Health and Rehabilitation
The Department of Health and Rehabilitation consists of four units: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology and speech and language pathology. We have different areas of expertise within movement, activity, hearing and communication.
Education
We are responsible for the degree programmes for future physiotherapists, occupational therapists, audiologists and speech and language pathologists, as well as second-cycle courses and postgraduate studies. For information about the possibilities for exchange studies at one of the programmes (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology or speech and language pathology), please visit Sahlgrenska Academy's information for incoming exchange students.
Our research
We focus on knowledge regarding the habilitation and rehabilitation of children and adults with disabilities. The objective is to promote health and development and to increase opportunities for activity and participation in social and professional life.
Audiology
- Research in audiology
Principal Investigator: André Sadeghi -
Auditory function in healthy young adults
Principal Investigator: Ulf Rosenhall -
Audiovestibular consequences of human fetal noise exposure
Principal Investigator: Ulf Rosenhall
Occupational health
Research groups
- ProDo - Research on the process of doing
Principal Investigator: Marie Peny-Dahlstrand - TIDAS – Health, sick leave and return to work
Principal Investigator: Kristina Holmgren
Projects
- Aging as an immigrant in Sweden – SAIE
Principal Investigator: Susanne Gustafsson - User involvement in research on ageing and health
Principal Investigator: Qarin Lood - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Frail Older People in Swedish Acute Care Settings
Principal Investigator: Isabelle Andersson Hammar -
Intervention based on photos for promotion of work ability and health when having stress related illness
Principal Investigator: Birgitta Gunnarsson
Physiotherapy
Research groups
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Physiotherapy directed to improve function in persons with generalised pain, fibromyalgia, or rheumatoid disease
Principal Investigator: Kaisa Mannerkorpi -
Applied and clinical respiratory physiology
Principal Investigator: Monika Fagevik Olsén
Projects
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GOTVED - tidigt understödd hemgång efter stroke (Anna Danielsson)
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Hjärtrehabilitering (Åsa Cider)
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Kvinnors hälsa i rörelse
Principal Investigator: Annelie Gutke -
SALGOT - Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study
Principal Investigator: Anna Danielsson -
Sköra äldre personers fysiska förmåga (Eva Holmgren)
Speech and language pathology
Research projects
- Impaired reading and writing ability due to aphasia caused by stroke or by low-grade glioma
Principal Investigator: Ingrid Henriksson - Difficulties finding words in stroke and progressive neurological diseases
Principal Investigator: Charlotta Saldert & Francesca Longoni - Speech and communication disorders in children and adolescents with velopharyngeal dysfunction
Principal Investigator: Christina Persson - Speech and communication disorders in different progressive neurological conditions
Principal Investigator: Lena Hartelius