Otherwise healthy adolescent athletes presenting with respiratory symptoms consistent with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) are frequently encountered in clinical practice. The symptoms are often incorrectly considered to result from exercise-induced asthma, and may be wrongly treated as such. Given the potential implications for health and performance if EILO is left untreated, a more ...

<i>Aims and objectives</i>: To aggregate, synthesise and interpret qualitative research studies of parents’ experiences of caring for a child with special health‐care needs at home.<p> <p><i>Background</i>: Advances in the field of medical and nursing science have ensured better survival rates for children with chronic illnesses. Many of these children have significant special health‐care needs. ...

Vitenskapelig ansatte i høyere utdanning skriver for å formidle resultater fra forskning og utviklingsarbeid. Denne artikkelen rapporterer fra en studie om et skrivekurs over et år for universitetslektorer. Prosessen synliggjør utvikling av et praksisfellesskap gjennom kurset og peker på ulike barrierer mot skriving som måtte brytes i prosessen. For grupper av ansatte som har undervisning som sin ...

Nurse leaders in middle management positions in Norway and other Western countries perform additional new tasks due to high demands for quality and efficacy in healthcare services. These nurses are increasingly becoming responsible for service development and innovation in addition to their traditional leadership and management roles. This article analyses two Norwegian nurse leaders efforts in ...

I Norge har det over lang tid vært en tendens til å vektlegge helserelatert omsorg på bekostning av øvrige tjenester i den hjemmebaserte eldreomsorgen. Vi hevder at dette har ført til at so- siale omsorgsbehov langt på vei er blitt en blind flekk. Dette til tross for at vi vet at ensomhet og iso- lasjon kan føre til redusert velvære og skrantende helse, og til tross for at sosiale omsorgsbehov inn- ...

<i>Background</i>: Family member’s experience and satisfaction of health care in the acute care and in-patient rehabilitation are important indicators of the quality of health care services provided to patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The objective was to assess family members’ experience of the health care provided in-hospital to patients with severe TBI, to relate experiences ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Most motor function improvements in people who have experienced strokes occur within the first 3 months. However, individuals showing complete or nearly complete arm function recovery, as assessed using clinical scales, still show certain movement kinematic deficits at 3 months, post-stroke. This study evaluated the changes in upper extremity kinematics, in individuals demonstrating ...

Aim: To explore and compare the content of rehabilitation practices in, respectively, a Danish and a Norwegian region, focusing on how the citizens’ rehabilitation needs are met during rehabilitation in the municipalities. <br> <br> Method: Six Danish and five Norwegian cases were followed 12 months after the onset of stroke. Field work and focus group interviews with multidisciplinary teams ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Physical activity (PA) is generally beneficial for bone health, but the effect of high levels of PA over many years, in older women, is unknown.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: T-score from Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and self-reported baseline characteristics were recorded for 24 female, cross-country-skiing-competitors, aged 68–76 years, from the Birkebeiner Ageing ...

Fall og fallforebygging hos gamle personer har de siste årene fått økende oppmerksomhet. Få studier har tatt utgangspunkt i de gamles fortellinger og perspektiv. I denne artikkelen er eldre hjemmeboende personers tanker og erfaringer med fall og fallhendelser i fokus. Studien har et kvalitativt forskningsdesign og er basert på dybdeintervju med hjemmeboende personer over 75 år. Utvalget er ...