Search for dissertations about: "exercise referral"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words exercise referral.
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1. Ischaemic heart disease - risk assessment, diagnosis, and secondary preventive treatment in primary care : with special reference to the relevance of exercise ECG
Abstract : Background: Ischaemic heart disease is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to most general practitioners. We sought to identify diagnostic characteristics and prognoses of patients in primary care that received exercise electrocardiography (ECG). We compared the ECG test results with respect to probability of subsequent cardiologist referrals. READ MORE
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2. Prescribed physical activity. A health economic analysis
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to estimate health economic consequences of the four-month primary care program ”Physical Activity on Prescription (PAP)”. Inactivity means a highly increased independent risk factor for public health diseases and morbidity, and is an economic burden to society. READ MORE
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3. Childhood and adolescent obesity: Multidisciplinary approaches in a clinical setting
Abstract : BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents emphasizes the necessity to develop evidence-based treatment programs that are useful in a clinical setting. AIMS: The overall aim of the thesis was to develop and evaluate multidisciplinary approaches for management of children and adolescents with obesity. READ MORE
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4. Asthma in adolescents, during the transition from child to adult, effects on physiological parameters and health related quality of life
Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to evaluate physiological and allergic aspects and consequences of asthma and possible correlation between Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and atopy, lung function, bronchial hyper-responsiveness and regular physical exercise. Possible risk factors for deterioration among patients in their late teenage years prior to and following transfer to adult healthcare were examined. READ MORE
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5. Enhanced mobilisation and physical rehabilitation after abdominal cancer surgery : feasibility, effects, and experiences
Abstract : Cancer incidence is growing worldwide and, as advances in diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation are made, the numbers of cancer survivors are also increasing. Therefore, there is a need to find and evaluate methods to improve the lives of cancer survivors after treatment. READ MORE