PhD theses produced through this unit:
1997: Jens Ivar Brox, MD, PhD: Rotator tendinosis of the shoulder. Some aspects considering muscle performance, treatment and prognosis.
2003: Anne Keller: Muscle strength in patients with low back pain.
2004: Unni Sveen, OT, PhD: Activities and wellbeing after stroke.
2007: Helene Søberg, PT, PhD: Life after severe multiple injuries - multidimensional functioning and the rehabilitation process.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2007/soberg-helene-lundgaard.html)
2010: Einar Tveitå, MD, PhD: Adhesive capsulitis, hydrodialtion and some aspects of validity regarding shoulder assessments.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2010/tveitaa-einar-kristian.html)
2010: Liv Giske, PT, PhD Chronic musculoskeletal pain;mechanisms and pain reports. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2010/giske-liv.html)
2010: Nada Andelic, MD, PhD Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Eastern Norway: trends and challenges. (http://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2010/hadzic-andelic-nada.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/27934)
2011: Kaia Engebretsen, PT, PhD: Patients with sub acromial shoulder pain; treatment and predictors of outcome. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2011/engebretsen-kaia-beck.html)
2012: Ole Marius Egeberg, MD, PhD: Rotator cuff disease: aspects concerning injection treatment, outcome assessment and short-term prognosis. (http://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2012/ekeberg-ole-marius.html)
2012: Aasne Fenne Hoksrud, MD, PhD: Treatment in patients with patellar tendinopathy.
(http://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2012/hoksrud-aasne-fenne.html)
2014: Elina Iordanova Schistad, MD, PhD: Prognostic factors for recovery in radicular pain caused by lumbar disc herniation.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2014/schistad-elina-iordanova.html, link til PhD: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-45850)
2015: Kjersti Myhre, MD, PhD: Perceived psychosocial work environment and effects of a work-focused intervention among patients with neck and back pain. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2015/myhre-kjersti.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/48212)
2016: Synnøve Kvalheim, MD, PhD: Potential risk factors for chronic musculoskeletal complaints in a general population. The HUNT study.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2016/kvalheim-synnove.html)
2017: Marit Vindal Forslund, MD, PhD: Global function and participation after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury in Norway: A longitudinal study of outcome trajectories over the first 5 years after injury. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2017/forslund-marit-vindal.html)
2017: Tanja Karic, MD, PhD: Early rehabilitation after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2017/karic-tanja.html)
2017: Marianne Bakke Johnsen, PT, PhD: Leisure time physical activity and smoking as potential risk factors for severe hip and knee osteoarthritis. The HUNT Study. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2017/johnsen-marianne-bakke.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/55838)
2018: Torgeir Hellstrøm, MD, PhD: Functional impairment, cognition and MRI changes following mild traumatic brain injury.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2018/hellstrom-torgeir.html)
2018: Ingerid Kleffelgård, PT, PhD: Vestibular rehabilitation for dizziness and balance problems after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2018/kleffelgard-ingerid.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/61179)
2018: Sigrid Skatteboe, MD, PhD: Outcome expectations in patients with persistent neck, back and shoulder complaints.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2018/skatteboe-sigrid-julia.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/61330)
2018: Elisabeth Myrset Kvalvaag, MD, PhD: Subacromial Pain Syndrome. Treatment, diagnostic imaging and predictors of outcome. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2018/kvalvaag-elisabeth-myrseth.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/61608)
2018: Niels Gunnar Juel: Shoulder and hand diagnoses, stiffness and associated disability of the upper extremities in patients with type 1 diabetes for more than 45 years. The Dialong study. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2018/juel-niels-gunnar.html, link til PhD: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/61942)
2019 Siri Bjorland, MD, PhD: Genetic variability and persistent low back and lumbar radicular pain. https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2019/bjorland-siri.html
2021: Emilie Isager Howe, Cand. Psychol., PhD: Return to work after traumatic brain injury: A randomised controlled trial, long-term employment probability and predictors of employment status. https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2021/howe-emilie-isager.html
2021: Mari Storli Rasmussen, PT, PhD: It’s a family experience – improving patient and family functioning after traumatic brain injury. A randomized controlled trial of a family-centred intervention. https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2021/rasmussen-mari-storli.html
2022: Silje Christine Reistad Fure, MD, PhD: Combined cognitive and vocational rehabilitation after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial. https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2022/fure-reistad-silje.html
2022: Ida Maria Henriksen Borgen, Cand. Psychol., PhD: A Goal-Oriented Randomized Controlled Intervention in the Chronic Phase of Traumatic Brain Injury – Feasibility, Patient-Reported Problem Areas, and Goal Attainment. https://www.sv.uio.no/psi/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2022/borgen
2022: Elin Western, Cand. Psychol., PhD: Fatigue after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A study of risk factors, clinical presentation and treatment with (−)-OSU6162. https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2022/western-elin.html
Our unit has co-supervised these PhD candidates:
2010: Elin Damsgård, PhD Activity related pain in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders A mixed method approach.
2010: Solrun Sigurdardottir, Cand.Psychol., PhD: A prospective study of traumatic brain injury: neuropsychological functioning and post-concussion symptoms at 3 and 12 months after injury.
2010: Vegard Strøm, PhD: Shoulder and neck pain during office work. The significance of muscle activity and microcirculation.
(https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2010/stroem-vegard.html)
2016: Eirik Vikane, MD, PhD: Effect of multidisciplinary outpatient treatment after mild traumatic brain injury – A randomised controlled trial and prognostic factors.
(Tidsskriftet: https://tidsskriftet.no/2017/05/legelivet/sjukefravaer-og-rehabilitering-etter-traumatisk-hjerneskade)
2017: Regina Marleen van Walsem, Cand.Psychol., PhD: Unmet healthcare needs, health-related quality of life and assistive technology for cognition in Huntington’s disease. (https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2017/van-walsem-regina-marleen.html)
2022: Cathrine Tverdal, MPhil., PhD: Acute management of traumatic brain injury at Oslo University Hospital. Oslo TBI Registry – Neurosurgery; Patient characteristics, injury description, emergency neurosurgery, and pathway to rehabilitation. (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2022/tverdal-cathrine-buaas.html)
2023: Daniel Løke, Cand.Psychol., PhD: Biopsychosocial Mechanisms in Fatigue – Exploration of Factors Associated with the Occurrence and Maintenance of Fatigue in the General Population and Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. (https://www.sv.uio.no/psi/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/disputaser/2023/l%C3%B8ke)