<i>Background</i> - Physical rehabilitation programs can lead to improvements in mobility in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). <p> <p><i>Objective</i> - To identify which rehabilitation program elements are employed in real life and how they might affect mobility improvement in PwMS. <p> <p><i>Methods</i> - Participants were divided into improved and nonimproved mobility groups based on ...

<b>Background: </b>The aim was to describe secular trends in leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and work related physical activity (WPA) from 1979 to 2008. Additionally, we explored potential cross-sectional and longitudinal correlates of LTPA and WPA.<br> <b>Methods:</b> Data are collected from 34,898 individuals (49.7% men) aged >20 years who participated in at least one Tromsø Study survey ...

Background - Food hypersensitivity (FH) has received considerable attention in the scientific community in recent years. However, little attention has been given to the efforts people make to manage their FH. We aimed to explore these efforts by using Normalization Process Theory, which is a conceptual framework formerly used to describe the self-management ‘work’ of long-term conditions.<p> <p>Methods ...

Improvements in neonatal and paediatric care mean that many children with complex care needs (CCNs) now survive into adulthood. This cohort of children places great challenges on health and social care delivery in the community: they require dynamic and responsive health and social care over a long period of time; they require organisational and delivery coordination functions; and health issues ...

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of shared decision making as an important aspect of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of service users. A thematic analysis of interviews with 25 individual service users in three different community mental health centers in Norway identified different understandings of shared decision making. Shared decision making ...

Change in theoretical framework over the last decades and recent research in pediatric physiotherapy, has created a debate surrounding therapeutic touch. What is the role of or is there a need for handling and hands-on facilitated guidance (facilitation)? Does it limit and/or interfere with children’s learning and development? It is frequently argued that therapeutic touch represents a passive ...

This study was a single time-point mapping of various immunostaining patterns revealed with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) PC10 antibody in spermatogonia at the immature pole of the testis of the Blue shark (Prionace glauca). Scattered in the stroma of the germinal ridge that demarcates the immature pole's outer boundary were nests of variously immunoreactive A-spermatogonia, each ...

Artikkelen ønsker å vise sykepleierstudenters erfaringer med å ha deltatt i en faglig nettdiskusjon innen temaet ernæring i eldreomsorgen gjennom forskningsspørsmålet: Hva fremmer nettbasert skriftlig, faglig refleksjon hos sykepleierstudenter i en desentralisert sykepleierutdanning? Dette er en kvalitativ undersøkelse med fokusgruppeintervju av to studentgrupper med henholdsvis 5 og 6 personer i ...

Mange unge voksne erfarer utenforskap ved at de ikke er i jobb eller utdanning. Arbeid har stor betydning for medborgerskap, sosial deltakelse, tilhørighet, verdighet og identitet. I NAV satses det i økende grad på å ta i bruk ordinære arbeidsplasser som opplæringsarena for å få personer med større bistandsbehov ut i ordinært arbeid. Tiltaket Utvidet oppfølging innebærer å ansette jobbspesialister ...