Search for dissertations about: "Visual rating scales"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Visual rating scales.

  2. 1. Imaging aspects of mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline. Application of visual rating scales in clinical practice

    Author : Claes Håkansson; Lund Diagnostisk radiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurocognitive disorders; Diagnostic imaging; Visual rating scales;

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  4. 2. JIA (juvenile idiopathic arthritis) in the Nordic countries. Aspects of classification, epidemiology and pain assessment

    Author : Lillemor Berntson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Arthritis; juvenile; rheumatoid; juvenile chronic arthritis; classification; heredity epidemiology; incidence; pain assessment; rating scales; VAS; ordinal data;

    Abstract : Different classification criteria for chronic arthritis in childhood have been used in different parts of the world, which has made comparison between studies difficult. In 1995, a new set of classification criteria was proposed by the ILAR (International League of Associations for Rheumatism) to overcome such difficulties and to create more homogenous subgroups. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dance/Movement Therapy in Fibromyalgia Patients : Aspects and Consequences of Verbal, Visual and Hormonal Analyses

    Author : Eva Bojner Horwitz; Ulla Maria Anderberg; Töres Theorell; Tatjana Sivik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; fibromyalgia; dance movement therapy; stress-hormones; video interpretation; self-perception; self-figure drawing; Socialmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

    Abstract : This thesis presents hormonal, emotional, physical and visual status changes in female fibromyalgia (FMS) patients after treatment with the Creative Art therapy; dance/movement therapy, compared to controls. FMS is a syndrome of chronic pain involving musculoskeletal aches, stiffness and pain where perturbations in the stress-axis and high scores on somatic anxiety and muscular tension also have been found. READ MORE

  6. 4. Pain, its assessment and treatment using sensory stimulation techniques : methodological considerations

    Author : Iréne Lund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Evaluation of pain; pain; pain rating; pain threshold; sensory stimulation;

    Abstract : Pain is a worldwide clinical problem that causes great suffering for the individual and costs for society. The assessment and evaluation of perceived pain is necessary for diagnosis, choice of treatment, and for the evaluation of treatment efficacy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Hoarseness in ten-year-old children : perceptual characteristics, prevalence and etiology

    Author : Elisabeth Sederholm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Child voice; hoarseness; perceptual analysis; voice quality; visual analog scales; connected speech; sustained vowels; prevalence; acute hoarseness; chronic hoarseness; videolaryngoscopy; stroboscopy; incomplete glottal closure; vocal nodules; voice;

    Abstract : The aim of the present investigation was to explore the occurrence of and factors related to hoarseness in ten- year-old children. In order to establish the prevalence of hoarseness in a group of normal children, a method to distinguish atypical from normal voices was introduced and the perceptual characteristics of hoarseness were identified. READ MORE