Search for dissertations about: "Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Intervention and Technology Department of Clinical Sciences"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Intervention and Technology Department of Clinical Sciences.

  2. 1. Navigating through technological landscapes : views of people with dementia or MCI and their significant others

    Author : Lena Rosenberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Division of Occupational Therapy Care Sciences And Society Department of Neurobiology; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s disease; assistive technology; cognitive impairment; community living; design; environment; everyday technology; IADL; occupational therapy; older adults; Rasch analysis;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, particularly as users of everyday technology and assistive technology (AT). The overall aim included increasing knowledge about the interactions between people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, and technology. READ MORE

  4. 2. Physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and lumbar fusion surgery

    Author : Allan Abbott; Rune Hedlund; Raija Tyni-Lenné; Elisabeth Skargren; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Intervention and Technology Department of Clinical Sciences; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Biopsychosocial factors; chronic low back pain; disability; health related quality of life; ICF; mediation; outcome prediction; rehabilitation; spinal fusion; Biopsychosocial factors; chronic low back pain; disability; spinal fusion; health related quality of life; ICF; mediation; outcome prediction; rehabilitation;

    Abstract : Over the last two decades, the economic costs and rates of lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain has risen dramatically in western industrialized countries. Data from the Swedish National Spine Register suggest that 25% of patients experience unimproved pain and up to 40% are not satisfied with the outcome of lumbar fusion surgery. READ MORE