Sökning: "Musculoskeletal symptoms"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 94 avhandlingar innehållade orden Musculoskeletal symptoms.

1. 1. Visual, musculoskeletal, and balance symptoms in people with visual impairments

   Författare :Christina Zetterlund; Lars-Olov Lundqvist; Hans O. Richter; Tony Pansell; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Visual impairment; musculoskeletal symptoms; balance symptoms; visual enhancing aids; age-matched controls; Surgery; Kirurgi;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Worldwide, about 300 million people have some kind of visual impairment (VI). Most people with VI are in the older age range, as visual deficits increase with age. It is not unusual that people with VI suffer both from neck pain or scapular area symptoms and reduced balance, which they consider to be symptoms of old age. LÄS MER

3. 2. Balancing intrusive illness : the experiences of people with musculoskeletal problems

   Författare :Birgitta Wiitavaara; Christine Brulin; Monica Lagerström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; musculoskeletal problems; health experiences; illness; wellness; grounded theory; content analysis; balancing; disease course; uncontrollable fluctuations; symptoms; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present thesis was to explore and describe the health experiences of men and women with musculoskeletal problems. The specific aims of the four papers were: (I) to explore the experience of illness and wellness among ambulance personnel with musculoskeletal symptoms; (II) to explore the experience of illness and wellness among female health care personnel with musculoskeletal symptoms; (III) to explore the experience of bodily illness among people with musculoskeletal problems in the neck-shoulder region, and; (IV) to investigate the symptoms described by people with non-specific neck-shoulder problems, to investigate the method of development of neck-shoulder questionnaires that assesses pain and other symptoms, to analyse the content and items of these questionnaires, and to compare the findings. LÄS MER

4. 3. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation in musculoskeletal disorders : Quantitative and qualitative follow-up studies

   Författare :Rita Sjöström; Marie Alricsson; Ragnar Asplund; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; disability; mental health; mobility; musculoskeletal; pain; quality of life; rehabilitation; return to work; sick leave; nedsatt förmåga; mental hälsa; rörlighet; muskuloskeletal; smärta; livskvalitet; rehabilitering; återgång i arbete; sjukskrivning; rehabiliteringsvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate a seven-weekmultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme, with emphasis onmusculoskeletal disorders, for working-age people, by assessments at thestart and end of the rehabilitation programme, and at follow-upexaminations 6, 12 and 24 months after completion of the programme. Afurther aim was to explore the experiences of people not returning to workduring a period of six years after participation in an extensivemultidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. LÄS MER

5. 4. Advanced Knowledge Work and Stress-related Symptoms : Epidemiology and Clinical Intervention Studies

   Författare :Clairy Wiholm; Bengt Arnetz; Bo Melin; Ulf Lundberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; musculoskeletal; hedache; skinsymptoms; physiology; psychosocial; stress management; intervention; Socialmedicin; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Sammanfattning : Well educated knowledge workers are a growing group of the work force. Little research has been conducted on this group regarding possible work-related health symptoms, as well as interventions in order to reduce work-related stress. This thesis describes the current work-related symptoms and potential risk and salutogenic, i.e. LÄS MER

7. 5. On the relation between psychosocial work environment and musculoskeletal symptoms : a structural equation modeling approach

   Författare :Pernilla Larsman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychosocial work environment; felt stress; perceived fatigue; musculoskeletal symptoms; process models; mediation; moderation; structural;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the present thesis was to investigate the relation between aspects of the psychosocial work environment and musculoskeletal symptoms including the testing of process models of the potential mediating mechanisms of felt stress and perceived fatigue, and the potential moderating mechanism of physical workload. This thesis is based on four empirical studies. LÄS MER