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Lena Rafsten
Affiliated to Research
Department of Clinical Neuroscience-
Pedagogy and Enriched Environment for Rehabilitation in the HOME After Stroke (PEER-HOMEcare): Study Protocol for a Single-Group Feasibility
Study
Arve Opheim, Luca Oppici, Ann Marie Hestetun-Mandrup, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Lena Rafsten, Guna Bērziņa, Agnese Kārkliņa, Marianne Løvstad, Hege Prag Øra, Lauren Marcos, Matheus Pacheco, Aléxia Fernandes, Linda Sørensen, James Robert Rudd
Translational Stroke Research - 2026 -
Self-reported anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life during two years following hospitalization for covid-19: a longitudinal
study
Alexandra Larsson, Roda Alhasan, Annie Palstam, Lena Rafsten, Hanna C. Persson
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS - 2026 -
Strengths, limitations, and way forward of home-based rehabilitation practices after stroke: a scoping
review
Luca Oppici, Ann Marie Hestetun-Mandrup, Matheus M. Pacheco, Emilie Halmrast Simonsen, Arve Opheim, Lena Rafsten, Marianne Løvstad, Guna Bērziņa, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, James R. Rudd
BMC Health Services Research - 2026 -
Scoping Review of Preclinical Environmental Enrichment Protocols in Models of Poststroke to Set the Foundations for Translating the Paradigm to Clinical
Settings.
Luca Oppici, Guna Berzina, Ann Marie Hestetun-Mandrup, Marianne Lövstad, Arve Opheim, Matheus Pacheco, Lena Rafsten, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, James Rudd
Translational Stroke Research - 2025 -
Social cognitive function in stroke survivors: A scoping
review
Ana Davlasheridze, Lena Rafsten, David Krabbe, Farzaneh Badinlou, Renate Reniers, Terence J. Quinn, Tamar Abzhandadze
CEREBRAL CIRCULATION-COGNITION AND BEHAVIOR - 2025 -
POSTURAL BALANCE AND FUNCTIONAL MUSCLE STRENGTH IN THE HANDS AND LEGS ONE YEAR AFTER HOSPITALISATION DUE TO
COVID-19
Lena Rafsten, Alexandra C Larsson, Annie Palstam, Hanna C Persson
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE - 2025 -
Gothenburg very early supported discharge: evaluating differences in costs and environmental impact due to rehabilitation consumption during the first year in patients hospitalized due to mild
stroke
Lena Rafsten, Annie Palstam, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH - 2025 -
Self-reported health, persistent symptoms, and daily activities 2 years after hospitalization for
COVID-19
Roda Alhasan, Lena Rafsten, Alexandra C Larsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Hanna C Persson
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE - 2025 -
SELF-REPORTED MENTAL HEALTH IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COVID-19: A 1-YEAR
FOLLOW-UP
Linda Ashman Kröönström, David Krabbe, Alexandra C Larsson, Lena Rafsten, Annie Palstam, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Hanna C Persson
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE - 2024 -
Patient-centered goal setting in very early supported discharge with continued rehabilitation after
stroke
Lena Rafsten, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Disability and Rehabilitation - 2023 -
Effect of very early supported discharge versus usual care on activi-ties of daily living ability after mild stroke: a randomized controlled
trial.
Ann Björkdahl, Lena Rafsten, Cathrine Petersson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Anna Danielsson
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2023 -
A cohort study on anxiety and perceived recovery 3 and 12 months after mild to moderate
stroke
L. Nelsone, Lena Rafsten, Tamar Abzhandadze, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Frontiers in Neurology - 2023 -
A cohort study on longitudinal changes in postural balance during the first year after
stroke
Dongni Johansson Buvarp, Lena Rafsten, Tamar Abzhandadze, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Bmc Neurology - 2022 -
Self-perceived mobility in the first year after mild stroke – a comparison between Very Early Supported Discharge and ordinary discharge
routine
Anna Danielsson, Lena Rafsten, Ann Björkdahl, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
12th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation, Wien, 14-17 dec 2022 - 2022 -
Dependency in Activities of Daily Living During the First Year After
Stroke
Hannah Wurzinger, Tamar Abzhandadze, Lena Rafsten, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Frontiers in Neurology - 2021 -
A prospective cohort study on longitudinal trajectories of cognitive function after
stroke.
Dongni Johansson Buvarp, Lena Rafsten, Tamar Abzhandadze, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Scientific reports - 2021 -
Predicting Longitudinal Progression in Functional Mobility After Stroke A Prospective Cohort
Study
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Self-perceived postural balance correlates with postural balance and anxiety during the first year after stroke: a part of the randomized controlled GOTVED
study.
Lena Rafsten, Anna Danielsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
BMC neurology - 2020 -
Postural balance, anxiety and motor function after stroke, at a very early supported discharge with continued
rehabilitation
Lena Rafsten
2020 -
Self-perceived mobility in the first year after stroke in relation to observer based clinical
measures
Anna Danielsson, Lena Rafsten, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
WFNR & SOFMER congress 7–11 October 2020 - 2020 -
Gothenburg Very Early Supported Discharge study (GOTVED): a randomised controlled trial investigating anxiety and overall disability in the first year after
stroke.
Lena Rafsten, Anna Danielsson, Åsa Nordin, Ann Björkdahl, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Maria Larsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
BMC neurology - 2019 -
Very early cognitive screening and return to work after
stroke
Emma Westerlind, Tamar Abzhandadze, Lena Rafsten, Hanna C Persson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - 2019 -
Impaired Motor Function in the Affected Arm Predicts Impaired Postural Balance After Stroke: A Cross Sectional
Study
Lena Rafsten, C. Meirelles, Anna Danielsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Frontiers in Neurology - 2019 -
Very Early MoCA Can Predict Functional Dependence at 3 Months After Stroke: A Longitudinal, Cohort
Study.
Tamar Abzhandadze, Lena Rafsten, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Annie Palstam, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Frontiers in neurology - 2019 -
ANXIETY AFTER STROKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND
META-ANALYSIS
Lena Rafsten, Anna Danielsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - 2018 -
Feasibility of Cognitive Functions Screened With the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Determining ADL Dependence Early After
Stroke
Tamar Abzhandadze, Lena Rafsten, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
Frontiers in Neurology - 2018 -
PREVALENCE OF ANXIETY WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER STROKE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND
METAANALYSIS
Anna Danielsson, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Lena Rafsten
European stroke journal. Vol. 3 Issue 1_suppl. - 2018 -
CAN COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ASSESSED AT VERY EARLY STAGE OF STROKE ONSET PREDICTADL DEPENDENCE 3 MONTHS
LATER?
Tamar Abzhandadze, Lena Rafsten, Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
European Stroke Journal Vol. 3(1S) p 210 - 2018 -
Gothenburg very early supported discharge study (GOTVED) NCT01622205: a block randomized trial with superiority design of very early supported discharge for patients with
stroke
Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Anna Danielsson, Lena Rafsten, Ann Björkdahl, Åsa B. Axelsson, Åsa Nordin, Cathrine A Petersson, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Karin Fröjd
Bmc Neurology - 2013 -
Modified exercise test in screening for mitochondrial myopathies--adjustment of workload in relation to muscle
strength.
Elisabet Hammarén, Margareta Kreuter, Lena Rafsten, Christopher Lindberg
European neurology - 2003