Kasper Ussing

Kasper Ussing serves as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Regional Health Research within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southern Denmark. His institutional affiliation is specifically with IRS - Sygehus Lillebælt, Forskningsenhed for Rygmedicin (Kolding), focusing on musculoskeletal pain research and clinical interventions.

Ussing's research centers on chronic low back pain management, with particular expertise in Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) and interdisciplinary pain pathways. His work integrates biopsychosocial models into clinical practice, examining pain intensity-disability relationships, healthcare implementation strategies, and occupational health applications. Current research emphasizes pragmatic clinical trials in tertiary care settings and guideline-oriented implementation in occupational health services.

His publication trends reveal a strong focus on randomized controlled trials (particularly the CONFeTTI trial), statistical methodology for pain research, and translational applications of cognitive functional therapy. Recent work demonstrates increasing sophistication in analyzing patient-reported outcomes and healthcare system implementation challenges within Scandinavian healthcare contexts.

Ussing leads the research project "CFT versus exercise rehabilitation" funded by regional foundations, demonstrating his role as principal investigator in clinically significant rehabilitation research. His work has generated substantial academic engagement with 87 Mendeley readers for his Physical Therapy publication and 122 readers for his Health Science Reports article.

Media engagement includes significant contributions to public discourse on back pain management, with Danish press coverage titled "Rygpatienter kan få lindring med kognitiv funktionel terapi" (Back patients can find relief with cognitive functional therapy) in May 2023 and "NAVNE I NOTER" in April 2020, indicating his active role in translating research to clinical practice and public understanding.