Search for dissertations about: "Activity-related change"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Activity-related change.
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1. Tracing Prehistoric Activities : Life ways, habitual behaviour and health of hunter-gatherers on Gotland
Abstract : In the present thesis, skeletal and dental evidence of physical strain and habitual behaviour has been investigated through musculoskeletal stress markers (MSM) and extramasticatory dental wear. The skeletal and dental traits have been examined in relation to health patterns and material culture in order to gain better knowledge of life ways of hunter-gatherers on Gotland with special focus on Pitted Ware culture sites and the Ajvide site in particular. READ MORE
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2. Clinical reasoning focused on clients’ behaviour change in physiotherapy : Development and evaluation of the Reasoning 4 Change instrument
Abstract : With the recognition of the impact of lifestyle behaviours on health and the evidence of incorporating behavioural considerations in physiotherapy, there is a need to advance the clinical reasoning of physiotherapists. Clinical reasoning encompasses the thinking and decision-making processes guiding client management and is a core competency of physiotherapists. READ MORE
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3. Brain function and behaviour related to development and training of working memory
Abstract : Training of working memory (WM) is a research field that could result in new therapeutic breakthroughs for people with impaired WM functions. In support of this view, research in our group has previously shown that WM training could increase WM capacity in children with attention deficits and in healthy adults. READ MORE
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4. Programming and updaing of reaching movements
Abstract : Neuronal activity in the motor cortex (area 4) was recorded during reaching movements in cats, trained to perform target-reaching in response to a tone burst. Out of 350 task related neurones 12% generated short latency (20?110 ms) sensory responses to the cue triggering the reaching movement. READ MORE
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5. Multiple Sclerosis in relation to sex steroid exposure
Abstract : Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially severe chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and is usually diagnosed between 20 and 40 years of age. The incidence of MS is two to three times higher among women and the type and course of the disease often differ between the sexes. READ MORE