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Education

  • Physiotherapist at Hanze Hoogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands (2007)
  • Master's degree in Exercise Physiology, NTNU (2012)
  • PhD Diakonhjemmet Hospital/UiO

Position

  • Clinic for Rheumatology, Outpatient Clinic and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Field of interest

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pain in rheumatic diseases
  • Pain sensitization
  • Biopsychosocial factors

Email

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Telephone

Visiting address

Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Superintendent's residence
Reidar Kobros vei 8
0370 Oslo

Postal address

Diakohjemmet Hospital
PO Box 23 Vinderen
0319 Oslo

Projects

WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

MDR-RA

The Norwegian study for therapeutic pharmacovigilance

WP3 - Pain mechanisms and management

Nor-Hand

Longitudinal observational study of people with hand osteoarthritis

WP3 - Pain mechanisms and management

NOR-PAIN

To what extent are factors such as central sensitization, psychological burden, gender and systemic biomarkers associated with more severe symptoms?

WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

PICASSO

Treatment of painful inflammatory carpometacarpal-1 osteoarthritis with intra-articular steroids, saline, or occupational therapy

WP3 - Pain mechanisms and management

RELIEF

The effect of topical NSAIDs in hand osteoarthritis


Publications

Publications retrieved from the National Science Archives (NVA):

The severity of fatigue and its interplay with biological and psychological factors in people with hand osteoarthritis – Results from the Nor-Hand study

2026

The stability of pain phenotypes in people with hand osteoarthritis – results from the NOR-HAND study

2026

The associations between sleep problems and pain outcomes in people with hand osteoarthritis – Data from the Norwegian hand study

2025

Inflammation as a Treatment Target in Hand Osteoarthritis: A Review of Previous Studies and Future Perspectives

2025

Hand osteoarthritis phenotypes based on a biopsychosocial approach, and their associations with cross-sectional and longitudinal pain

2024

Comorbidities in people with hand OA and their associations with pain severity and sensitization: Data from the longitudinal Nor-Hand study

2023

The associations of psychological symptoms and cognitive patterns with pain and pain sensitization in people with hand osteoarthritis

2022

Study protocol for the follow-up examination of the Nor-Hand study: A hospital-based observational cohort study exploring pain and biomarkers in people with hand osteoarthritis

2021

A hospital-based observational cohort study exploring pain and biomarkers in patients with hand osteoarthritis in Norway: The Nor-Hand protocol

2017