Liv Inger Strand, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Physiotherapy Science, University of Bergen Date of birth: November 17, 1947 Tel + 47 55 58 61 23 Mobile: +47 92 46 24 47 Fax + 47 55 58 61 39 E-mail: liv.strand@isf.uib.no

Main areas of research

Development of tools for assessing physical functioning and pain. Examination of measurement properties of assessment tools Outcome studies of rehabilitation/physiotherapy interventions Main research project at present: Performance measures of physical function used as outcome measures in the treatment of patients with back pain. Which tests are the most sensitive for clinically important change? A study in collaboration with Bodil Anderson and Jan Sture Skouen at the Spine Clinic at Haukeland University Hospital, and Liv Magnussen and Hildegunn Lygren at the Department of Physiotherapy, College of Bergen.

Biography

1968-69: The State School of Physiotherapy, Oslo 1970: Internship, Bergen Trygdekontor, Bergen 1970: Registered physiotherapist 1971-76: Physiotherapist, Hatlestad Hospital 1976-95: Lecturer, College of Physiotherapy in Bergen 1977: Studies in practical pedagogics, University of Bergen. 1984-87: Advanced Master of Science in Physical Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, USA. 1991-95: Assistant professor II in physiotherapy (20% position), University of Bergen. 1995-2001: Assistant/associate professor, Section for Physiotherapy, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen. 2001: Doctoral thesis, dr. philos. (PhD), Medical Faculty, University of Bergen. 2001-dd: Associate professor, Section for Physiotherapy, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen. 2004-2006 Director of research at the Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen. Since september 2005 Part time position as a Coordinator of reasearch and development at Haukeland University Hospital.

Teaching and supervision

Program development of physiotherapy education in Bergen, starting in 1976 Position as a lecturer at the State School of Physiotherapy, 1976-2005 Program development of Master of Science Program in Physiotherapy Research, starting in 1991. Revision of Master of Science Program in connection with the Quality Reform Position as an assistant and later associate professor at the Master of Science Program in Physiotherapy, 1991-dd, teaching Master of Science students. Since 1991 supervised 35 master students who have finshed their master's thesis. Co-supervised Liv Magnussen who defended her PhD in 2007 Are presently supervising 7 PhD students: Anne Brit Sørsdahl (main supervisor) Meir Lothan (main supervisor) Ellen Høyer (main supervisor) Tori Smedal (main supervisor) Tove Dragesund (main supervisor) Bettina Husebø (co-supervisor) Iris Brunner (main supervisor)

Prize

2001: Innovation. Congress grant. The Norwegian Spine Association.

Societies

Norwegian Physiotherapy Association Norwegian Spine Association International Association for the Study of Pain

Advanced Master of Science Thesis

The Development of a Norwegian Pain Questionnaire. Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston 1988.

Doctoral Thesis

Assessment tools of pain and activity limitations in musculoskeltal conditions. University of Bergen, Bergen 2001.

Publications

Articles and book chapters Strand LI, Wisnes AR. The development of a Norwegian pain questionnaire. Pain 1991;46:61-66. Strand LI, Wisnes AR. Norsk spørreskjema for smertemåling etter modell av McGill Pain Questionnaire. Appendix 6 i: McCaffery M, Beebe A, red. Smerter. Lærebok for helsepersonell. Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal AS, 1996: 254-8. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE. Different approximations of the McGill Pain Questionnaire in the Norwegian language: a discussion of content validity. J Adv Nurs 1997;26:772-9. Strand LI, Wie SL. The Sock test for evaluating activity limitation in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Phys Ther 1999;79:136-45. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE. The Pick-up test for assessing performance of a daily activity in patients with back pain. Advances in Physiotherapy 2001;3:17-27. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE, Haldorsen EMH, Espehaug B. The impact of physical function and pain on work status at 1-year follow-up in patients with back pain. Spine 2001;26:800-8. Strand LI. Assessment tools of pain and activity limitations in musculoskeletal conditions (dissertation). Bergen: University of Bergen; 2001. Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R. Ljunggren AE. Back Performance Scale for the Assessment of Mobility-Related Activities in People with Back Pain. Phys Ther 2002;82:1213-23. Magnussen L, Strand LI, Lygren H. Reliability and validity of the Back Performance Scale (BPS): Observing activity limitation in subjects with back pain. Spine 2004;29; 903-7. Strand LI, Kvale A, Raheim M, Ljunggren AE. Do Norwegian manual therapists provide management for patients with acute low back pain in accordance with clinical guidelines? Man Ther 2005;10:38-42. Brunner I, Strand LI. Modifisert Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy hos hjemmeboende pasienter med hemiplegic etter hjerneslag. Utprøving av et behandlingstiltak i kommunehelsetjenesten. Fysioterapeuten 2006;73(6): 14-20. Smedal,T, Lygren H, Myhr KM, Moe-Nilssen R, Gjelsvik B, Gjelsvik O, Strand LI. Balance and gait improved in patients with MS after physiotherapy based on the Bobath concept. Physiother.Res.Int. 2006;11(2):104-16. Myklebust M, Magnussen L, Strand LI. Back Performance Scale scores in people without back pain: Normative data. Advances in Physioterapy 2007;9 (1):2-9. Bentsen SB, Wahl AK, Strand LI, Hanestad BR. Outcomes for patients with low back pain treated using instrumented fusion. Scand J Caring Sci 2007;21:71-78. Bentsen SB, Wahl AK, Strand LI, Hanestad BR.Relationshiips between demographic, clinical and pain variables, and health- related quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain treated with instrumented fusion. Scand J Caring Sci 2007;21:134-43. Magnussen L, Strand LI, Skouen JS, Eriksen HR. Motivating disability pensioners with back pain to return to work - a randomized controlled trial. J Rehabil Med. 2007;39: 81-7. Anderson B, Strand LI, Råheim M. The effect of long-term Body Awareness Training succeeding a multimodal cognitive behaviour program for patients with widespread pain. J Musculoskeletal Pain 2007:15; 19-29. Magnussen L, Strand LI, Eriksen HR. Physical and mental functioning in disability pensioners with back pain. Musculoskeletal pain. In press. Sandgathe Husebo B, Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R, Husebo SB, Snow AL, Ljunggren AE. Mobilization-Observation-Behavior-Dementia Pain Scale (MOBID): Development and validation of a nurse-administered pain assessment tool for use in dementia. J Pain and Symptom Management 2007;34:67-80. Sørsdahl AB, Moe-Nilssen R, Strand, LI. Test-retest reliability of spatial and temporal gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy as measured by an electronic walkway. Gait & Posture 2008:27;43-50. Bentsen SB, Wahl AK, Hanestad BR, Strand LI. Pain and disability in chronic low back pain patients treated using instrumented fusion. J Musculoskeletal Pain. In press 2007. Sorsdahl AB, Moe-Nilssen R, Strand, LI. Observer Reliability of the Gross Motor Performance Measure and the Quality of Upper Extremity Skill Test, based on Video Recordings. Developmental Medicine, in press. Ljunggren AE, Strand LI, Johnsen TB. Development of the Norwegian Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (NSF-MPQ). Advances in Physiotherapy 2007; 9:169-80. Rognsvag T, Strand,LI, Skouen,JS. Pain and functional ability in patients with total disc replacement in the lumbar spine. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2007: 127; 1188-91. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE, Bogen B, Ask T, Bacher Johnsen T. The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire as an outcome measure: test-retest reliability and responsiveness to change. Eur J Pain, in press. Posters, and oral presentations Strand LI, Ljunggren AE. Functional Limitations in Patients with Low Back Pain: New and Simple Clinical Tests. Abstract. The Second International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Hague, The Netherlands, 1997. Strand LI, Håland Haldorsen EM, Ellertsen B, Ljunggren AE. Examination of factor structure of the Norwegian (McGill) Pain Questionnaire. Abstract. 8th World Congress on Pain, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 1996. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE. Degree of activity limitation and pain related to status of sick listing in patients with back pain. Abstract. The Third International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Manchester, United Kingdom, 1998. Strand LI, Moe-Nilssen R, Ljunggren AE. Activity limitation differs in clinical and experimental low back pain. Abstract. 9th World Congress on Pain. International Association for the Study of Pain. Vienna, Austria 1999. Haldorsen EM, Kvåle A, Strand LI, Skouen JS. A screening instrument for low back pain patients. Abstract. 10th World Congress on Pain, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August, 2002. Kvåle A, Ljunggren AE, Strand LI, Rudy TE, Hart DL. Rehabilitation: Assessing the outcome. In: Dostrovsky JO, Carr DB, Koltzenburg M (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Pain, Vol 24. Seattle: IASP press, 2003: chapter 69: 893-907. Magnussen L, Strand LI, Lygren H. Reliability of 10 physical performance tests of mobility-related activities in subjects with low back pain. Abstract. 14th International WCPT Congress, Barcelona, Spain 2003. Strand LI, Magnussen L, Lygren H. Reliability of the Back Performance Scale for assessing activity limitation in subjects with back pain. Abstract. 14th International WCPT Congress, Barcelona, Spain 2003. Strand LI, Kvåle A, Råheim M, Ljunggren AE. Are manual therapists' information, advice and other treatment given to patients in acordance with clinical guidelines? Spineweek and annual meeting for The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). Porto, Portugal, 30.05. - 05.06. Poster. Abstract p 550 i Spineweek 2004: Abstract book. Magnussen L, Strand LI, Eriksen HR. Functioning of individuals receiving disability pension due to back pain. Abstracts, no 544. 11th World Congress on Pain, 2005. International Association for the Study of Pain, Sydney, Australia. Strand LI, Ljunggren AE. The Norwegian Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (NSF-MPQ): Measurement properties. Abstracts, no 1706. 11th World Congress on Pain, 2005. International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), Sydney, Australia. Strand LI, Aud Mirjam Myklebust, Liv Magnussen. Discriminate ability of the Back Performance Scale (BPS). Oral presentation. Pain, Mind and Movement. A Satelite Symposium of the 11th World Congress on Pain, 2005. International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), Cairns, Australia. L Magnussen, LI Strand, H Eriksen. Physical and mental functioning in disability pensioners with back pain. Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Amsterdam International Forum VIII, Juni 8-10, 2006. Myklebust M, Strand LI,, Magnussen L. Back Performance Scale scores in people without back pain: Normative data. Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Amsterdam International Forum VIII, Juni 8-10, 2006. Strand LI, Myklebust AM, Magnussen L. Discriminatory power of the Back Performance Scale. Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Amsterdam International Forum VIII, Juni 8-10, 2006. AE Ljunggren, LI Strand. The Norwegian Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (NSF-MPQ). Descriptors, internal consistency and concurrent validity. EFIC Pain in Europe V, Istanbul 2006. Sorsdahl AB, Moe-Nilssen R, Strand LI. Can measures of quality of movements in children with cerebral palsy be assessed reliably from video clips? The 19th Annual Meeting of the EACD, Groningen, the Netherlands, June 14-16, 2007. Home page Department Home page University Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, last updated 30.12.07 Hogne.Sandvik@isf.uib.no