Search for dissertations about: "exercise self-efficacy"

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  2. 21. Ability in everyday activities and morale among older women with chronic musculoskeletal pain living alone : a behavioural medicine approach in physiotherapy

    Author : Sara Cederbom; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ADL;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis was to utilise a behavioural medicine approach in physiotherapy to study how older women with chronic musculoskeletal pain, who live alone and are dependent on formal care, perceive their everyday lives and to explore how their ability to perform everyday activities and morale could be promoted.
 Method: This thesis used a descriptive, correlative design (Study I), a randomised two-group design (Study III) and a qualitative inductive explorative design (Study II and IV). READ MORE

  4. 22. Flexor tendon repair : rehabilitation adherence, outcome and complications

    Author : Jonas Svingen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Flexor tendon injuries in the finger (zones 1 and 2) are problematic due to high rates of both rupture of the repair and of soft tissue adhesions resulting in poor range of motion. Both complications often result in reoperations and worse outcome of the injury. Rehabilitation after flexor tendon repair is a balancing act for the patient. READ MORE

  5. 23. Outcome Measures of Functioning and Physical Activity in Patients with Low Back Pain - Exemplified in Patients Who Undergo Lumbar Fusion Surgery

    Author : Max Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health outcome assessment; Reliability; Validity; Responsiveness; Minimal important change; Accelerometry; Predictors; Prognostic factors; Lumbar spine surgery;

    Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Chronic low back pain (LBP) can negatively affect health in terms of disability and decreased levels of functioning and physical activity. Chronic LBP due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a subgroup of LBP for which lumbar fusion surgery (LFS) is a treatment option. READ MORE

  6. 24. Cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with dental phobia

    Author : Shervin Shahnavaz; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Dental phobia is a disabling and clinically significant fear that interferes with the dental care necessary for a child’s or adolescent’s well-being. In fact, the definition of oral health in children and adolescents stresses, not only sound and well-functioning dental and oral structures, but also an absence of dental fear and anxiety. READ MORE

  7. 25. Autonomic reactivity in muscle pain : clinical and experimental assessment

    Author : Nebojsa Kalezic; Eugene Lyskov; Stein Knardahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; autonomic reactivity; stress; chronic pain; experimental pain; back; shoulder; neck; Physiology; Fysiologi; Physiology;

    Abstract : There are numerous indications of possible involvement of the autonomic nervous system in the genesis of chronic pain. The possibility exists that sympathetic activation is related to motor dysfunction and changes in sensory processing, which have otherwise been implicated in musculoskeletal disorders. READ MORE