Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Aaslund, Mona Kristin"

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    • Can adults with cerebral palsy perform and beneft from ballistic strength training to improve walking outcomes? A mixed methods feasibility study 

      Gjesdal, Beate Eltarvåg; Mæland, Silje; Williams, Gavin; Aaslund, Mona Kristin; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Cumming, Kristoffer Toldnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Power bursts of hips and ankle plantar flexors are prerequisites to walking propulsion. However, these power bursts are reduced during gait for persons with cerebral palsy (CP) and mainly in the ankle plantar ...

    • Predictors of outcomes following reablement in community-dwelling older adults 

      Tuntland, Hanne; Kjeken, Ingvild; Langeland, Eva; Folkestad, Bjarte; Espehaug, Birgitte; Førland, Oddvar; Aaslund, Mona Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background: Reablement is a rehabilitation intervention for community-dwelling older adults, which has recently been implemented in several countries. Its purpose is to improve functional ability in daily occupations ...

    • Psychometric properties of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure in home-dwelling older adults 

      Tuntland, Hanne; Aaslund, Mona Kristin; Langeland, Eva; Espehaug, Birgitte; Kjeken, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Background: The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is an occupational therapy instrument designed to help participants identify, prioritize, and evaluate performance of important occupations. Objective: To ...

    • Reablement in community-dwelling older adults: a randomised controlled trial 

      Tuntland, Hanne; Aaslund, Mona Kristin; Espehaug, Birgitte; Førland, Oddvar; Kjeken, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-04)
      Background: There has been an increasing interest in reablement in Norway recently and many municipalities have implemented this form of rehabilitation despite a lack of robust evidence of its effectiveness. The aim of ...

    • Treadmill walking with body weight support 

      Aaslund, Mona Kristin (Doctoral thesis, 2012-04-27)
      Background: Rehabilitating walking in patients post-stroke with safe, task-specific, intensive training of sufficient duration, can be challenging. Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) has been proposed as an ...

    • Two-year changes in gait variability in community-living older adults 

      Bogen, Bård Erik; Aaslund, Mona Kristin; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Moe-Nilssen, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-07)
      Background: Increases in stride-to-stride fluctuations (gait variability) are common among older adults, but little is known about the natural progression of gait variability with increasing age. Research question: Does ...