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.
Research Groups
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)
- Older persons health, care and everyday life (ÄLVA)
- Other projects
Researchers
- Mialinn Arvidsson-Lindvall
- Nina Buer
- Anette Forsberg
- Carin Fredriksson
- Mikko Hellgren
- Liselotte Hermansson
- Marie Holmefur
- Gustav Jarl
- Kjerstin Larsson
- Kajsa Lidström-Holmqvist
- Helen Lindner
- Kristina Luhr
- Adrian Meehan
- Ylva Nilsagård
- Emma Nilsing Strid
- Cecilia Pettersson
- Marcus Sagerfors
- Marie Jönsson, PhD student
- Paulina Norén, PhD student
- Simon Ramstrand, PhD student
- Lis Sjöberg, PhD student
- Lisa Spang, PhD student
- Maria Svedjebrant, PhD student
- Ulrika Westerling, PhD student
- Cathrine Widehammar, PhD student
- Rose-Marie Wilnerzon Thörn, PhD student
- Maria Wingren, PhD student
Research 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Occupational performance in older people readmitted to hospital and discharged to home
- 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 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
- Validation of the self-report version of IPPA (Individually Prioritized Problem Assessment)
- Very early mobilization after surgery: effects and experiencec among patients
