<i>Background</i>: Family member’s experience and satisfaction of health care in the acute care and in-patient rehabilitation are important indicators of the quality of health care services provided to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The objective was to assess family members’ experience of the health care provided in-hospital to patients with severe TBI, to relate experiences ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Most motor function improvements in people who have experienced strokes occur within the first 3 months. However, individuals showing complete or nearly complete arm function recovery, as assessed using clinical scales, still show certain movement kinematic deficits at 3 months, post-stroke. This study evaluated the changes in upper extremity kinematics, in individuals demonstrating ...

Aim: To explore and compare the content of rehabilitation practices in, respectively, a Danish and a Norwegian region, focusing on how the citizens’ rehabilitation needs are met during rehabilitation in the municipalities. <br> <br> Method: Six Danish and five Norwegian cases were followed 12 months after the onset of stroke. Field work and focus group interviews with multidisciplinary teams ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Physical activity (PA) is generally beneficial for bone health, but the effect of high levels of PA over many years, in older women, is unknown.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: T-score from Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and self-reported baseline characteristics were recorded for 24 female, cross-country-skiing-competitors, aged 68–76 years, from the Birkebeiner Ageing ...

Fall og fallforebygging hos gamle personer har de siste årene fått økende oppmerksomhet. Få studier har tatt utgangspunkt i de gamles fortellinger og perspektiv. I denne artikkelen er eldre hjemmeboende personers tanker og erfaringer med fall og fallhendelser i fokus. Studien har et kvalitativt forskningsdesign og er basert på dybdeintervju med hjemmeboende personer over 75 år. Utvalget er ...

<p><i>Objectives</i>: To describe differences in bone outcomes according to biological age in male athletes participating in osteogenic (OS) or non-osteogenic (NOS) sports.</p> <p><i>Design</i>: Longitudinal (12-months).</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: 104 adolescents (12–14 years) were measured at baseline and after 1y: OS group (n = 37 football or soccer players) and NOS group (n = 39 swimmers, n = ...

The current Western health policy of ageing in place relies on a triad collaboration among patients, healthcare service providers and family caregivers. Such collaborations presuppose involvement in a vague juridical landscape. This article explores family caregivers’ experiences with involvement in and influence on nursing home decision-making processes for persons with dementia. The data consist ...

<p><i>Bakgrunn</i>: Sykepleiere er den største gruppen helsepersonell i den kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenesten. Det forventes at de allerede som nyutdannede har kompetanse i sykepleiefaglig ledelse for å kunne organisere og lede pasientarbeidet. Sykepleierutdanningen i samarbeid med praksisfeltet har ansvaret for å utvikle teoretisk og praktisk kunnskap slik at sykepleiere får handlingskompetanse ...

Physiotherapists (PTs) in reablement are responsible for the supervision of support personnel, referred to as home trainers (HTs), who carry out training and initiatives. There is a lack of knowledge about the significance of physiotherapy supervision in reablement. The aim of this study was to explore the content of PTs’ supervision of HTs in reablement teams. We conducted fieldwork in seven ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Evidence pertaining to whether more recent born generations of adults reaching old age have better physical capability than previous generations is scarce and inconclusive. We aimed to investigate birth cohort differences in grip strength.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: The study comprised 5,595 individuals from the Tromsø study waves in 1994/1995, 2007/2008, and 2015/2016. Grip ...