Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH)
Recent Submissions
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Ageing, functioning patterns and their environmental determinants in the spinal cord injury (SCI) population: A comparative analysis across eleven European countries implementing the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background As the European population with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is expected to become older, a better understanding of ageing with SCI using functioning, the health indicator used to model healthy ageing trajectories, ... -
Associations of polymetabolic risk of high maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index with pregnancy complications, birth outcomes, and early childhood neurodevelopment: findings from two pregnancy cohorts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background A substantial proportion of maternal pregnancy complications, adverse birth outcomes and neurodevelopmental delay in children may be attributable to high maternal pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI). However, ... -
Motor outcomes in individuals born small for gestational age at term: a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Being born small for gestational age (SGA) is a risk factor for motor difficulties. Previous reviews exploring this topic are mostly focused on children born preterm. We aimed to review the literature to determine ... -
Individuals with Tinnitus Report More Positive Experiences following Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: This study aimed to examine whether individuals with chronic tinnitus report more positive experiences following internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Methods: A mixed-methods design was used, ... -
Real-World Gait Detection Using a Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor: Validation Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Wrist-worn inertial sensors are used in digital health for evaluating mobility in real-world environments. Preceding the estimation of spatiotemporal gait parameters within long-term recordings, gait detection ... -
The burden of headache disorders in North India: methodology, and validation of a Hindi version of the HARDSHIP questionnaire, for a community-based survey in Delhi and national capital territory region
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Knowledge of the prevalence and attributable burden of headache disorders in India is sparse, with only two recent population-based studies from South and East India. These produced conflicting results. A study ... -
The forkhead transcription factor Foxj1 controls vertebrate olfactory cilia biogenesis and sensory neuron differentiation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In vertebrates, olfactory receptors localize on multiple cilia elaborated on dendritic knobs of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). Although olfactory cilia dysfunction can cause anosmia, how their differentiation is programmed ... -
Programming of cardiac metabolism by miR-15b-5p, a miRNA released in cardiac extracellular vesicles following ischemia-reperfusion injury
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective We investigated the potential involvement of miRNAs in the developmental programming of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) by maternal obesity. Methods Serum miRNAs were measured in individuals from the Helsinki ... -
Health-related quality of life in children born preterm at school age: the mediating role of social support and maternal stress
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Research on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of school-aged children born preterm (< 37 weeks of gestational age) is scarce and there are few studies examining the relationship with medical and family factors. The ... -
The burden of headache disorders in the adult population of Mongolia: estimates, and a health-care needs assessment, from a cross-sectional population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Having previously shown headache disorders to be prevalent in Mongolia, here we elaborate on headache as a public-health concern in this country, reporting symptom burden and headache-attributed impaired ... -
Older women’s perceptions of HPV self-sampling and HPV-sampling performed by a midwife – a phenomenographic study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Cervical cancer is a global disease and it is well established that cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). In Sweden self-sampling for HPV is now used as a complement to sampling performed ... -
Reverse engineering of feedforward cortical-Hippocampal microcircuits for modelling neural network function and dysfunction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Engineered biological neural networks are indispensable models for investigation of neural function and dysfunction from the subcellular to the network level. Notably, advanced neuroengineering approaches are of significant ... -
RPA guides UNG to uracil in ssDNA to facilitate antibody class switching and repair of mutagenic uracil at the replication fork
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) interacts with replication protein A (RPA), the major ssDNA-binding protein, to promote deamination of cytosine to uracil in transcribed immunoglobulin (Ig) genes. Uracil-DNA ... -
Genotype–phenotype correlation in PRKN-associated Parkinson’s disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Bi-allelic pathogenic variants in PRKN are the most common cause of autosomal recessive Parkinson’s disease (PD). 647 patients with PRKN-PD were included in this international study. The pathogenic variants present were ... -
The Role of Expectation Management in Value Creation: A Case Study on Municipal Managers’ Experiences with Offering Supported Housing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Theoretically rooted in public service logic (PSL), this article explores managers’ experiences constructing value propositions and facilitating the value creation process in a public sector environment. It reports on a ... -
Barriers and facilitators for strengthening physiotherapy services in Nepal: perspectives from physiotherapists and health providers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Physiotherapy provides non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical intervention for curative, rehabilitation and preventative purposes. Physiotherapy is also a central provider of health promotion. As the global burden ... -
Nursing students' experience of an alternative model for supervision during practical studies in the municipal health service: A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Aim: The aim of the study is to describe how Norwegian nursing students experience clinical practice when the Strengthened Supervision in Practice model is used together with peer learning. Background: Clinical practice ... -
Confirming the attainment of maximal oxygen uptake within special and clinical groups: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiopulmonary exercise test and verification phase protocols
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background and aim A plateau in oxygen uptake () during an incremental cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) to volitional exhaustion appears less likely to occur in special and clinical populations. Secondary maximal oxygen ... -
Self-supervised learning of wrist-worn daily living accelerometer data improves the automated detection of gait in older adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Progressive gait impairment is common among aging adults. Remote phenotyping of gait during daily living has the potential to quantify gait alterations and evaluate the effects of interventions that may prevent disability ... -
A systematic review of progranulin concentrations in biofluids in over 7,000 people—assessing the pathogenicity of GRN mutations and other influencing factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Pathogenic heterozygous mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) are a key cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), leading to significantly reduced biofluid concentrations of the progranulin protein (PGRN). This ...