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Education

  • Cand.med at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (1995)
  • Specialist in Rheumatology (2008)
  • PhD at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo (2016)

Position

  • Senior Physician, Clinic for Rheumatology, Outpatient Clinic and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
  • Post doc, Clinic for Rheumatology, Outpatient Clinic and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Field of interest

  • Spondyloarthritis
  • Cardiovascular disease in rheumatic disease
  • Exercise for rheumatic disease
  • Physical activity
  • Digital follow-up
  • Randomized controlled trials

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

WP5 - Innovative approaches to remote care

ReMonit

Digital home monitoring of patients with spondyloarthritis

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WP5 - Innovative approaches to remote care

ReMonit Gout

Gout management app

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WP5 - Innovative approaches to remote care

ReMonit Gout usability study in primary care

Gout management app

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WP6 - Dechiphering long-term outcomes

SPACE

Early detection of spondyloarthritis

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Publications

Publications retrieved from the National Science Archives (NVA):

Feasibility of Long-Term Physical Activity Measurement With a Wearable Activity Tracker in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis: 1-Year Longitudinal Observational Study

2025

Remote monitoring or patient-initiated care in axial spondyloarthritis: a 3-armed randomized controlled noninferiority trial

2025

Differences in spinal structural lesions between patients with early axSpA and non-axSpA chronic back pain: 2-year SPACE cohort results

2025

Can rheumatologists unequivocally diagnose axial spondyloarthritis in patients with chronic back pain of less than 2 years duration? Primary outcome of the 2-year SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort

2024

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis reported willingness to use remote care and showed high adherence to electronic patient-reported outcome measures: an 18-month observational study

2024

Pain sensitization in fibromyalgia. Cross-sectional associations between quantitative sensory testing of pain sensitization and fibromyalgia disease burden

2024

Follow-Up of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis in Specialist Health Care With Remote Monitoring and Self-Monitoring Compared With Regular Face-to-Face Follow-Up Visits (the ReMonit Study): Protocol for a Randomized, Controlled Open-Label Noninferiority Trial

2023

Willingness, perceived facilitators and barriers to use remote care among healthcare professionals – a cross-sectional study

2023

Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

2023

High-Intensity Exercise Improves Fatigue, Sleep, and Mood in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

2020

Is a Positive Family History of Spondyloarthritis Relevant for Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis Once HLA-B27 Status Is Known?

2019

Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk across phenotypes of osteoarthritis

2019

High intensity exercise for 3 months reduces disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA): A multicentre randomized trial of 100 patients

2019

Is it Useful to Repeat Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joints After Three Months or One Year in the Diagnosis of Patients With Chronic Back Pain and Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis?

2019

Frequency of Impaired Spinal Mobility in Patients with Chronic Back Pain Compared to Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis

2018

Left Ventricular Systolic Myocardial Function in Ankylosing Spondylitis

2018

Associations Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Arterial Stiffness in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Cross-sectional Study

2018

Anti-CD74 antibodies have no diagnostic value in early axial spondyloarthritis: data from the spondyloarthritis caught early (SPACE) cohort

2018

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joints Indicating Sacroiliitis According to the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society Definition in Healthy Individuals, Runners, and Women With Postpartum Back Pain

2018

Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy

2018

Presence of multiple spondyloarthritis (SpA) features is important but not sufficient for a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis: Data from the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort

2017

Is the current ASAS expert definition of a positive family history useful in identifying axial spondyloarthritis? Results from the SPACE and DESIR cohorts

2017

Serum inflammatory biomarkers fail to identify early axial spondyloarthritis: Results from the SpondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort

2017

High-intensity cardiorespiratory and strength exercises reduced emotional distress and fatigue in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a randomized controlled pilot study

2017

Predictive value of arterial stiffness and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis for cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2016

CRP and ASDAS are associated with future elevated arterial stiffness, a risk marker of cardiovascular disease, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: Results after 5-year follow-up

2015

Disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis and associations to markers of vascular pathology and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors: A cross-sectional study

2015

The impact of newer biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on cardiovascular risk factors: A 12-month longitudinal study in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with rituximab, abatacept and tociliziumab

2015

Circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines and cytokine receptors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A cross-sectional comparative study

2015

Efficacy of High Intensity Exercise on Disease Activity and Cardiovascular Risk in Active Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

2014

Uveitis is associated with hypertension and atherosclerosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A cross-sectional study

2014