Mia von Euler, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine - 2025 -
Feasibility, safety and patient perceptions of exercise-based cardiac telerehabilitation in a multicentre real-world setting after myocardial infarction-the remote exercise SWEDEHEART
study
Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Mattias Ekstrom, Kristina Hambraeus, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Sabina Borg, Madeleine Brosved, Marcus Flink, Kajsa Hedin, Charlotta Lans, Jessica Olovsson, Charlotte Urell, Birgitta Oberg, Stefan James
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL - DIGITAL HEALTH - 2025 -
Nurses and allied professionals' engagement in clinical research-in-practice: a statement of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the European Society of
Cardiology
Suzanne Fredericks, Julie Sanders, Maria Bäck, Lien Desteghe, Ana Gomes, Elena Marques-Sule, Maggie Simpson, Jeroen M. Hendriks
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING - 2025 -
Cardiac rehabilitation registries around the globe: current status and future
needs
Sherry L. Grace, Emil Hagström, Alexander S. Harrison, Samara Phillips, Ann Bovin, Miho N. Yokoyama, Josef Niebauer, Shigeru Makita, Fabbiha Raidah, Maria Bäck
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2024 -
Evaluation of a digital patient education programme in patients with coronary artery disease, a survey-based
study.
Anna Sandberg, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Annika Johnsson, Maria Lachonius, Maria Bäck
BMC Health Services Research - 2024 -
Reliability and validity of self-report questions for assessing levels of physical activity and sedentary time in adult childhood cancer
survivors
Laura Jess, Marianne Jarfelt, Maria Bäck
BMC SPORTS SCIENCE MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - 2024 -
The benefits of exercise in patients with peripheral arterial disease are far too great to be
ignored!
Lucia Mazzolai, Maria Bäck, Jill Belch, Maarit Venermo
VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten - 2023 -
European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Asymptomatic Lower Limb Peripheral Arterial Disease and Intermittent
Claudication.
Joakim Nordanstig, Christian-Alexander Behrendt, Iris Baumgartner, Jill Belch, Maria Bäck, Robert Fitridge, Robert Hinchliffe, Anne Lejay, Joseph L Mills, Ulrich Rother, Birgitta Sigvant, Konstantinos Spanos, Zoltán Szeberin, Willemien van de Water, George A Antoniou, Martin Björck, Frederico Bastos Gonçalves, Raphael Coscas, Nuno V Dias, Isabelle van Herzeele, Sandro Lepidi, Barend M E Mees, Timothy A Resch, Jean-Baptiste Ricco, Santi Trimarchi, Christopher P Twine, Riikka Tulamo, Anders Wanhainen, Jonathan R Boyle, Marianne Brodmann, Alan Dardik, Florian Dick, Yann Goëffic, Andrew Holden, Stavros Kakkos, Phillipe Kolh, Mary M McDermott
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 2023 -
Effectiveness of supervised exercise, home-based exercise, or walk advice strategies on walking performance and muscle endurance in patients with intermittent claudication (SUNFIT trial): a randomized clinical
trial
Anna Sandberg, Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Lennart Jivegård, B. Sigvant, S. Wittboldt, Joakim Nordanstig
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2023 -
Healthcare professionals' perceptions of using a digital patient educational programme as part of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease - a qualitative
study.
Jenny S Danielsbacka, Caroline Feldthusen, Maria Bäck
BMC health services research - 2023 -
Cost-Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy in Patients with Intermittent Claudication-A Comparison of Supervised Exercise, Home-Based Structured Exercise, and Walk Advice from the SUNFIT
Trial.
Hildigunnur Ulfsdottir, Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Lennart Jivegård, Anna Sandberg, Joakim Nordanstig, Mikael Svensson
Journal of clinical medicine - 2023 -
The Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART study - Rationale and design of a multicenter registry-based cluster randomized crossover clinical trial
(RRCT).
Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Mattias Ekström, Kristina Hambraeus, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Birgitta Öberg, Ollie Östlund, Stefan James
American heart journal - 2023 -
Patients' Perceptions of Exercise-Based Cardiac Telerehabilitation after a Myocardial Infarction-A Qualitative
Study.
Ulrika Nilsson, Birgitta Öberg, Maria Bäck
International journal of environmental research and public health - 2023 -
The Impact of Nordic Pole Walk Advice Alone or in Combination With Exercise Strategies on Daily Physical Activity in Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Randomized Clinical
Trial.
Anna Sandberg, Joakim Nordanstig, Åsa Cider, Lennart Jivegård, Maria Hagströmer, Maria Bäck
Physical therapy - 2023 -
Impact of walk advice alone or in combination with supervised or home-based structured exercise on patient-reported physical function and generic and disease-specific health related quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication, a secondary analysis in a randomized clinical
trial
Anna Sandberg, Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Lennart Jivegård, B. Sigvant, Joakim Nordanstig
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - 2023 -
Adult childhood cancer survivors' perceptions of factors that influence their ability to be physically
active
Laura Jess, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt
Supportive Care in Cancer - 2023 -
How to optimize the adherence to a guideline-directed medical therapy in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Preventive
Cardiology
R. F. E. Pedretti, D. Hansen, M. Ambrosetti, Maria Bäck, T. Berger, M. C. Ferreira, V. Cornelissen, C. H. Davos, W. Doehner, C. D. Y. Zarzosa, I. Frederix, A. Greco, D. Kurpas, M. Michal, E. Osto, S. Pedersen, R. E. Salvador, M. Simonenko, P. Steca, D. R. Thompson, M. Wilhelm, A. Abreu
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2023 -
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction in Sweden - standards, costs, and adherence to European guidelines (The Perfect-CR
study).
Susanna Wittboldt, Margret Leosdottir, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Björn Ekman, Maria Bäck
Physiotherapy theory and practice - 2022 -
European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: developed by the Working Group for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Quality Indicators in collaboration with the European Association for Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of
Cardiology.
Suleman Aktaa, Baris Gencer, Elena Arbelo, Constantinos H Davos, Ileana Désormais, Monika Hollander, Ana Abreu, Marco Ambrosetti, Maria Bäck, David Carballo, Carolyn Crawford, Christi Deaton, Paul Dendale, Thijs M H Eijsvogels, Mary Galbraith, Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Annett Salzwedel, Yvo Smulders, Matthias Wilhelm, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, François Mach, Frank L J Visseren, Chris P Gale
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2022 -
Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Physical Fitness, Physical Function, and Self-reported Outcomes in Patients ≥80 yr: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL.
Madeleine Brosved, Geir Hirlekar, Julia Philip Wigh, Helen Sundberg, Lena Zidén, Thomas Karlsson, Per Albertsson, Maria Bäck
Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention - 2022 -
Participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is related to reduced total mortality in both men and women: results from the SWEDEHEART
registry.
Örjan Ekblom, Åsa Cider, Kristina Hambraeus, Maria Bäck, Margrét Leosdottir, Amanda Lönn, Mats Börjesson
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2022 -
2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies With the special contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
(EAPC)
F. L. J. Visseren, F. Mach, Y. M. Smulders, D. Carballo, K. C. Koskinas, Maria Bäck, A. Benetos, A. Biffi, J. M. Boavida, D. Capodanno, B. Cosyns, C. Crawford, C. H. Davos, I. Desormais, E. Di Angelantonio, O. H. Franco, S. Halvorsen, F. D. R. Hobbs, M. Hollander, E. A. Jankowska, M. Michal, S. Sacco, N. Sattar, L. Tokgozoglu, S. Tonstad, K. P. Tsioufis, I. van Dis, I. C. van Gelder, C. Wanner, B. Williams
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2022 -
2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies With the special contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
(EAPC).
Frank L J Visseren, François Mach, Yvo M Smulders, David Carballo, Konstantinos C Koskinas, Maria Bäck, Athanase Benetos, Alessandro Biffi, José-Manuel Boavida, Davide Capodanno, Bernard Cosyns, Carolyn Crawford, Constantinos H Davos, Ileana Desormais, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Oscar H Franco, Sigrun Halvorsen, F D Richard Hobbs, Monika Hollander, Ewa A Jankowska, Matthias Michal, Simona Sacco, Naveed Sattar, Lale Tokgozoglu, Serena Tonstad, Konstantinos P Tsioufis, Ineke van Dis, Isabelle C van Gelder, Christoph Wanner, Bryan Williams
Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.) - 2022 -
[2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical
practice].
Frank L J Visseren, François Mach, Yvo M Smulders, David Carballo, Konstantinos C Koskinas, Maria Bäck, Athanase Benetos, Alessandro Biffi, José-Manuel Boavida, Davide Capodanno, Bernard Cosyns, Carolyn Crawford, Constantinos H Davos, Ileana Desormais, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Oscar H Franco, Sigrun Halvorsen, F D Richard Hobbs, Monika Hollander, Ewa A Jankowska, Matthias Michal, Simona Sacco, Naveed Sattar, Lale Tokgozoglu, Serena Tonstad, Konstantinos P Tsioufis, Ineke van Dis, Isabelle C van Gelder, Christoph Wanner, Bryan Williams
Giornale italiano di cardiologia (2006) - 2022 -
The SWEDEHEART secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation registry (SWEDEHEART CR
registry)
Maria Bäck, M. Leosdottir, E. Hagstrom, A. Norhammar, E. Hag, T. Jernberg, L. Wallentin, B. Lindahl, K. Hambraeus
European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes - 2021 -
ESC 2020 Guideline on sport and exercise cardiology in patients with cardiovascular disease ESC task force on sport cardiology and exercise cardiology in patients with cardiovascular
disease
A. Pelliccia, S. Sharma, S. Gati, Maria Bäck, Mats Börjesson, S. Caselli, J. P. Collet, D. Corrado, J. A. Drezner, M. Halle, D. Hansen, H. Heidbuchel, J. Myers, J. Niebauer, M. Papadakis, M. F. Piepoli, E. Prescott, J. W. Roos-Hesselink, A. G. Stuart, R. S. Taylor, P. D. Thompson, M. Tiberi, L. Vanhees, M. Wilhelm
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia - 2021 -
2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice with representatives of the European Society of Cardiology and 12 medical societies With the special contribution of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology
(EAPC)
F. L. J. Visseren, F. Mach, Y. M. Smulders, D. Carballo, K. C. Koskinas, Maria Bäck, A. Benetos, A. Biffi, J. M. Boavida, D. Capodanno, B. Cosyns, C. Crawford, C. H. Davos, I. Desormais, E. Di Angelantonio, O. H. Franco, S. Halvorsen, F. D. R. Hobbs, M. Hollander, E. A. Jankowska, M. Michal, S. Sacco, N. Sattar, L. Tokgozoglu, S. Tonstad, K. P. Tsioufis, I. van Dis, I. C. van Gelder, C. Wanner, B. Williams
European Heart Journal - 2021 -
2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular
disease.
Antonio Pelliccia, Sanjay Sharma, Sabiha Gati, Maria Bäck, Mats Börjesson, Stefano Caselli, Jean-Philippe Collet, Domenico Corrado, Jonathan A Drezner, Martin Halle, Dominique Hansen, Hein Heidbuchel, Jonathan Myers, Josef Niebauer, Michael Papadakis, Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Eva Prescott, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, A Graham Stuart, Rod S Taylor, Paul D Thompson, Monica Tiberi, Luc Vanhees, Matthias Wilhelm
European heart journal - 2021 -
Comorbidity and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest.
Geir Hirlekar, Martin Jonsson, Thomas Karlsson, Maria Bäck, Araz Rawshani, Jacob Hollenberg, Per Albertsson, Johan Herlitz
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 2020 -
Game, SET, and
Match?
Joakim Nordanstig, Maria Bäck
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 2020 -
Percutaneous coronary intervention in the very elderly with NSTE-ACS: the randomized 80+
study.
Geir Hirlekar, Berglind Libungan, Thomas Karlsson, Maria Bäck, Johan Herlitz, Per Albertsson
Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ - 2020 -
Test-retest reliability, agreement, and minimal detectable change in the 6-minute walk test in patients with intermittent
claudication.
Anna Sandberg, Åsa Cider, Lennart Jivegård, Joakim Nordanstig, Susanna Wittboldt, Maria Bäck
Journal of vascular surgery - 2020 -
Objectively Assessed Physical Activity in the Oldest Old Persons With Coronary Artery
Disease
S. Strauch, M. Hagstromer, Maria Bäck
Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy - 2019 -
Relevance of Kinesiophobia in Relation to Changes Over Time Among Patients After an Acute Coronary Artery Disease
Event
Maria Bäck, M. Lundberg, Åsa Cider, J. Herlitz, B. Jansson
Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention - 2018 -
Reliability of two questionnaires on physical function in patients with stable coronary artery
disease.
Susanna Wittboldt, Åsa Cider, Maria Bäck
European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology - 2016 -
Participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is associated with improved levels of risk factors in myocardial infarction survivors – data from the SWEDEHEART
registry
Ingela Sjölin, Maria Bäck, Lennart Nilsson, Alexandru Schiopu, Margret Leosdottir
European Society of Cardiology, Rom - 2016 -
Kinesiophobia mediates the influences on attendance at exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease.
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
Physiotherapy theory and practice - 2016 -
A life-style focused patient support application (app) and activity trackers for improving cardiac rehabilitation in myocardial infarction patients: protocol for a randomized controlled
trial
Manuel Gonzales, Tina Tanha, Alexandru Schiopu, Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir
e-cardiology kongress, Berlin - 2016 -
High frequency home-based exercise decreases levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with stable angina
pectoris.
Smita DuttaRoy, Jonas Nilsson, Ola Hammarsten, Åsa Cider, Maria Bäck, Thomas Karlsson, Bertil Wennerblom, Mats Börjesson
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2015 -
Home-based supervised exercise versus hospital-based supervised exercise or unsupervised walk advice as treatment for intermittent claudication: A systematic
review.
Maria Bäck, Lennart Jivegård, Anna Johansson, Joakim Nordanstig, Therese Svanberg, Ulla Wikberg Adania, Petteri Sjögren
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2015 -
Reliability and criterion-related validity of the 20 yard shuttle test in competitive junior tennis
players
Anna Eriksson, Fredrik R Johansson, Maria Bäck
Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine - 2015 -
FYSS
Kranskärlssjukdom
Agneta Ståhle, Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider
FYSS - 2015 -
How does kinesiophobia change over time in patients with acute coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Mari Lundberg, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Bengt Jansson
Physiotherapy, Oral presentation, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT), 1-4 May 2015Singapore - 2015 -
The effects of age on circulating vascular markers and cardiac prognostic markers, before and after 2 months home-based high-frequency exercise training in patients with stable coronary artery
disease
Smita DuttaRoy, Debashish Banerjee, Jonas Nilsson, Ola Hammarsten, Åsa Cider, Maria Bäck, Bertil Wennerblom, Mats Börjesson
European Heart Journal. European Society of Cardiology, 30 August - 3 September 2014, Barcelona - 2014 -
Home-based versus hospital-based supervised exercise or walk advice as treatment for intermittent
claudication
Maria Bäck, Henrik Djerf, Lennart Jivegård, Anna Johansson, Joakim Nordanstig, Therese Svanberg, Ulla Wikberg Adania, Petteri Sjögren
2014 -
What variables predict participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
Svenska kardiovaskulära vårmötet, Malmö 7-9 maj 2014 - 2014 -
What variables predict participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery
disease?
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
European Heart Journal. European Society of Cardiology, 30 August - 3 September 2014, Barcelona - 2014 -
The impact on kinesiophobia (fear of movement) by clinical variables for patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg, Bengt Jansson
International Journal of Cardiology - 2013 -
Fear-avoidance beliefs and cardiac rehabilitation in patients with first-time myocardial
infarction
Kristina Åhlund, Maria Bäck, Ninni Sernert
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - 2013 -
Physical activity in relation to cardiac risk markers in secondary prevention of coronary artery
disease.
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, John Gillström, Johan Herlitz
International journal of cardiology - 2013 -
Secondary prevention in coronary artery disease. Achieved goals and possibilities for
improvements.
Berglind Libungan, Lillemor Stensdotter, Agneta Hjalmarson, Mona From Attebring, Jonny Lindqvist, Maria Bäck, Johan Herlitz
International journal of cardiology - 2012 -
Physical activity in relation to cardiac risk markers in secondary prevention for patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, John Gillström, Johan Herlitz
European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Münich, Germany - 2012 -
Exercise and physical activity in relation to kinesiophobia and cardiac risk markers in coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck
2012 -
Validation of a questionnaire to detect kinesiophobia (fear of movement) in patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Bengt Jansson, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - 2012 -
Kinesiofobi (rörelserädsla) hos patienter med
kranskärlssjukdom
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
Abstraktbok Sjukgymnastdagarna 14-16 sept 2011, Stockholm - 2011 -
Validation of a queationnaire to detect kinesiophobia (fear of movement) in patients with coronary artery
disease
Maria Bäck, Åsa Cider, Johan Herlitz, Mari Lundberg
World Physical Therapy 16th International WCPT Congress 20-23 June 2011, Amsterdam - 2011 -
Effects of high frequency exercise in patients before and after percutaneous coronary
intervention
Maria Bäck, Bertil Wennerblom, Susanna Wittboldt, Åsa Cider
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2008