Lars Åke Nygren

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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING. 2017;16(6):468-474
Symptoms of depression and their relation to myocardial infarction and periodontitis
Kjellstrom B; Gustafsson A; Nordendal E; Norhammar A; Nygren A; Nasman P; Ryden L; Asberg M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(5):e0153924
Possible Biomarkers of Chronic Stress Induced Exhaustion - A Longitudinal Study
Wallensten J; Asberg M; Nygren A; Szulkin R; Wallen H; Mobarrez F; Nager A
Article: CIRCULATION. 2016;133(6):576-583
Periodontitis Increases the Risk of a First Myocardial Infarction A Report From the PAROKRANK Study
Ryden L; Buhlin K; Ekstrand E; de Faire U; Gustafsson A; Holmer J; Kjellstrom B; Lindahl B; Norhammar A; Nygren A; Nasman P; Rathnayake N; Svenungsson E; Klinge B
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;55(1):72-82
Construction and evaluation of a self rating scale for stress-induced Exhaustion Disorder, the Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale
Beser A; Sorjonen K; Wahlberg K; Peterson U; Nygren A; Asberg M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(6):e67887
All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality after Long-Term Sickness Absence for Psychiatric Disorders: A Prospective Cohort Study
Bryngelson A; Asberg M; Nygren A; Jensen I; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(6):e001704
Self-reported treatment, workplace-oriented rehabilitation, change of occupation and subsequent sickness absence and disability pension among employees long-term sick-listed for psychiatric disorders: a prospective cohort study
Bryngelson A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Jensen I; Lundberg U; Asberg M; Nygren A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2011;61(4):539-555
Two Forms of Group Therapy and Individual Treatment of Work-Related Depression: A One-Year Follow-Up Study
Sandahl C; Lundberg U; Lindgren A; Rylander G; Herlofson J; Nygren A; Asberg M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(36):1703-1706
[The Council of Inquiry on Rehabilitation suggests creation of a quality registry and a knowledge center].
Nygren A; Wiklander M; Asberg M
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2011;53(7):788-793
Burnout Levels and Self-Rated Health Prospectively Predict Future Long-Term Sickness Absence A Study Among Female Health Professionals
Peterson U; Bergstrom G; Demerouti E; Gustavsson P; Asberg M; Nygren A
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2011;53(6):658-662
Reduction in Personnel and Long-Term Sickness Absence for Psychiatric Disorders Among Employees in Swedish County Councils An Ecological Population-Based Study
Bryngelson A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Fritzell J; Asberg M; Nygren A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2009;50(3):231-244
Psychometric properties of scales in the General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at Work (QPS_Nordic): Confirmatory factor analysis and prediction of certified long-term sickness absence
Wannstrom I; Peterson U; Asberg M; Nygren A; Gustavsson JP
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2009;65(9):742-747
Suppressed Neuroendocrine Stress Response in Depressed Women on Job-Stress-Related Long-Term Sick Leave: A Stable Marker Potentially Suggestive of Preexisting Vulnerability
Wahlberg K; Ghatan PH; Modell S; Nygren A; Ingvar M; Asberg M; Heilig M
Article: PAIN. 2009;142(3):202-208
Cost effectiveness of two rehabilitation programmes for neck and back pain patients: A seven year follow-up
Jensen IB; Busch H; Bodin L; Hagberg J; Nygren A; Bergstrom G
Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(1):e3590
Novel Biochemical Markers of Psychosocial Stress in Women
Asberg M; Nygren A; Leopardi R; Rylander G; Peterson U; Wilczek L; Kallmen H; Ekstedt M; Akerstedt T; Lekander M; Ekman R
Article: WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION. 2009;34(1):3-11
Can scales assessing psychological and social factors at work be used across different occupations? A study of measurement invariance of the Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social factors at Work (QPS_Nordic)
Wannstrom I; Peterson U; Asberg M; Nygren A; Gustavsson JP
Article: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 2008;63(5):506-516
Reflecting peer-support groups in the prevention of stress and burnout:: randomized controlled trial
Peterson U; Bergstrom G; Samuelsson M; Asberg M; Nygren A
Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2008;81(7):813-819
Different response alternatives in the assessment of job demands
Waennstroem I; Nygren A; Asberg M; Gustavsson JP
Article: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 2008;62(1):84-95
Burnout and physical and mental health among Swedish healthcare workers
Peterson U; Demerouti E; Bergstroem G; Samuelsson M; Ake MA; Nygren A
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2007;42(5):381-388
Sickness absence and disability pension in a cohort of employees initially on long-term sick leave due to psychiatric disorders in Sweden
Vaez M; Rylander G; Nygren A; Asberg M; Alexanderson K
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2006;60(8):867-873
Neuroendocrine, cognitive and structural imaging characteristics of women on longterm sickleave with job stress-induced depression
Rydrnark I; Wahlberg K; Ghatan PH; Modell S; Nygren A; Ingvar M; Asberg M; Heilig M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2006;103(23):1829-1839
[Effects of rehabilitation after seven years. Evaluation of two rehabilitation programs in Sweden].
Jensen I; Bergström G; Bodin L; Ljungquist T; Nygren A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2005;33(5):370-375
Long-term sick-listing among women in the public sector and its associations with age, social situation, lifestyle, and work factors: A three-year follow-up study
Vingård E; Lindberg P; Josephson M; Voss M; Heijbel B; Alfredsson L; Stark S; Nygren Å
Article: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. 2005;24(1):41-48
Long-term effects of lifestyle behavior change in coronary artery disease: Effects on recurrent coronary events after percutaneous coronary intervention
Lisspers J; Sundin Ö; Öhman A; Hofman-Bang C; Rydén L; Nygren Å
Article: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE. 2004;36(43 Suppl):15-21
Mild traumatic brain injury after traffic collisions: A population-based inception cohort study
Cassidy JD; Carroll L; Côté P; Holm L; Nygren Å
Article: DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION. 2003;25(15):856-866
Physical performance tests for people with spinal pain - sensitivity to change
Ljungquist T; Nygren Å; Jensen I; Harms-Ringdahl K
Article: SPINE. 2003;28(10):1002-1009
Low back pain after traffic collisions - A population-based cohort study
Cassidy JD; Carroll L; Côté P; Berglund A; Nygren Å
Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2003;13(1):66-72
Occupant- and crash-related factors associated with the risk of whiplash injury
Berglund A; Alfredsson L; Jensen I; Bodin L; Nygren Å
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2003;10(3):191-204
Comparing multifactorial lifestyle interventions and stress management in coronary risk reduction
Sundin Ö; Lisspers J; Hofman-Bang C; Nygren Å; Rydén L; Öhman A
Article: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE. 2003;35(2):69-75
Physical performance tests for people with long-term spinal pain:: Aspects of construct validity
Ljungquist T; Jensen IB; Nygren Å; Harms-Ringdahl K
Article: PAIN. 2001;93(3):229-237
The impact of psychologically different patient groups on outcome after a vocational rehabilitation program for long-term spinal pain patients
Bergström G; Jensen IB; Bodin L; Linton SJ; Nygren Å
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2001;54(8):851-856
The association between exposure to a rear-end collision and future health complaints
Berglund A; Alfredsson L; Jensen I; Cassidy JD; Nygren Å
Article: PAIN. 2001;91(1-2):65-78
A randomized controlled component analysis of a behavioral medicine rehabilitation program for chronic spinal pain:: are the effects dependent on gender?
Jensen IB; Bergström G; Ljungquist T; Bodin L; Nygren Å
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2001;39(1):75-87
Long-term, non-specific spinal pain:: reliable and valid subgroups of patients
Bergström G; Bodin L; Jensen IB; Linton SJ; Nygren Å
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2000;53(11):1089-1094
The association between exposure to a rear-end collision and future neck or shoulder pain:: A cohort study
Berglund A; Alfredsson L; Cassidy JD; Jensen I; Nygren Å
Article: SPINE. 2000;25(21):2816-2823
Assessing the needs of patients in pain:: A matter of opinion?
Jensen IB; Bodin L; Ljungqvist T; Bergström KG; Nygren Å
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2000;26(5):382-389
Impact of occupation on respiratory disease
Nathell L; Malmberg P; Lundbäck B; Nygren Å
Article: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. 2000;94(10):977-982
Is asthma underestimated as a cause of sick leave?
Nathell L; Malmberg P; Lundbäck B; Nygren Å
Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2000;342(16):1179-1186
Effect of eliminating compensation for pain and suffering on the outcome of insurance claims for whiplash injury.
Cassidy JD; Carroll LJ; Coté P; Lemstra M; Berglund A; Nygren Å
Article: DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY. 2000;16(1):16-23
Direct and indirect time spent on care of dental trauma: a 2-year prospective study of children and adolescents.
Glendor U; Halling A; Bodin L; Andersson L; Nygren A; Karlsson G; Koucheki B
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 1999;20(20):1465-1474
Two-year results of a controlled study of residential rehabilitation for patients treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - A randomized study of a multifactorial programme
Hofman-Bang C; Lisspers J; Nordlander R; Nygren Å; Sundin Ö; Öhman A; Rydén L
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 1999;27(2):116-123
Impairment and work disability due to whiplash injury following traffic collisions -: An analysis of insurance material from the Swedish Road Traffic Injury Commission
Holm L; Cassidy JD; Sjögren Y; Nygren Å
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 1999;3(3):261-273
A psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI-S):: a gender differentiated evaluation
Bergström KG; Jensen IB; Linton SJ; Nygren Å
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 1999;46(2):143-154
Behavioral effects of a comprehensive, multifactorial program for lifestyle change after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty:: A prospective, randomized, controlled study
Lisspers J; Sundin Ö; Hofman-Bang C; Nordlander R; Nygren Å; Rydén L; Öhman A
Article: PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. 1999;4(3):214-232
Intra- and inter-rater reliability of an 11-test package for assessing dysfunction due to back or neck pain.
Ljungquist T; Harms-Ringdahl K; Nygren A; Jensen I
Article: PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. 1999;4(2):123-140
A physiotherapy test package for assessing back and neck dysfunction--discriminative ability for patients versus healthy control subjects.
Ljungquist T; Fransson B; Harms-Ringdahl K; Björnham A; Nygren A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL. 1999;33(1):9-16
Multifactorial evaluation of a program for lifestyle behavior change in rehabilitation and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease
Lisspers J; Hofman-Bang C; Nordlander R; Rydèn L; Sundin Ö; Öhman A; Nygren Å
Article: PAIN. 1998;75(1):101-110
Reliability and factor structure of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory Swedish Language Version (MPI-S)
Bergström G; Jensen IB; Bodin L; Linton SJ; Nygren AL; Carlsson SG
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES. 1998;12(1):25-31
Psychological patterns in patients with coronary heart disease, chronic pain and respiratory disorder
Lisspers J; Nygren A; Soderman E
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION. 1997;7(4):225-238
Treatment for "helpless" women suffering from chronic spinal pain: A randomized controlled 18-month follow-up study
Jensen IB; Dahlquist C; Nygren A; Royen E; Stenberg M
Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 1997;96(4):281-286
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample
Lisspers J; Nygren A; Soderman E
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION. 1997;7(1):33-43
Training work supervisors for reintegration of employees treated for musculoskeletal pain
Haldorsen EMH; Jensen IB; Linton SJ; Nygren A; Ursin H
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1997;50(1):95-103
Injury severity assessment for car occupants in frontal impacts, using disability scaling
Norin H; Krafft M; Korner J; Nygren A; Tingvall C
Article: BJS-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 1995;161(12):863-869
Seventeen year follow-up study of bone mass in patients with mild asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism some of whom were operated on
Elvius M; Lagrelius A; Nygren A; Alveryd A; Christensson TAT; Nordenstrom J
Article: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE. 1995;27(1):19-26
THE ROLE OF THE PSYCHOLOGIST IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENTS FOR CHRONIC NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN - A CONTROLLED COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDY
JENSEN I; NYGREN A; GAMBERALE F; GOLDIE I; WESTERHOLM P; JONSSON E
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Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(9-10):484-486
[Distinguishing between depression and chronic fatigue syndrome].
Asberg M; Nygren A; Nager A
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(36):1680-1683
[Mental illness caused by stress...diagnostics, physiopathology and rehabilitation].
Asberg M; Wahlberg K; Wiklander M; Nygren A
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2010;107(19-20):1307-1310
[Stress as the cause of mental illness].
Asberg M; Grape T; Krakau I; Nygren A; Rohde M; Wahlberg A; Währborg P
Other: JOURNAL OF MANIPULATIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL THERAPEUTICS. 2009;32(2):S7-S9
THE BONE AND JOINT DECADE 2000-2010 TASK FORCE ON NECK PAIN AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISORDERS Executive Summary (Reprinted from Spine, vol 33, pg S5-S7, 2008)
Haldeman S; Carroll L; Cassidy JD; Schubert J; Nygren A
Editorial: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL. 2008;17:S5-S7
The bone and joint decade 2000-2010 task force on neck pain and its associated disorders - Executive summary
Haldeman S; Carroll L; Cassidy JD; Schubert J; Nygren A
Editorial: SPINE. 2008;33(4 Suppl):S5-S7
The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders: executive summary.
Haldeman S; Carroll L; Cassidy JD; Schubert J; Nygren A; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck
Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2006;103(42):3174-3177
[Mindfulness meditation--an old fashion method for stress relief].
Asberg M; Sköld C; Wahlberg K; Nygren A
Published conference paper: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION. 2000;32(2):197-205
Neck injuries in frontal impacts:: influence of crash pulse characteristics on injury risk
Kullgren A; Krafft M; Nygren Å; Tingvall C
Editorial: JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE. 1995;:5
BACK TO WORK - NECK-AND-SHOULDER PROBLEMS - ON MECHANISMS, INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES, REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION - PREFACE
EKHOLM J; HARMSRINGDAHL K; NYGREN A
Published conference paper: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE, SUPPLEMENT. 1995;32:107-112
NECK-AND-SHOULDER PAIN, AN INCREASING PROBLEM - STRATEGIES FOR USING INSURANCE MATERIAL TO FOLLOW TRENDS
NYGREN A; BERGLUND A; VONKOCH M

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Professor Emeritus/Emerita, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
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Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2001-2003

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