Fysioterapi och beteendemedicin

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Physiotherapy's most important area of knowledge is how physical activity and movement contribute to health and participation in everyday life and society. Our research is characterised by the integration of physiotherapy and behavioural medicine. We seek answers to whether it is possible to increase the effect of physiotherapeutic treatment methods by defining the goal of physiotherapeutic treatment interventions as health-related behaviours, and by applying behavioural theory and behavioural analysis in combination with medical and physiotherapeutic knowledge such as disease and exercise science.

Understanding how biological, psychological and social variables interact in the development of disease, as well as in recovery and rehabilitation, is central to the group's research, as well as how these are related to the ability to be physically active and cope with everyday activities including work. In the research, we use a variety of methods where randomised controlled trials and prospective cohort studies are combined with studies with a qualitative approach.
The research group is multidisciplinary and includes teachers, researchers and PhD students from Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital and the Centres for Clinical Research in Gävleborg and Dalarna. The research is conducted in the following research areas:

  • Physical exercise and rehabilitation in cancer
  • Cardiopulmonary health (the separate slide goes here)
  • Mental health of young people (UPIC)
  • Long-term pain (UPAIN)
  • Neurorehabilitation and fall prevention in the elderly
  • Animal physiotherapy

Group members

Research leader: Pernilla Åsenlöf
Group members: Emma Ahlqvist Lindqvist, Mikael Andersén, Mikael Andersson, Elisabeth Anens, Frida Berg, Fredrik Berggren Ennerfelt, Caroline Björck, Marie Breidenskog, Ann Bylund, Maria Ekblom, Camilla Ekwall, Karin Ersson, Ann Essner, Stephanie Forsmark, Sara Frygner Holm, Eva Gåve, Anna Harbom, Anna Henriksson, Andrea Hess Engström, Emma Hovén, Helena Igelström, Henrik Johansson, Rose-Marie Karlsson, Evelina Liljeberg, Johanna Liljedahl, Hanna Ljungvall, Kajsa Norberg Wieslander, Åsa Persson Dobruna, Olivia Sand, Johanna Sjögren, Sören Spörndly-Nees, Victor Stadig, Sebastian Stattin, Elsa Tunklev, Susanna Tuvemo Johnson, Charlotte Urell, Sofia Wagner, Simon Wallin, Ewa Wenngren, Stephen Wilhemson, Hedvig Zetterberg, Lena Zetterberg

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