See the program of the Back-UP Industry Forum
You can now find the full agenda for the Industry Forum that will be celebrated online, on June 24th at 3 pm (CEST UTC + 2:00).
See the program here or download it from the link below.
The Back-UP Industry Forum goes virtual
Due to the global restrictions for travelling and celebrating events, caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, all the forthcoming events of the Back-UP Project have been modified to make them virtual.
The Workshop and Industry Forum, scheduled for June 24th, will be celebrated on the same date and time, but will be made in the form of a webinar.
You can register to attend now at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6774888691513791500
Back-UP workshop in the University of Leeds
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event has been changed into an online webinar. See more information.
The University of Leeds will organize a demonstration and showcase of the Back-UP platform to show researchers, clinicians and healthcare informaticians how academy, healthcare and industry collaborate to improve well-being and return to work after NLBP.
This event will take place on June 24th, in the Nexus building of the University of Leeds, coinciding with the next Consortium meeting of the project.
Registration is open at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-healthcare-the-back-up-project-tickets-96645909517. Save the date!
Paper published in the European Journal of Pain
A systematic review about the association between objectively measured physical behaviour and neck or low back pain has been published by Cecilie K. Øverås et al in the European Journal of Pain, presenting challenging findings about the influence of physical activity on the development of pain.
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1551
Participate in Back-UP’s Vignette Study!
Roessingh Research and Development is conducting a study in the framework of the Back-UP project, to investigate which biological, physical, economic and psychosocial factors play the most important role in decision-making for neck and low back pain.
If you are a healthcare professional in pain rehabilitation, you are welcome to help us find what are the most important decision factors in your domain.
In order to participate, you only have to go to http://www.vignetstudy.nl/ , where you will be presented with a set of patient cases, and some questions to be answered through a simple questionnaire with multiple choices. The assessment of all cases takes approximately 20 minutes.
Help us improve the quality of health care in neck and low back pain!
Back-UP project reaches two years
The Consortium meeting of the Back-UP project to celebrate its second year took place at Empirica GmbH’s facilities in Bonn, on November 27th and 28th 2019.
The first studies made with the mockups and prototypes of the Back-UP platform (usability study, and design of the retrospective study) where shared with the project partners. Technical partners explained in a demo session how the platforms based on Antari HomeCare and Multi-X are connected to improve the user experience, and plans were made for the dissemination strategy and the involvement of industry stakeholders in the forthcoming final year of the Project.
Next Consortium meeting will be in UK in June 2020, in order to prepare the final actions of the project.
Back-UP in EFIC 2019
Today starts EFIC 2019, the 11th Congress of the European Pain Federation, which this year is celebrated in Valencia. The most recent and relevant research on all types of pain is being presented in this internationally recognised event. The poster session of the first day included two contributions from the Back-UP Project:
- Clinical management of neck and low back pain through personalised prognostic models: the Back-UP Project, by Helios De Rosario et al. An overall presentation of the platform, its architecture and the modules that compose it.
- Evidence based treatment recommendations for back and neck pain across Europe: a systematic review of guidelines, by Gwenllian Wynne-Jones et al. An overview of the revision made in the project, to provide Back-UP with contents that help users follow the best treatments, according to the most reliable scientific evidence.
Back-UP goes to Luxembourg for the First Period Review Meeting
The Back-UP’s Consortium was yesterday in the Euroforum building, meeting with the Project Officer and the Project review panel, to assess the progress of the Back-UP Project after its equator. All Work Package leaders attended to the meeting, including The University of Leeds and University of Keele (UK), RRD (The Netherlands), NTNU (Norway), Empirica (Germany), GENOS (Croatia), CIOP-PIB (Poland), University of Padova (Italy), GMV, MAZ and coordinator IBV(Spain).
During the meeting, the main role was played by Project Director Helios De Rosario, who started with a deep, complete and clear project overview in which he portrayed the origins of the project, the problem that it is bound to solve, and the achievements of the first period.
Later on, Work Package leaders exposed the job performed through each Work Package, including highlights of the Professional and Researcher platforms.
“Back-UP represents a step forward for Low Back and Neck Pain in-silico models, and at the end of the project the state of the art will change significantly”, states Helios De Rosario. “We are proud of this Consortium”, continues.
The reviewers team stressed the major strength of the project and also gave some important advices on areas that will be developed, enhanced and improved in the second half of the project.
“We have to wait for the official report, but in the meantime, we can already start on implementing reviewers’ indications”, concludes De Rosario.
Presentation in the SERMEF Congress 2019
The Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine (SERMEF) is celebrating in Seville its 57th Congress (15-18 May 2019).
In this congress Cristina Herrera (IBV) has presented a poster about the Back-UP project, explaining the concept of the architecture and the use cases that are being developed.
