Kristin Ørstavik
- Section leader, group leader; MD, PhD
- +47 924 22 126
Primary Investigator and head of the RND groups adult research.
Publications 2024
Small and large fiber neuropathy in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1
Front Neurol, 15, 1375218
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2024.1375218, PubMed 38504800
A scoping review of health literacy in rare disorders: key issues and research directions
Orphanet J Rare Dis, 19 (1), 328
DOI 10.1186/s13023-024-03332-5, PubMed 39243094
Multidisciplinary management and care in rare neuromuscular disorders: A call for action
Eur J Neurol, 31 (6), e16265
DOI 10.1111/ene.16265, PubMed 38425128
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 - a multiorgan disorder
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0687, PubMed 38651711
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.24.0236, PubMed 38738573
Publications 2023
Cognitive function, behaviour and quality of life in children with myotonic dystrophy type 1 in South - Eastern Norway
Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 45, 1-6
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpn.2023.05.004, PubMed 37209486
Translation, reliability, and validity of the Norwegian version of the ABILHAND-NMD and the ACTIVLIM for Myotonic Dystrophy type 1
Disabil Rehabil, 46 (12), 2699-2707
DOI 10.1080/09638288.2023.2231848, PubMed 37438996
[Start and stop criteria for very costly medicines – the example of spinal muscular atrophy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (14)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0346, PubMed 37830969
Neuropathic pain - Still a challenge to assess
Eur J Neurol, 30 (8), 2139-2140
DOI 10.1111/ene.15889, PubMed 37218369
Publications 2022
Functional Ability and Physical Activity in Hereditary Neuromuscular Diseases
J Neuromuscul Dis, 9 (3), 437-446
DOI 10.3233/JND-210677, PubMed 35180128
Polyneuropathy in Adolescent Childhood Cancer Survivors: The PACCS Study
Pediatr Neurol, 140, 9-17
DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.11.012, PubMed 36586183
Epidemiology and natural history in 101 subjects with FKRP-related limb-girdle muscular dystrophy R9. The Norwegian LGMDR9 cohort study (2020)
Neuromuscul Disord, 33 (2), 119-132
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2022.11.005, PubMed 36522254
The Physical Activity and Fitness in Childhood Cancer Survivors (PACCS) Study: Protocol for an International Mixed Methods Study
JMIR Res Protoc, 11 (3), e35838
DOI 10.2196/35838, PubMed 35258456
A woman in her fifties with chronic muscle weakness
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0038, PubMed 35026081
[Correction: A woman in her fifties with chronic muscle weakness]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (2)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0032, PubMed 35107936
Novel mutations in the HADHB gene causing a mild phenotype of mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) deficiency
JIMD Rep, 63 (3), 193-198
DOI 10.1002/jmd2.12276, PubMed 35433169
Publications 2021
Health-related quality of life in Norwegian adults with Fabry disease: Disease severity, pain, fatigue and psychological distress
JIMD Rep, 62 (1), 56-69
DOI 10.1002/jmd2.12240, PubMed 34765399
The impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on the trajectories of health-related quality of life among patients with Fabry disease
Orphanet J Rare Dis, 16 (1), 427
DOI 10.1186/s13023-021-02066-y, PubMed 34641933
Pain in adult myotonic dystrophy type 1: relation to function and gender
BMC Neurol, 21 (1), 101
DOI 10.1186/s12883-021-02124-9, PubMed 33663406
The Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity as Trigger Factors of Paralytic Attacks in Primary Periodic Paralysis
J Neuromuscul Dis, 8 (4), 457-468
DOI 10.3233/JND-200604, PubMed 33646174
Publications 2020
Powerful attachments in a rare condition
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 140 (16), 1671
[Hypertrophic calves in a rare condition]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (16)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0505, PubMed 33172251
Publications 2019
A painful foot with diagnostic and therapeutic consequences
Scand J Pain, 19 (3), 615-618
DOI 10.1515/sjpain-2019-0015, PubMed 31120861
Loss of haptic feedback impairs control of hand posture: a study in chronically deafferented individuals when grasping and lifting objects
Exp Brain Res, 237 (9), 2167-2184
DOI 10.1007/s00221-019-05583-2, PubMed 31209510
Oliver Sacks- about remorse, neurologist joy and empathy
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (7), 637-640
MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1
BMC Neurol, 19 (1), 135
DOI 10.1186/s12883-019-1357-8, PubMed 31216995
[Oliver Sacks – on regret, the joys of neuroscience literature, and empathy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (7)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0663, PubMed 30969042
Publications 2018
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C in Norway: Clinical characteristics, mutation spectrum and minimum prevalence
Neuromuscul Disord, 28 (8), 639-645
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.004, PubMed 30001926
Physical exercise in adults with hereditary neuromuscular disease
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (11)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.1024, PubMed 29947206
[Cardiomyopathy in hereditary muscular dystrophies]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0683, PubMed 29313627
Common promises for patients with neuromuscular diseases
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (15), 1408-1409
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (15)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0630, PubMed 30277043
Clinical neurophysiology on suspicion of botulism
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (9), 800
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (9)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0373, PubMed 29808649
Proprioceptive loss and the perception, control and learning of arm movements in humans: evidence from sensory neuronopathy
Exp Brain Res, 236 (8), 2137-2155
DOI 10.1007/s00221-018-5289-0, PubMed 29779050
Long-term neurotoxicity and Raynaud's phenomenon in patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy for malignant ovarian germ cell tumor
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 98 (2), 240-249
DOI 10.1111/aogs.13477, PubMed 30289161
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (14)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0580, PubMed 30234257
Publications 2017
A 50 year old man with proximal power failure and heart disease
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 137 (16), 1206-1209
[A 50-year-old man with proximal pareses and heart disease]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (16)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0789, PubMed 28871726
Publications 2016
[Together for patients with hereditary neuromuscular conditions]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 136 (14-15), 1198-9
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0502, PubMed 27554555
SCN10A Mutation in a Patient with Erythromelalgia Enhances C-Fiber Activity Dependent Slowing
PLoS One, 11 (9), e0161789
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0161789, PubMed 27598514
OBITUARY Torberg Torbergsen
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 136 (1), 62
Clinical and molecular characteristics in three families with biallelic mutations in IGHMBP2
Neuromuscul Disord, 26 (9), 570-5
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.457, PubMed 27450922
Major involvement of trunk muscles in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Acta Neurol Scand, 134 (6), 467-473
DOI 10.1111/ane.12565, PubMed 26984572
Major involvement of trunk muscles in myotonic dystrophy type 1
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 1, 1-7
DOI 10.1111/ane.12565, PublikaID 229
Publications 2015
[A woman in her 60s with itching arms]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (16), 1459-61
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.0223, PubMed 26356457
[J.A. Halvorsen & K. Ørstavik reply]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 135 (20), 1816
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.15.1077, PubMed 26534802
Specific changes in conduction velocity recovery cycles of single nociceptors in a patient with erythromelalgia with the I848T gain-of-function mutation of Nav1.7
Pain, 156 (9), 1637-1646
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000229, PubMed 25993546
A de novo Mutation in the SCN4A Gene Causing Sodium Channel Myotonia
J Neuromuscul Dis, 2 (2), 181-184
DOI 10.3233/JND-150069, PubMed 27858731
Publications 2014
Differential sensitization of silent nociceptors to low pH stimulation by prostaglandin E2 in human volunteers
Eur J Pain, 19 (2), 159-66
DOI 10.1002/ejp.532, PubMed 24890616
Exonic mutations in SCN9A (NaV1.7) are found in a minority of patients with erythromelalgia
Scand J Pain, 5 (4), 217-225
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.09.002, PubMed 29911575
Publications 2013
[Small-fibre neuropathy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 133 (2), 179-83
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0160, PubMed 23344604
[Microneurography and research on peripheral neuropathic pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 133 (3), 302-5
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0098, PubMed 23381167
Publications 2012
High spontaneous activity of C-nociceptors in painful polyneuropathy
Pain, 153 (10), 2040-2047
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.017, PubMed 22986070
[A seriously ill patient who does not wake up after mechanical ventilation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (7), 822-5
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0357, PubMed 22511094
Hereditary motor neuron disease in a large Norwegian family with a "H46R" substitution in the superoxide dismutase 1 gene
Neuromuscul Disord, 22 (6), 511-21
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.01.011, PubMed 22475618
Publications 2009
Microneurographic findings of relevance to pain in patients with erythromelalgia and patients with diabetic neuropathy
Neurosci Lett, 470 (3), 180-4
DOI 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.061, PubMed 19481586
Publications 2008
Microneurographic assessment of C-fibre function in aged healthy subjects
J Physiol, 587 (2), 419-28
DOI 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.162941, PubMed 19064617
Publications 2007
Endothelin 1 activates and sensitizes human C-nociceptors
Pain, 137 (1), 41-49
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.008, PubMed 17884295
Small-fiber dysfunction in patients with chronic painful conditions: assessment of function through clinical, psychophysical and neurophysiological methods including direct microneurographic recordings
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 464, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 070104646
Publications 2006
Catecholamine-induced excitation of nociceptors in sympathetically maintained pain
Pain, 127 (3), 296-301
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.08.022, PubMed 16997471
Abnormal function of C-fibers in patients with diabetic neuropathy
J Neurosci, 26 (44), 11287-94
DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2659-06.2006, PubMed 17079656
Pain and small-fiber neuropathy in patients with hypothyroidism
Neurology, 67 (5), 786-91
DOI 10.1212/01.wnl.0000234035.13779.4a, PubMed 16966538
Publications 2004
Diabetesnevropati
In Diabeteshåndboken, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, s. 276-283
BIBSYS 041965361
Pain in primary erythromelalgia--a neuropathic component?
Pain, 110 (3), 531-538
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2004.03.030, PubMed 15288393