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 three research groups and a number of freestanding REAL projects.
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 three research groups and a number of freestanding projects. The three research groups are:
- Treatment in Upper limb Malformation and Amputation (TUMA)
- Time management and organization skills in persons with cognitive limitations (TOVA)
- Everyday life in older people.
- Other projects
Researchers
- Maria Borgestig
- Nina Buer
- Anette Forsberg
- Carin Fredriksson
- Liselotte Hermansson
- Marie Holmefur
- Gustav Jarl
- Kajsa Lidström-Holmqvist
- Helen Lindner
- Margareta Möller
- Ylva Nilsagård
- Ingvor Pettersson
- Anita Tollen
- Ahmed Amer, PhD student
- Paulina Norén, PhD student
- Lis Sjöberg, PhD student
- Lisa Spang, PhD student
- Cathrine Widehammar, PhD student
- Rose-Marie Wilnerzon Thörn, PhD student
Research Projects
- A sealed therapeutic shoe or cast as treatment of diabetic foot ulcers - a randomized controlled trial
- Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control (ACMC)
- Assessment of difficulties in everyday life - validation of the Swedish selfadministered version of World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in a psychiatric population
- Balance and fall in multiple sclerosis
- Being next-of-kin to a person who has fallen ill with Guillain-Barrés syndrome
- Bibliometric analysis of research within the area of assistive technology devices
- Can prosthetic wrist reduce compensatory movements among upper limb prosthesis users?
- Communication using eye tracking technology among individuals with multiple disabilities and severe communication difficulties
- Comparison of drop-in and scheduled appointments for people in need of foot orthoses.
- 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)
- Different ways to successfully aging in place
- Elderly, their relatives and healthcare professionals' experiences of health services for elderly. A qualitative study
- Evaluation of "Let's get organized" - an intervention to improve time management
- Eye gaze technology in everyday activities for persons with disabilities
- Eye-tracking glasses to measure cognitive load in bionic prosthetic hand users
- Further development of the Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA)
- Longitudinal development of hand function in children and youth with unilateral cerebral palsy
- Lower extremity amputations in Sweden
- Myoelectric prosthesis - benefit and use of hightech assistive devices
- Occupational performance in older people readmitted to hospital and discharged to home
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Validation of the self-report version of IPPA (Individually Prioritized Problem Assessment)
- Validity and reliability of the Six-spot-step test for people with stroke
- Wheeled walker for elderly people: Assessment, training and evaluation