Unit profile
Description
The group is led by Professor Christina Brogårdh, and includes senior and junior researchers as well as doctoral students. A visiting professor and persons employed at Skåne University Hospital are also affiliated to the group. The research and teaching comprises several areas: - Neurorehabilitation; such as recovery and fatigue after stroke; new rehabilitation methods to improve sensorimotor function for upper and lower extremity; and aging with late effects of polio. - Mental health; such as body awareness and movement quality in young people with autism - Global health and access to rehabilitation in low-income countries - Physical activity in people with various diseases and its effect on physical and mental health - Lymphedema after cancer treatment; measurements and effects of compression therapy and exercise The goal of the research is that people with various diseases shall experience a higher quality of life and a sustainable health.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Rehabilitation Medicine
Collaborations the last five years
Profiles
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Christina Brogårdh
- Rehabilitation and Sustainable Health - Research team manager, Professor
- LUCC: Lund University Cancer Centre - Member of research environment
Person
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Effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy on movement quality in autistic young adults: a superiority pragmatic randomized controlled trial
Bertilsson, I., Brogårdh, C., Opheim, A., Gyllensten, A. L., Melin, J. & Hammarlund, C. S., 2026 Jun, In: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 46, p. 242-250 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women's reasoning and experience in the cervical cancer screening programme when offered a self-sampling HPV test: a qualitative content analysis
Hellsten, C., Magnusson, L. & Borgfeldt, C., 2026 May 9, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMC Women's Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Narrative Ability in Swedish Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumours: Macro- and Microstructural Performance Before and 1–4 Weeks After Surgery
Persson, K., Boeg Thomsen, D., Andersson, K., Tiberg, I., Castor, C., Grønbæk, J., Mathiasen, R. & Fyrberg, Å., 2026 Apr 24, In: International Journal of Language Communication Disorders. 61, 3, p. 1-17 e70248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Cold intolerance in surgically treated hand injuries
Ekstrand, E. (PI), Arner, M. (Researcher), Zimmerman, M. (Researcher), Wijk, U. (Researcher) & Jönsson, E. (Research student)
2025/08/01 → …
Project: Research
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PROWRIST: Rehabilitering av handledsskador
Ekstrand, E. (Supervisor), Hartler, M. (Research student), Larsson, S. (Assistant supervisor), Brogårdh, C. (Assistant supervisor), Ageberg, E. (Assistant supervisor), Röijezon, U. (Researcher) & Clementson, M. (Researcher)
2024/06/01 → …
Project: Dissertation
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Fatigue after stroke
Brogårdh, C. (PI), Brycke, S. (Research student), Norlander, A. (Researcher), Lindgren, A. (Researcher) & Blennow Nordström, E. (Researcher)
2024/02/01 → …
Project: Research