Beatrice Pettersson

0000-0002-5147-9715

Contact

beatrice.pettersson@umu.se

+46 90 786 52 24

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Section: Physiotherapy

-, - Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Supramaximal high-intensity interval training for older adults in a community setting: a pragmatic feasibility study

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 22, (1)

Frykholm, Erik; Pettersson, Beatrice; Hedlund, Mattias; et al.

Effectiveness of the safe step digital exercise program to prevent falls in older community-dwelling adults: randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR Publications 2025, Vol. 27

Pettersson, Beatrice; Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor; Skelton, Dawn A.; et al.

Falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults and implementation of world falls guidelines: a call for action across Europe by the European geriatric medicine society special interest group on falls and fractures

European Geriatric Medicine, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 16, (4) : 1249-1268

van der Velde, Nathalie; Seppala, Lotta J.; Herrero, Alvaro Casas; et al.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the digital fall preventive intervention Safe Step among community-dwelling older people aged 70 and older

European Journal of Ageing, Springer 2024, Vol. 21, (1)

Bajraktari, Saranda; Sandlund, Marlene; Pettersson, Beatrice; et al.

'Maintaining balance in life'—exploring older adults' long-term engagement in self-managed digital fall prevention exercise

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 20, (1)

Pettersson, Beatrice; Lundell, Sara; Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor; et al.

Reaching older people with a digital fall prevention intervention in a Swedish municipality context: an observational study

Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 10

Bajraktari, Saranda; Zingmark, Magnus; Pettersson, Beatrice; et al.

Older adults as designers of behavior change strategies to increase physical activity: report of a participatory design process

Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 10

Janols, Rebecka; Sandlund, Marlene; Lindgren, Helena; et al.

Feasibility of performance-based and self-reported outcomes in self-managed falls prevention exercise interventions for independent older adults living in the community

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 22, (1)

Månsson, Linda; Pettersson, Beatrice; Rosendahl, Erik; et al.

Recruitment strategies and reach of a digital fall-prevention intervention for community-dwelling older adults

Digital health, Sage Publications 2022, Vol. 8

Pettersson, Beatrice; Bajraktari, Saranda; Skelton, Dawn; et al.

Fall prevention exercise for older adults: self-management with support of digital technology

Umeå University medical dissertations, 2122

Pettersson, Beatrice

Older adults’ experiences of behavior change support in a digital fall prevention exercise program: A qualitative study framed by the self-determination theory

Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR Publications 2021, Vol. 23, (7)

Pettersson, Beatrice; Janols, Rebecka; Wiklund, Maria; et al.

Effectiveness of a self-managed digital exercise programme to prevent falls in older community-dwelling adults: study protocol for the Safe Step randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2020, Vol. 10, (5)

Pettersson, Beatrice; Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor; Skelton, Dawn A.; et al.

Neither Timed Up and Go test nor Short Physical Performance Battery predict future falls among independent adults aged ≥75 years living in the community

Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, Hylonome Publications 2020, Vol. 5, (2) : 24-30

Pettersson, Beatrice; Nordin, Ellinor; Ramnemark, Anna; et al.

Proposals for continued research to determine older adults’ falls risk

Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls, Hylonome Publications 2020, Vol. 5, (4) : 89-91

Pettersson, Beatrice; Nordin, Ellinor; Ramnemark, Anna; et al.

"Managing pieces of a personal puzzle': Older people's experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet

BMC Geriatrics, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19

Pettersson, Beatrice; Wiklund, Maria; Janols, Rebecka; et al.

Self-managed fall preventive exercise intervention with an mHealth application: self-reported health outcomes over one year

Bajraktari, Saranda; Hörling, Therese; Pettersson, Beatrice; et al.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of the digital fall preventive intervention Safe Step among community dwelling older people aged 70 and over

Bajraktari, Saranda; Sandlund, Marlene; Pettersson, Beatrice; et al.

Self-managed fall prevention exercise guided by a digital programme or a paper booklet: effectiveness and feasibility of outcomes

Månsson, Linda; Pettersson, Beatrice; Rosendahl, Erik; et al.

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Research groups

Group member

Physical performance across the life span (PAL)

U-CHEC

Research projects

1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024

Stigma-related emotions and their impact on self-management in people with COPD

1 September 2019

Safe Step

1 January 2019 until 31 December 2024

The Umeå HIT Study