014- Evidence Based Practice with Jan Hartvigsen, DC, PhD

Dr. Hartvigsen and I discuss some important issues facing the profession including: 1) What is Evidence Based Practice?; 2) How do we build chiropractic’s academic capacity (and what are the barriers)?; 3) The Chiropractic Profession in the Mainstream; 4) How can we get the research out to chiropractors and the public?; 5) Musculoskeletal health in the context of general health; 6) The current situation in Australia (pediatric chiropractic).

Professor Hartvigsen is Full Professor and Head of Research at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He is also leading the Graduate Program for Physical Activity and Musculoskeletal Health and is co-founder of the Center for Muscle and Joint Health. He has published 136 scientific publications (67 in the past five years) including 26 systematic reviews, 13 editorials and commentaries and 10 book chapters and commissioned reports. His h-index is 26 and his work has received 1806 citations in the past five years. He has published as lead and senior author in leading general and musculoskeletal specialty journals such as BMJ, Spine, Pain, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Invited Keynote Presentations:

Jan Hartvigsen has given 104 keynotes or invited presentations at meetings and multidisciplinary conferences in the fields of chiropractic, physiotherapy, back pain, and orthopaedics. Noticeably he has been invited to speak at the Forum for Research on Back Pain in Primary Care, World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain (2x), World federation of Chiropractic Biennial Conference (4x), Forum on Manual Medicine, and The Nordic Congress on Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Research:

Jan Hartvigsen has received research support from numerous sources including from The Danish Regions 2001-2015, European Chiropractors Union 2012, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation 2012, IMK General Foundation 2006-2015, Danish League Against Rheumatism 2011, Danish Agency for Science, Technology, and Innovation 2008, Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority 2008, Danish Board of Health 2005, Health Ressources and Service Administration (USA) 2009-2012. In total he has received over 50 million DKK in research support as lead or co-applicant since 2005.

Jan Hartvigsen has supervised 70+ MSc students during thesis work. He has completed supervision of 13 PhD students and is currently supervising 6 PhD students.

Prof Hartvigsen has peer reviewed 200+ manuscripts for 38 scientific journals including BMJ, Annals of Internal Medicine, Pain, Brain, and Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. He has reviewed submissions for 17 international conferences since 2007. He has reviewed grant applications from 13 agencies since 2005 including Canadian Institutes for Health Research, National Institutes for Health Research (UK), Arthritis Research UK, The BUPA Foundation (UK), WorkSafe BC (Canada), and The Wellcome Trust (UK). He has been examiner on 13 PhD theses in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK, Canada, Holland and Australia. Jan Hartvigsen has evaluated candidates for scientific positions at University of Sydney (AU), MacQuarie University (AU), Curtin University (AU), Keele University (UK), University of Toronto (Canada), University of Alberta (Canada), and all major Danish universities.

Teaching:

He has extensive teaching experience in the areas of research methodology, biostatistics, clinical examination and treatment of spine problems, and epidemiology. He has been responsible for establishing and coordinating courses in all of these areas.

www.sdu.dk/staff/jhartvigsen

Discover more of Dr. Hartvigsen’s publications on researchgate.

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