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Sara Lundell

Associate professor in physiotherapy. Research focus on how stigma-related emotions affect self-management in people with COPD, and support for self-management for different groups.

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Associate professor at Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Section: Physiotherapy
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-, - Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

I work as an associate professor in physiotherapy at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation at Umeå University. I am running a project that aims to investigate, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, how stigma-related emotions such as shame and guilt affect self-management in persons with COPD.

My research focuses on support for self-management in different groups, mainly for people with COPD. I work a lot with qualitative methods in the form of individual interviews and workshops to capture experiences of the patients themselves, but also healthcare professionals who work with the patient group. I also use surveys to collect data on this. When developing interventions, it is important to take part of the wishes and opinions of future users, therefore I work with co-creation processes with patients with COPD, relatives and healthcare professionals.

I am a registered physiotherapist since 2006 and received a master's degree in physiotherapy in 2012. In November 2018, I defended my dissertation COPD in primary care. Exploring conditions for implementation of evidence-based interventions and eHealth. During 2019-2020, I was the senior research assistant at the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation at Umeå University, evaluating the use of the COPD web and with the development of the eHealth tool Me & COPD. During 2021-2023 I was a postdoctoral fellow in medical sociology at the Department of Sociology at Umeå University.

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 226
Lundell, Sara; Isaksson, Ulf; Coe, Anna-Britt; et al.
Fysioterapi, Fysioterapeuterna 2023, (1) : 30-35
Nyberg, Andre; Lundell, Sara; Stenlund, Tobias; et al.
JMIR Human Factors, JMIR Publications Inc. 2023, Vol. 10
Nyberg, Andre; Sondell, Anna; Lundell, Sara; et al.
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 20, (1)
Pettersson, Beatrice; Lundell, Sara; Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor; et al.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Sönnerfors, Pernilla; Skavberg Roaldsen, Kirsti; Lundell, Sara; et al.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Lundell, Sara; Toots, Annika; Sönnerfors, Pernilla; et al.
The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Dove press 2022, Vol. 17 : 905-918
Nyberg, Andre; Lundell, Sara; Pesola, Ulla-Maija; et al.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, Toronto: JMIR Publications 2021, Vol. 23, (4)
Marklund, Sarah; Tistad, Malin; Lundell, Sara; et al.
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56
Lundell, Sara; Andersson, Mari; Holmner, Åsa; et al.
Translational Sports Medicine, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 55, (1) : 55-62
Lundell, Sara; Mian, Louise; Aasa, Ulrika; et al.
JMIR mhealth and uhealth, JMIR Publications 2020, Vol. 8, (6)
Lundell, Sara; Modig, Mari; Holmner, Åsa; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Lundell, Sara; Pesola, Ulla-Maija; Nyberg, Andre; et al.
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56
Lundell, Sara; Pesola, Ulla-Maija; Nyberg, Andre; et al.
COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 17, (5) : 533-542
Lundell, Sara; Wadell, Karin; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56
Marklund, Sarah; Tistad, Malin; Lundell, Sara; et al.
Läkartidningen, Sveriges läkarförbund 2018, (115)
Lundell, Sara
European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2018, Vol. 52
Lundell, Sara; Wadell, Karin; Wiklund, Maria; et al.
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Vol. 27, (4) : 418-429
Aasa, Ulrika; Lundell, Sara; Barnekow-Bergkvist, Margareta; et al.
Breathe, Vol. 13, (4) : e121-e129
Kahn, Nicolas; Tomos, Ioannis; Andrianopoulos, Vasileios; et al.
BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2017, Vol. 17
Lundell, Sara; Tistad, Malin; Rehn, Börje; et al.
Journal of Pain Research, Albany: Dove medical press 2016, Vol. 9 : 303-310
Hesselman Borg, Johanna; Westerståhl, Maria; Lundell, Sara; et al.
Spine, Vol. 40, (24) : 1926-1933
Aasa, Ulrika; Lundell, Sara; Aasa, Björn; et al.
BestPractice Lungmedicin, BestPractice 2015, (9) : 7-9
Lundell, Sara
Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2015, Vol. 109, (1) : 11-26
Lundell, Sara; Holmner, Åsa; Rehn, Börje; et al.

At the moment, I teach at the Physiotherapy program within my position as an associate professor. I teach in several semesters about functional examination, communication/motivational interviewing, research methods and with supervision and review of bachelor and master theses. I also have experience teaching on several different educational programs, at all educational levels at both the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Social Sciences.