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Stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) muscle power, muscle strength and functional capacity in Scandinavian women and men - Effects of ageing
(2022-04-07)
Ageing is associated with a gradual decline in physical function due to age-related loss of muscle mass, strength, and muscle power, leading to loss of independence. Physical therapists employ various tests to assess of ...
Non-functioning pituitary adenomas and hypopituitarism - studies on morbidity and mortality
(2022-06-15)
Background and aims: Hypopituitarism is most commonly caused by benign pituitary tumors, often resulting in insidious symptoms that develop over a long time. Due to either a mass effect exerted by the tumor, or due to the ...
lntestinal health after pelvic radiotherapy - towards understanding persisting pathophysiological mechanisms
(2022-05-17)
Pelvic cancer survivors struggle with life-long symptoms caused by radiotherapy. Many pelvic cancer survivors live with a constant fear of leaking faeces and the need to always have a toilet within reach. Some of these ...
Insights from combining Action Research and System Dynamics when facilitating change and improvement processes in healthcare
(2022-09-30)
BACKGROUND
Healthcare is a complex system with multi-professional staff and multiple patient care pathways. Time pressure and minimal margins for error makes it challenging to implement new policies or procedures, no ...
The neuromodulatory effect of extracellular ions in the central nervous system
(2022-08-23)
Neurons are the cells that send and receive signals in the central nervous system. Neuronal signaling is the base for all the complex tasks the human brain is capable of, from the detection of a smell to the composition ...
Vitamin D during pregnancy in relation to childhood growth, overweight and obesity
(2023-05-15)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the association between maternal vitamin D intake and status in pregnancy and the child´s growth and risk of overweight and obesity in childhood. Data from the Norwegian Mother, ...
Multimodal and multiscale characterization of bone and bone interfaces in health and disease
(2023-05-16)
Seeing is believing. Our understanding of phenomena often involves their direct observation. However, bone architecture is challenging to visualize given its multi-level hierarchical organization. In this thesis, bone and ...
Genetic studies of craniosynostosis with focus on syndromic forms
(2022-10-21)
Craniosynostosis (CS) represents the premature closure of skull sutures and affects ~1 in 2500 children. Untreated CS can lead to significant complications in craniofacial and psychomotor development. The only treatment ...
Molecular and structural studies of proteins required for mitochondrial DNA maintenance
(2022-04-28)
Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles that produce the majority of ATP used to drive metabolic processes in eukaryotic cells. A unique feature of mitochondria is the existence of a separate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), ...
Acute pulmonary embolism - aspects of respiratory symptoms and physical activity
(2022-03-16)
Introduction. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cardiovascular disease, after myocardial infarction and stroke. Post-PE syndrome, which is characterized by long-term consequences of PE with persistent dyspnea ...