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A 2-year RSA study of the Vanguard CR total knee system: A randomized controlled trial comparing patient-specific positioning guides with conventional technique
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Backgound and purpose - There is some concern regarding the revision rate of the Vanguard CR TKA in 1 registry, and the literature is ambiguous about the effi cacy of patient-specifi c positioning guides (PSPGs). The objective ... -
A 36-month follow-up of decline in activities of daily living in individuals receiving domiciliary care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background There have been few studies of how personal and instrumental activities of daily living (P-ADL and I-ADL) develop over time in older people receiving domiciliary care. This study aimed at assessing variables ... -
A 4-year follow-up of patients with medication-overuse headache previously included in a randomized multicentre study
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A 52 month follow-up of functional decline in nursing home residents - Degree of dementia contributes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Few have studied how personal activities of daily living (P-ADL) develop over time in nursing home residents with dementia. Thus, the aim was to study variables associated with the development of P-ADL functioning ... -
A 95 year-old suffering circulatory arrest after accidental hypothermia: A case report
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background The elderly are vulnerable to cold and prone to accidental hypothermia, both because of environmental and endogenous factors. The incidence of severe accidental hypothermia among the elderly is poorly described, ... -
A balanced tissue composition reveals new metabolic and gene expression markers in prostate cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Molecular analysis of patient tissue samples is essential to characterize the in vivo variability in human cancers which are not accessible in cell-lines or animal models. This applies particularly to studies of tumor ... -
A biomechanical and physiological comparison of the double poling and diagonal stride technique in cross-country skiing : under different combinations of inclines and intensities
(Master thesis, 2016)Background: High efficiency is an obvious determining factor for skiing performance. Hence, it is likely that efficiency in the double poling (DP) and diagonal stride (DIA) technique may be affected by incline since the ... -
A characterization of the somatostatin expressing cell population in the lateral entorhinal cortex of the mouse
(Master thesis, 2016)The lateral entorhinal cortex is a part of the parahippocampal region, and has received attention for being involved in object and object characterization task, hence conveying nonspatial input to the hippocampal formation. ... -
A ChIP-Seq Benchmark Shows That Sequence Conservation Mainly Improves Detection of Strong Transcription Factor Binding Sites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Transcription factors are important controllers of gene expression and mapping transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) is key to inferring transcription factor regulatory networks. Several methods for ... -
A cohort study of correlation between change in anxiety during Covid and aid from the government during Covid.
(Master thesis, 2024)COVID-19 pandemien har gitt verden uante utfordringer over hele verden. Dette har gitt bekymringer for folks mentale helse og økonomiske bekymringer både under og etter pandemiens utbrudd. Denne studien vil se på om det ... -
A collaborative chain out of phase
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)ntroduction: The aim of this study is to explore the obstacles to collaborations between nurses in hospital and municipal care in the discharge of hospital patients who need continuing care. Methods: First, we conducted ... -
A Comparison of Anthropometric Measures for Assessing the Association between Body Size and Risk of Chronic Low Back Pain: TheHUNT Study
(Journal article, 2015)Background: Previous work indicates that overweight and obese individuals carry an increased risk of experiencing chronic low back pain (LBP). It is not known, however, how the association with body size depends on the ... -
A comparison of CT based measures of skeletal muscle mass and density from the Th4 and L3 levels in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Muscle mass and density assessed from CT-images at the L3 level are prognostic for survival and predict toxicity in cancer patients. However, L3 is not always included on routine CT-scans. We aimed to investigate ... -
A comparison of disease burden in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objective: The main objective of this study was to compare disease burden in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all ... -
A Comparison of Frontal Theta Activity During Shooting among Biathletes and Cross-Country Skiers before and after Vigorous Exercise
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Previous studies using electroencephalography (EEG) to monitor brain activity have linked higher frontal theta activity to more focused attention and superior performance in goal-directed precision tasks. In ... -
A comparison of high frequency and low frequency visitors to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (cam)
(Master thesis, 2017)Aim: To investigate whether individuals with a high frequency of CAM visits differ from those with a low frequency of CAM visits in relation to socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle, health, health-care utilisation, ... -
A comparison of minimal cross sectional areas, nasal volumes and peak nasal inspiratory flow between patients with obstructive sleep apnea and healthy controls
(Journal article, 2016)BACKGROUND: The differences in nasal geometry and function between OSA patients and healthy individuals are not known. Our aim was to evaluate the differences in nasal geometry and function using acoustic rhinometry (AR) ... -
A Comparison of Muscle Activity in Concentric and Counter Movement Maximum Bench Press
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The purpose of this study was to compare the kinematics and muscle activation patterns of regular free-weight bench press (counter movement) with pure concentric lifts in the ascending phase of a successful one repetition ... -
A comparison of players' and coaches' perceptions of the coach-created motivational climate within youth soccer teams
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The coach-created motivational climate within youth sports teams has been shown to be of great importance for the quality of youths’ sports experiences as well as their motivation for continuing or discontinuing sport ... -
A comparison of symptoms and quality of life before and after nasal septoplasty and radiofrequency therapy of the inferior turbinate
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background The primary goal of this study is to compare pre- and postoperative symptoms and health related quality of life (HQOL) in 57 patients who underwent septoplasty (group-1), 56 patients who underwent septoplasty ...