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The VIRTUES trial protocol has been published in BMC Neurology: Virtual reality training for upper extremity in subacute stroke (VIRTUES): study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter trial.
World disability prevention conference in Toronto
PhD student Tove Ask presents a poster titled: Supervisors' strategies in follow-up of employees with musculoskeletal pain. A focus group study
Hjerneslag
Bente Gjelsvik defended her PhD thesis Friday 19. september 2014 at the University of Bergen. Title of the thesis:Trunk control in stroke. Aspects of measurement, relation to brain lesion and change after rehabilitation.
Spinal coloumn
The 3rd national interdisciplinary neck and back congress was held in Bergen, 2 -4. April 2014. Jan Sture Skouen, Tone Morken and Kjartan Vibe Fersum in the organizing committee report of a successful conference with ca. 300 participants.
Conjunction in neuronal activation from observing and performing bimanual movement.
In this study longitudinal changes in neuronal activity in a group of patients with subacute stroke were examined when observing and executing a bimanual movement task. The results suggest that plastic changes also occur in potential mirror neurons
In a qualitative study 263 car mechanics were interviewed to examine decisions of absence versus attendance when feeling ill.
In a new publication based on master theses, the predictive validity of ÖMPQ was compared with the clinicians prognostic assessment of pain and functional outcome after 8 weeks of manual therapy treatment.
Håkon Hofstad presents a poster with first results from the ESD stroke Bergen study at World Federation for Neurorehabilitation congress in Melbourne
27.-29. april: Peter O’Sullivan & Kjartan Vibe Fersum: Classification based cognitive functional therapy (CB-CFT); 13.-16. juni: Linda-Joy Lee: Treating the whole person – the Integrated systems model for pain & disability; 18.-20. juni: Linda-Joy Lee: Restoring form and function of the abdominal wall after pregnancy

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