Anna Marcuzzi
About
I have a background in physiotherapy and obtained my PhD at the Department of Physiotherapy at Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia). My research interest is in improving the management of musculoskeletal pain. My research experience spans from laboratory work in pain assessment (during PhD), clinical research (clinical trials), systematic reviews and, recently, epidemiological studies.
I currently hold a post-doctoral researcher position working on a project financed by the DAM foundation. In this project I use national health registry data linked with data from the HUNT Study to explore the influence of multimorbidity and family factors on important outcomes related to musculoskeletal pain management, i.e., sick leave, use of specialist healthcare and opioid medications.
I have been involved in various European-financed projects as researcher and/or research coordinator:
- BackUP – Personalised prognostic models to improve well-being and return to work after neck and low back pain (2019-2022)
- MOBILISE-D – Connecting digital mobility assessment to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement (2021-2024)
- DE-PASS – Determinants of physical activities in settings (2020-2024)
Competencies
Publications
2026
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Becker, Clemens;
Eckert, Tobias;
Klenk, Jochen;
Jansen, Carl-Phillip;
Berge, Martin Aursand;
Engdal, Monika.
(2026)
Digital mobility outcomes to describe real-world walking during recovery from a hip fracture: the Mobilise-D perspective.
European Geriatric Medicine
Academic article
2025
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Marcuzzi, Anna;
Ferreira, Paulo;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Ferreira, Manuela L.;
Moe, Karoline;
Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård.
(2025)
Parental opioid prescriptions and the risk of opioid use in adolescents and young adults: The HUNT Study linked with prescription registry data.
PLoS Medicine
Academic article
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Diaz, Gabriela Jimenez;
Gierman, Lobke Marijn;
Keitsch, Martina Maria;
Elizarrarás-Rivas, Jesús;
Silva-Méndez, Rey Manuel;
Infanti, Jennifer Jean.
(2025)
Validation of a Mobile Health Device for Neonatal Jaundice Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Resource-Limited Setting in Mexico.
Global Pediatric Health
Academic article
2024
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Marcuzzi, Anna;
Klevanger, Nina Elisabeth;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård;
Bach, Kerstin;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2024)
An Artificial Intelligence–Based App for Self-Management of Low Back and Neck Pain in Specialist Care: Process Evaluation From a Randomized Clinical Trial.
JMIR Human Factors
Academic article
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Khudair, Mohammed;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel;
Ng, Kwok;
Peric, Ratko;
Bartoš, František.
(2024)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Trials on Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour and Their Determinants in Children Aged 5–12 Years.
Sports Medicine
Academic literature review
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Kirk, Cameron;
Küderle, Arne;
Micó-Amigo, M. Encarna;
Bonci, Tecla;
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara;
Ullrich, Martin.
(2024)
Correction to: Mobilise-D insights to estimate real-world walking speed in multiple conditions with a wearable device (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (1754), 10.1038/s41598-024-51766-5).
Scientific Reports
Errata
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Diaz, Gabriela Jimenez;
Aune, Anders;
Elizarrarás-Rivas, Jesús;
Gierman, Lobke M.;
Keitsch, Martina Maria;
Marcuzzi, Anna.
(2024)
Neonatal jaundice detection in low-resource Mexican settings: possibilities and barriers for innovation with mobile health.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
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Kolovelonis, Athanasios;
Syrmpas, Ioannis;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Khudair, Mohammed;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel.
(2024)
DE-PASS best evidence statement (BESt): determinants of adolescents’ device-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup;
Moe, Karoline;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund.
(2024)
Incidence of sick leave and disability pension in adults with musculoskeletal pain and co-occurring long-term conditions: data from the Norwegian HUNT study and national registries.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Academic article
-
Ling, Fiona C M;
Khudair, Mohammed;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin D.;
Peric, Ratko;
Bartoš, František.
(2024)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): Determinants of self-report physical activity and sedentary behaviours in children in settings: A systematic review and meta-analyses.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
2023
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Marcuzzi, Anna;
Caceres-Matos, Rocio;
Åsvold, Bjørn Olav;
Gil-Garcia, Eugenia;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2023)
Interplay between chronic widespread pain and lifestyle factors on the risk of type 2 diabetes: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT Study.
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Nordstoga, Anne Lovise;
Bach, Kerstin;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Bardal, Ellen Marie.
(2023)
Effect of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Self-Management App on Musculoskeletal Health in Patients With Neck and/or Low Back Pain Referred to Specialist Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA Network Open
Academic article
2022
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Marcuzzi, Anna;
Skarpsno, Eivind S.;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2022)
The interplay between multisite pain and insomnia on the risk of anxiety and depression: the HUNT study.
BMC Psychiatry
Academic article
-
Khudair, Mohammed;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel;
Bartoš, František;
Peric, Ratko.
(2022)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents aged 5-19 years-a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ Open
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Moloney, Niamh;
Rabey, Martin;
Hush, Julia;
Sanders, Duncan;
Dube, Tumelo;
Marcuzzi, Anna.
(2022)
Is low intensity exercise sufficient to induce exercise-induced pain threshold modulation in people with persistent pain?.
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Academic article
-
Hayashi, Kazuhiro;
Ikemoto, Tatsunori;
Shiro, Yukiko;
Arai, Young-Chang;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Costa, Daniel.
(2022)
A Systematic Review of the Variation in Pain Catastrophizing Scale Reference Scores Based on Language Version and Country in Patients with Chronic Primary (Non-specific) Pain.
Pain and Therapy
Academic literature review
2021
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Bach, Kerstin;
Nordstoga, Anne Lovise;
Bertheussen, Gro Falkener;
Ashikhmin, Ilya;
Boldermo, Nora.
(2021)
Individually tailored self-management
app-based intervention (selfBACK)
versus a self-management web-based
intervention (e-Help) or usual care in
people with low back and neck pain
referred to secondary care: protocol for a
multiarm randomised clinical trial.
BMJ Open
Academic article
-
Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Meisingset, Ingebrigt.
(2021)
Subtypes of insomnia and the risk of chronic spinal pain: the HUNT study.
Sleep Medicine
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Becker, Clemens;
Eckert, Tobias;
Klenk, Jochen;
Jansen, Carl-Phillip;
Berge, Martin Aursand;
Engdal, Monika.
(2026)
Digital mobility outcomes to describe real-world walking during recovery from a hip fracture: the Mobilise-D perspective.
European Geriatric Medicine
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Ferreira, Paulo;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Ferreira, Manuela L.;
Moe, Karoline;
Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård.
(2025)
Parental opioid prescriptions and the risk of opioid use in adolescents and young adults: The HUNT Study linked with prescription registry data.
PLoS Medicine
Academic article
-
Diaz, Gabriela Jimenez;
Gierman, Lobke Marijn;
Keitsch, Martina Maria;
Elizarrarás-Rivas, Jesús;
Silva-Méndez, Rey Manuel;
Infanti, Jennifer Jean.
(2025)
Validation of a Mobile Health Device for Neonatal Jaundice Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Resource-Limited Setting in Mexico.
Global Pediatric Health
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Klevanger, Nina Elisabeth;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Gismervik, Sigmund Østgård;
Bach, Kerstin;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2024)
An Artificial Intelligence–Based App for Self-Management of Low Back and Neck Pain in Specialist Care: Process Evaluation From a Randomized Clinical Trial.
JMIR Human Factors
Academic article
-
Khudair, Mohammed;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel;
Ng, Kwok;
Peric, Ratko;
Bartoš, František.
(2024)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Trials on Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour and Their Determinants in Children Aged 5–12 Years.
Sports Medicine
Academic literature review
-
Kirk, Cameron;
Küderle, Arne;
Micó-Amigo, M. Encarna;
Bonci, Tecla;
Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara;
Ullrich, Martin.
(2024)
Correction to: Mobilise-D insights to estimate real-world walking speed in multiple conditions with a wearable device (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (1754), 10.1038/s41598-024-51766-5).
Scientific Reports
Errata
-
Diaz, Gabriela Jimenez;
Aune, Anders;
Elizarrarás-Rivas, Jesús;
Gierman, Lobke M.;
Keitsch, Martina Maria;
Marcuzzi, Anna.
(2024)
Neonatal jaundice detection in low-resource Mexican settings: possibilities and barriers for innovation with mobile health.
BMC Health Services Research
Academic article
-
Kolovelonis, Athanasios;
Syrmpas, Ioannis;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Khudair, Mohammed;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel.
(2024)
DE-PASS best evidence statement (BESt): determinants of adolescents’ device-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup;
Moe, Karoline;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund.
(2024)
Incidence of sick leave and disability pension in adults with musculoskeletal pain and co-occurring long-term conditions: data from the Norwegian HUNT study and national registries.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Academic article
-
Ling, Fiona C M;
Khudair, Mohammed;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin D.;
Peric, Ratko;
Bartoš, František.
(2024)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): Determinants of self-report physical activity and sedentary behaviours in children in settings: A systematic review and meta-analyses.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Caceres-Matos, Rocio;
Åsvold, Bjørn Olav;
Gil-Garcia, Eugenia;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2023)
Interplay between chronic widespread pain and lifestyle factors on the risk of type 2 diabetes: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT Study.
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Nordstoga, Anne Lovise;
Bach, Kerstin;
Aasdahl, Lene;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Bardal, Ellen Marie.
(2023)
Effect of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Self-Management App on Musculoskeletal Health in Patients With Neck and/or Low Back Pain Referred to Specialist Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA Network Open
Academic article
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Skarpsno, Eivind S.;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Mork, Paul Jarle.
(2022)
The interplay between multisite pain and insomnia on the risk of anxiety and depression: the HUNT study.
BMC Psychiatry
Academic article
-
Khudair, Mohammed;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Ng, Kwok;
Tempest, Gavin Daniel;
Bartoš, František;
Peric, Ratko.
(2022)
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents aged 5-19 years-a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ Open
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Moloney, Niamh;
Rabey, Martin;
Hush, Julia;
Sanders, Duncan;
Dube, Tumelo;
Marcuzzi, Anna.
(2022)
Is low intensity exercise sufficient to induce exercise-induced pain threshold modulation in people with persistent pain?.
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Academic article
-
Hayashi, Kazuhiro;
Ikemoto, Tatsunori;
Shiro, Yukiko;
Arai, Young-Chang;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Costa, Daniel.
(2022)
A Systematic Review of the Variation in Pain Catastrophizing Scale Reference Scores Based on Language Version and Country in Patients with Chronic Primary (Non-specific) Pain.
Pain and Therapy
Academic literature review
-
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Bach, Kerstin;
Nordstoga, Anne Lovise;
Bertheussen, Gro Falkener;
Ashikhmin, Ilya;
Boldermo, Nora.
(2021)
Individually tailored self-management
app-based intervention (selfBACK)
versus a self-management web-based
intervention (e-Help) or usual care in
people with low back and neck pain
referred to secondary care: protocol for a
multiarm randomised clinical trial.
BMJ Open
Academic article
-
Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup;
Mork, Paul Jarle;
Marcuzzi, Anna;
Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund;
Meisingset, Ingebrigt.
(2021)
Subtypes of insomnia and the risk of chronic spinal pain: the HUNT study.
Sleep Medicine
Academic article