Children and youth
Project Title: Youth with Physical Handicaps and Participation at School
Research Problem: What are the factors which promote/hinder participation at school?
Objective: To investigate the factors which enable or inhibit school participation for children and youth.
Contact at FHS: Assistant Professor Mona Asbjørnslett, Mona Asbjørnslett@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Assistant professor Helena Hemmingsson, Karolinska institute
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Project Title: Being a Fifth Grader in Spydberg: EU project
Objective/Research Question: The relationship between physical activity and life quality in children is a topic which is under-researched. Many believe that children today are less physically active than in previous years. At the same time others believe that earlier reported life-style challenges have not affected children in this local authority to the same extent as for children in larger towns. The project seeks to find out more about the effect on physical fitness and quality of life of introducing increased physical activity in junior school, and whether increased physical activity is available in fifth grade children’s free time during the school year 2005-6. The intention is to evaluate whether increased physical activity, initiated by the physiotherapist, influences physical functioning and psychological well-being in children.
Contact at FHS: Associate Professor PhD Astrid Bergland Astrid.Bergland@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Hilde Sylliaas, Spydberg Local Authority
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Project Title: Follow-up of Premature Babies: development of postural control up to school age
Objective/Research Question: Are there differences between premature and full term infants? Can this explain later developmental deviation?
Contact at FHS: Associate Professor PhD Bjørg Fallang, Bjørg.Fallang@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Mijna Hadders-Algra, University Hospital Groningen, NL
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Project Title: Images of the Future as Cultural Configurations of Life as Handicapped: how are these images are incorporated into societal and family contexts?
Objective/Research Question: Initially to work up a knowledge base about a field we know little about. But equally, topics such as the future, life projects, etc. as the main foundations of rehabilitation and rehabilitation research.
Contact at FHS: Research Fellow Halvor Melbye Hanisch, Halvor-Melbye.Hanisch@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Professor Per Solvang
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Project Title: Assessment of Everyday Function and Motor Skills in Six Young Children with Prader Willis Syndrome (PWS),
Objective/Research Question: Initially a systematic follow-up to develop a knowledge base about the variation and similarities in patterns of motor development in small children with PWS. This knowledge could contribute to justify the need for intervention and, in the longer term, facilitate the development of more specifically directed follow-up programmes for children with PWS
Contact at FHS: Assistant professor Elisabet Hellem, Elisabet.Hellem@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Kaja Giltvedt, FrambuNationalCenter for Rare Disorders, Norway
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Project Title: Children’s Motoric Ability and Physical Exercise
Objective/Research Question: Is there a connection between motoric ability measured using the Movement ABC-test and levels of activity in the everyday life of children between the ages of 10 and 13?
Contact at FHS: Lecturer Hilde Lund Kordahl, Hilde-Lund.Kordahl@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Professor Inger Holm and research fellow Per Morten Fredriksen, RikshospitaletUniversityHospital
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Project Title: Fortifying Mother – Fortifying the Handicapped Child
Objective/Research Question: Development of a professional network for mothers/carers with handicapped children (MAMAS) in Malawi
Contact at FHS: Assistant Professor Ingrid Narum, Ingrid.Narum@hf.hio.no
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Project Title: Explorative Physiotherapy for Children Born Prematurely, with Balancing Problems at School Age.
Contact at FHS: Associate Professor Ingvil Øien, ingvil.oien@hf.hio.no
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Project Title: Goal-setting, Development and Carrying out Goal-related Activities in Daily Life.
Objective/Research Question: This project is linked to parents’ and professionals’ perspectives on objectives set for children with cerebral paresis, during an intensive rehabilitation programme
Contact at FHS: Associate Professor PhD Sigrid Østensjø, sigrid.ostensjo@hf.hio.no ; Associate Professor Ingvil Øien, ingvil.oien@hf.hio.no ; Associate Professor PhD Bjørg Fallang, bjorg.fallang@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Hanne Langeland, Rehabilitation unit, BuskerudDistrictHospital
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