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 Exchange Studies.
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 therapy
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 - FRESH – Frail Elderly Support Research Group
Principal Investigator: Qarin Lood
Projects
- User involvement in research on ageing and health
Principal Investigator: Qarin Lood - Bridging the gap: creating a continuum of care through active follow-up by a case manager after discharge – a controlled study
Principal Investigator: Isabelle Andersson Hammar - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Frail Older People in Swedish Acute Care Settings
Principal Investigator: Isabelle Andersson Hammar - Enabling a self-determined oriented approach for healthcare professionals working with cognitively affected older people
Principal Investigator: Isabelle Andersson Hammar - Transition towards person-centred care – evaluation of a leadership program
Principal Investigator: Emmelie Barenfeld, researcher: Qarin Lood - FaciLitating Implementation of Person-Centred Care - the FLIP-project
Researcher: Emmelie Barenfeld - Will municipal health and social care become more person-centred after a training initiative?
Researcher: Emmelie Barenfeld - Health economic aspects of person-centred care
Researcher: Emmelie Barenfeld - PROTECT: Person-centred care at a distance
Researcher: Emmelie Barenfeld - CO-DIAC: Co-designing integrated residential aged care
Principal Investigator: Qarin Lood - PCC@Work – A person-centred approach to health and social care: how does it affect staff’s work-related health and job satisfaction?
Researcher: Qarin Lood
Cooperation
- Make My Day - Prevention of stroke
Co-PI: Eric Asaba - “All things co” – Stakeholder engagement in intervention design (project D)
Principal Investigator: Eric Asaba - ACHIEVE
Scientifically responsible researcher: Qarin Lood - Intervention based on photos for promotion of work ability and health when having stress related illness
Principal Investigator: Birgitta Gunnarsson
Physiotherapy
Research groups
- 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
- Women’s health@move
Principal Investigator: Annelie Gutke - SALGOT - Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study
Principal Investigator: Anna Danielsson
Cooperation
- Cervical and Nervous System Injuries and Associated Disorders – investigation and treatment
Lina Bunketorp Käll
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 and non-syndromic craniosynostosis
Principal Investigator: Christina Persson - Speech and communication disorders in different progressive neurological conditions
Principal Investigator: Lena Hartelius