Research Enabling an Active Life (REAL)
The aim of the REAL research environment is to conduct research in promoting health and enabling occupational performance and participation for individuals with disability and impairment. Within REAL there are four research groups and a number of freestanding REAL projects.
Research Groups
About
Environment information
REAL is an interdisciplinary research environment with researchers and doctoral students from Örebro University and Region Örebro County conducting research focusing on rehabilitation and habilitation. REAL research projects are often conducted in collaboration with researchers from other universities, both within Sweden and in other parts of the world; such as Europe, North America and Australia. The REAL research projects concern individuals with varying body functions in different ages and our aim is to increase the knowledge on both individual and environmental factors that influences the opportunities for individuals to participate in everyday life. The relationship between the individual, activities of daily living (ADL) and environment is the core in many REAL projects. The research findings are intended to be implemented in preventive care and rehabilitative services targeting individual, group and/or community levels.
REAL has four research groups and a number of freestanding projects. The four research groups are:
- Treatment in Upper limb Malformation and Amputation (TUMA)
- Time management and organization skills in persons with cognitive limitations (TOVA)
- Older persons health, care and everyday life (ÄLVA)
- Promoting Mobility and Independence using Technology (PROMIT)
- Other projects
Researchers
- Ahmed Amer
- Mialinn Arvidsson-Lindvall
- Katarina Baudin
- Nina Buer
- Carin Fredriksson
- Mikko Hellgren
- Liselotte Hermansson
- Marie Holmefur
- Gustav Jarl
- Marie Jönsson
- Kajsa Lidström-Holmqvist
- Helen Lindner
- Kristina Luhr
- Adrian Meehan
- Ylva Nilsagård
- Emma Nilsing Strid
- Cecilia Pettersson
- Marcus Sagerfors
- Lis Sjöberg
- Cathrine Widehammar
- Alexandra Björck, PhD student
- Lena Johansson, PhD student
- Paulina Norén, PhD student
- Simon Ramstrand, PhD student
- Lisa Spang, PhD student
- Maria Svedjebrant, PhD student
- Ulrika Westerling, PhD student
- Rose-Marie Wilnerzon Thörn, PhD student
- Maria Wingren, PhD student
Research teams
- ALVA - Health, care and everyday activities of older people
- Freestanding projects within the research environment REAL
- Promoting Mobility and Independence using Technology (PROMIT)
- Time management skills in people with cognitive limitations (TOVA)
- TUMA - Treatment in Upper and lower limb Malformation or Amputation
Research projects
Active projects
- Sealed Therapeutic shoes - a qualitative analysis of user experiences
- A sealed therapeutic shoe or cast as treatment of diabetic foot ulcers - a randomized controlled trial
- Ageing in the right place - experiences of daily life leading to a nursing home application.
- Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control (ACMC)
- Assessment of difficulties in everyday life - validation of the Swedish self-administered version of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in a psychiatric population
- Benefit and use of myoelectric prosthesis
- Boosting resource efficiency and circular industry by additive manufacturing (BRECIAM)
- Can prosthetic wrist reduce compensatory movements among upper limb prosthesis users?
- Congenital limb deficiency - early intervention and later outcomes
- Development of the Assisting Hand Assessment-PAD: A Rasch-built performance measure for people with unilateral upper limb prosthesis (P), amputation (A) or reduction deficiency (D)
- Effects of cognitive assistive technology in individuals with cognitive impairments - a longitudinal study
- Elderly, their relatives and healthcare professionals' experiences of health services for elderly. A qualitative study
- Evaluation of a home-based parenting support program - Parenting Young Children - for parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities when there is a risk for neglect
- Evaluation of the "Let's Get Organized" group intervention to improve time management: a multi-centre randomized controlled trial
- Everyday activities in older people readmitted to hospital and discharged to home
- Eye-tracking glasses to measure cognitive load in bionic prosthetic hand users
- Freedom, Rights and Existence for Everyone - in a digital society (FREE)
- Further development of the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)
- In the light of COVID-19 pandemic - efforts of community staff to prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus among older people who visit community day centres.
- Long term follow-up of 'Let's get organized' - an intervention to improve time management
- Longitudinal development of hand function in children and youth with unilateral cerebral palsy
- Lower extremity amputations in Sweden
- Parents' experiences of time management and parenthood after the intervention Let's Get Organized.
- Post stroke fatigue
- Psychometric properties of two assessment tools for use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy - Childrens Hand-use Experience Questionnaire and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory
- Risk och protective factors for adherence to wearing therapeutic shoes among people with diabetic foot complications
- Silicone sock as treatment of heel fissures among people with diabetes - a randomized controlled trial
- Staff experiences of a safe working environment in relation to work duties in ordinary housing during COVID-19 pandemic.
- The development of an automatic cognitive screening test using Advanced Eye-Tracking Technology
- The stroke project in Kumla
- Translation and validation of the Swedish version of the World Health Organization - Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0
- Two-point force systems in orthotics: theory and applications
- Use of eye tracking technology among individuals with multiple disabilities and severe communication difficulties
- Validation of the self-report version of IPPA (Individually Prioritized Problem Assessment)
- Very early mobilization after surgery: effects and experiencec among patients
Completed projects
- Bibliometric analysis of research within the area of assistive technology devices
- Comparison of drop-in and scheduled appointments for people in need of foot orthoses.
- Creative activities as a means in therapy
- Effect of a powered assistive device for people with low gripforce in the hand
- Eye gaze technology in everyday activities for persons with disabilities
- Occupation as a means in occupational therapy
- The significance of a powered wheelchair: focus on elderly users, next of kin and cost-effectiveness
- Translation and evaluation of test-retest reliability of the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA)
