Sökning: "pain-related disability"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden pain-related disability.

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

    Författare :Sara Cederbom; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :ADL;

    Sammanfattning : 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). LÄS MER

  3. 22. Work and neck/shoulder pain : risk and prognostic factors

    Författare :Wim Grooten; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :biomechanics; epidemiology; ergonomics; incidence; low back pain; neck shoulder pain; occupational health; physical load; prognosis; psychosocial factors; sickness absence; work work organization.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the results from a population-based cohort study on risk and prognostic factors for neck/shoulder pain. The four papers in the thesis were based on a four to six year follow-up of both the cases and the referents from the MUSIC-Norrtälje baseline study, n = 2329. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Cross-cultural differences in patients with temporomandibular disorders-pain : a multi-center study

    Författare :Mohammad H. Al-Harthy; Malmö högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TMD-smärta; Sverige; Saudiarabien; Italien; Kvinnliga patienter; Behandling;

    Sammanfattning : The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate patients with TMD-pain and TMD-free controls in three cultures (Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Italy) to determine the influence of culture on and crosscultural differences in pain prevalence and intensity, sensitivity to mechanical and electrical stimulation, pain-related disability for four comorbid pain conditions (back, head, chest, and stomach pain) in the last 6 months, and the type of treatment that patients with TMD pain received. The specific aims were: (i) To determine the frequency of TMD pain in Saudi Arabians (I). LÄS MER

  5. 24. Naprapathic manual therapy and other factors of importance for the prognosis of neck and back pain

    Författare :Kari Paanalahti; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Neck and back pain common health problems causing economic burden and individual suffering worldwide. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to increase understanding of naprapathic manual therapy and other factors of potential importance for the prognosis of back and neck pain. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Impact of psychosocial characteristics in neck and low back pain : long-term outcome and prognosis concerning sick leave

    Författare :Cecilia Bergström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :low back pain;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Neck pain (NP) and low back pain (LBP) are common, disabling and extremely costly health issues in the industrial world, and the problem does not seem to be declining. Previously, it was thought that NP/LBP would resolve within three months; however, it is now well established that NP and LBP are both recurrent and episodic in nature. LÄS MER