Honorary Professor Lena Martensson
Honorary Professor
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
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Cryotherapy for reducing the discomfort of sterile water injections: A randomised trial (CryoS trial) NHMRC Investigator Grant (Dr N Lee) |
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Sterile wAter injecTions to relieve laboUR paiN (SATURN Trial) MRFF Grant (Dr N Lee) |
Book Chapter
Mårtensson, Lena B. and Lee, Nigel (2024). Appendix 28A: Sterile water injections for the relief of low back pain in labor. Varney's Midwifery. (pp. 1188-1190) edited by Julia Phillippi and Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon. Burlington, MA United States: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Journal Articles
Lee, Nigel, Ballard, Emma, Kearney, Lauren and Martensson, Lena B. (2026). Cryotherapy for reducing the pain of sterile water injections: a three-arm multicentre randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 182 105615, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2026.105615
Lee, Nigel, Barnett, Belinda, Kildea, Sue, Callaway, Leonie, Kearney, Lauren, Hellyer, Sania and Mårtensson, Lena B. (2025). A qualitative study of clinicians’ perspectives on participating in an intrapartum randomised placebo-controlled trial for labour pain relief. Trials, 26 (1) 547, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09257-z
Dinho, Anastazia Emil, Mårtensson, Lena B., Georgsson, Mattias, Laisser, Rose and Knutsson, Susanne (2024). Tanzanian midwives’ clinical practices and experiences in caring for women with antepartum hemorrhage: a critical incident technique study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24 (1) 613, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06802-7
Nygren-Landgärds, Christina, Mårtensson, Lena B., Pyykkö, Riitta, Bjørnestad, John Olav and von Schoultz, Roald (2024). Quality culture at Nordic universities. European Journal of Higher Education, 14 (1), 40-59. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2022.2116066
Lee, Nigel and Mårtensson, Lena B. (2022). Sterile water injections for management of renal colic pain: a systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Urology, 56 (3), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/21681805.2022.2066719
Bäckström, Caroline, Carlén, Kristina, Larsson, Viveca, Mårtensson, Lena Birgitta, Thorstensson, Stina, Berglund, Marina, Larsson, Therese, Bouwmeester, Björn, Wilhsson, Marie and Larsson, Margaretha (2022). Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review. Digital Health, 8, 1-15. doi: 10.1177/20552076221090335
Lee, Nigel, Gao, Yu, Mårtensson, Lena B., Callaway, Leonie, Barnett, Belinda and Kildea, Sue (2022). Sterile water injections for relief of labour pain (the SATURN trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23 (1) 155, 321. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06093-3
Mårtensson, Lena B., Gunnarsson, Britt-Marie, Karlsson, Sandra, Lee, Nigel and Bergh, Ingrid (2022). Effect of topical local anaesthesia on injection pain associated with administration of sterile water injections - a randomized controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiology, 22 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s12871-022-01573-0
Lee, Nigel, Leiser, Bernadette, Halter-Wehrli, Yvonne, Mårtensson, Lena B., Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2022). A comparison of two versus four sterile water injections for the relief of back pain in labour: a multicentre randomised equivalence trial. Women and Birth, 35 (6), e556-e562. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2022.02.002
Backstrom, Caroline, Soderlund, Tina, Thorstensson, Stina, Martensson, Lena B. and Golsater, Marie (2020). Midwives' experiences of providing the "inspirational lecture" as a care intervention for expectant parents-a qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 8 575062. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.575062
Lee, Nigel, Gao, Yu, Collins, Sally L., Mårtensson, Lena B., Randall, Wendy, Rowe, Toni-Marie and Kildea, Sue (2020). Caesarean delivery rates and analgesia effectiveness following injections of sterile water for back pain in labour: a multicentre, randomised placebo controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine, 25 100447, 100447. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100447
Johansson, Barbro and Martensson, Lena B. (2019). Ways of strategies to knowing the patient described by nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 38, 120-125. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2019.06.003
Lee, Nigel, Jomeen, Julie, Mårtensson, Lena B., Emery, Vanessa and Kildea, Sue (2019). Knowledge and use of sterile water injections amongst midwives in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional study. Midwifery, 68, 9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.10.001
Bäckström, Caroline, Thorstensson, Stina, Mårtensson, Lena B, Grimming, Rebecca, Nyblin, Yrsa and Golsäter, Marie (2017). 'To be able to support her, I must feel calm and safe': pregnant women's partners perceptions of professional support during pregnancy. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 17 (1) 234, 234. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1411-8
Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth, Mårtensson, Lena B, Andersson, Bengt A, Karlsson, Per and Bergh, Ingrid (2017). Mindfulness and its efficacy for psychological and biological responses in women with breast cancer. Cancer medicine, 6 (5), 1108-1122. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1052
Vixner, L., Martensson, L. B. and Schytt, E. (2016). Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation for labour pain: a two month follow up of recollection of pain and birth experience. Deutsche Zeitschrift Fur Akupunktur, 59 (1), 28-30.
Vixner, Linda, Mårtensson, Lena B. and Schytt, Erica (2015). Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation for labour pain: A two month follow up of recollection of pain and birth experience. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 15 (1) 180. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0708-2
Elamin, Khalid, Bjorklund, Jimmy, Nyhlen, Fredrik, Yttergren, Madeleine, Martensson, Lena and Swenson, Jan (2014). Glass transition and relaxation dynamics of propylene glycol-water solutions confined in clay. Journal of Chemical Physics, 141 (3) 034505. doi: 10.1063/1.4889742
Vixner, Linda, Schytt, Erica, Stener-Victorin, Elisabet, Waldenström, Ulla, Pettersson, Hans and Mårtensson, Lena B. (2014). Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation for labour pain: A longitudinal randomised controlled trial. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 14 187. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-187
Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth, Mårtensson, Lena B, Holmberg, Stig B, Andersson, Bengt A, Odén, Anders and Bergh, Ingrid (2013). Mindfulness based stress reduction study design of a longitudinal randomized controlled complementary intervention in women with breast cancer. BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 13 248, 248. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-248
Lee, Nigel, Mårtensson, Lena B., Homer, Caroline, Webster, Joan, Gibbons, Kristen, Stapleton, Helen, Dos Santos, Natalie, Beckmann, Michael, Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2013). Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 (May 2013) 105, 105.1-105.10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-105
Vixner, Linda, Mårtensson, Lena B., Stener-Victorin, Elisabet and Schytt, Erica (2012). Manual and electroacupuncture for labour pain: Study design of a longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012 943198. doi: 10.1155/2012/943198
Rosén, Helena Inger, Bergh, Ingrid Helena, Odén, Anders and Mårtensson, Lena Birgitta (2011). Patients´ experiences of pain following day surgery - at 48 hours, seven days and three months. The Open Nursing Journal, 5, 52-59. doi: 10.2174/1874434601105010052
Rosén, Helena I, Bergh, Ingrid He, Lundman, Berit M and Mårtensson, Lena B (2010). Patients' experiences and perceived causes of persisting discomfort following day surgery. BMC nursing, 9 16, 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-9-16