Sökning: "Manual therapy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade orden Manual therapy.

1. 1. Low Back Pain : With Special Reference to Manual Therapy, Outcome and its Prognosis

   Författare :Marie Grunnesjö; Kurt Svärdsudd; Lars-Erik Strender; Stefan Blomberg; Rune Hedlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Low Back Pain; Manual therapy; Stay active care; Mobilisation; Manipulation; Pain drawing; Return to work; Prognosis; Disability rating; Pain; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin; Allmänmedicin; Family Medicine;

   Sammanfattning : Objectives. To assess outcome of manual therapy in addition to stay-active care in sub-acute low back pain patients and to investigate the predictive power of pain drawing sketch variables for return to work. Materials and methods. LÄS MER

3. 2. Balancing Everyday Life. Exploring change following an activity-based lifestyle intervention for mental health service users

   Författare :Kristine Lund; aktivitet och delaktighet Psykisk hälsa; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Lifestyle; Lifestyle intervention; Mental Health; Mental illness; Occupational Therapy; Quality of life; Change Process; meaning; Grounded theory; Recovery;

   Sammanfattning : There is limited research that evaluates occupational therapy and lifestyle interventions,especially for mental health service users. This thesis provides increased knowledge and understanding of the processes and factors that led to betterquality of everyday life, engagement in meaningful activities, and balance forparticipants who took part in the Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) intervention. LÄS MER

4. 3. Strategies for evaluation of housing adaptations - Accessibility, usability and ADL dependence

   Författare :Agneta Malmgren Fänge; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical medicine; kinesitherapy; Rehabilitering medicinsk och social ; revalidation; rehabilitation;

   Sammanfattning : Housing adaptation is a common intervention, in Sweden granted by municipal authorities, and performed in order to remove environmental barriers and enhance daily activities. In spite of increasing costs, efficient strategies for evaluation of the intervention are lacking. LÄS MER

5. 4. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia : How, for Whom and What about Acceptance?

   Författare :Kristoffer Bothelius; Mats Fredrikson; Torsten Gordh; Jan-Erik Broman; Steven Linton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Insomnia; cognitive behavioural therapy; sleep; primary care; stepped care; questionnaire; acceptance; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Sleep is essential for survival but a significant minority of the adult population are dissatisfied with their sleep, and 6-10% meet the criteria for insomnia disorder, characterised by difficulties falling asleep at bedtime, waking up in the middle of the night or too early in the morning, and daytime symptoms. Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an evidence-based sleep-focused intervention, has been suggested as the treatment of choice for chronic insomnia. LÄS MER

7. 5. Painting from Within : Developing and Evaluating a Manual-based Art therapy for Patients with Depression

   Författare :Christina Blomdahl; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental Health; Major Depression; Programme Development; Art Therapy;

   Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to develop and evaluate a manual-based art-therapy programme for patients with depression, and hence, to clarify treatment effects and to describe participants’ experiences of the treatment. The specific aims were: (I) To explore and describe how art therapy works in relation to therapeutic factors, clinical application, and circumstances in the experimental situation, for patients with depression; (II) To explore what experts in the field of art therapy consider to be the main aspects of treatment for patients with depression in clinical practice; (III) To investigate the effects of manual-based Phenomenological Art Therapy in addition to treatment as usual (PATd/TAU) compared with only treatment as usual (TAU) for patients diagnosed with moderate to severe depression; and (IV) To describe and explore the significance of manual-based Phenomenological Art Therapy as experienced by patients diagnosed with moderate to severe depression. LÄS MER