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Physiotherapist, Phd-student, Ageing and Health, Norway.

Holmestrand
Joined May 2012
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'Public health policies and health practitioners should prioritise interventions targeting social connection among older adults with pre-frailty or frailty' #older
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It can be shocking just how little attention is paid to mobility in hospital. Both at the start: no comment on how the person moves now. Silence on what they were like at baseline. How can we help people “get better” (or home) if we don’t know what better looks like for them?
“Going home tomorrow” “How are they walking?” “Transfers with 2” How does that work if the patient came into hospital walking? “Awaiting rehab bed” “How are they walking?” “Independently…” (When they were previously needing help to TF) Ask about mobility. It’s crucial
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Citing; "when conducting IC research,measurement instruments need to examine capacities,not only absence of deficits" @EmielHoogendijk and colleagues provide important perspective on where we stand in IC research.
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Ingebjørg L Kyrdalen retweeted
Interested in differences in mobility between AD & LBD? Come see me at P-182 at #eugms
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Implementing 4-meter gait speed as a routine vital sign in a thoracic surgery clinic geriatriconcology.net/articl… @cdumonti @WilliamDale_MD @rochgerionc @myCARG #GeriOnc #OlderAdults #OncoAlert #SIOG #YoungSIOG #GaitSpeed #ThoracicOncology #Frailty
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Ingebjørg L Kyrdalen retweeted
En fjerdedel av leteaksjonene jeg har vært med på gjelder #demens. De fleste finner vi, noen blir aldri funnet og noen omkommer sier Erlend Aarsæther fra @norskfolkehjelp Vi må sørge for at folk ikke dør unødvendig, men ha trygghetsteknologi som selvfølgelig del av helsetilbudet
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Hva vil regjeringen gjøre for at opptrappingsplanen for habilitering og rehabilitering ikke skal bli en nedtrappingsplan? spør @KToppe helseminister @BentHHoyre stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-pu…
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Vestfold? Drammen? Vil du bli andelsbonde? Ta deg tid til å lese om den fremtidsrettede og klimavennlige gårdsdrifta! virgenes.no/
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Conclusion once again: Strenght or/and endurance exercises is not enough. No quick fix in 12 weeks. Add balance exercises. Prevent falls. evidentlycochrane.net/exerci…
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Ingebjørg L Kyrdalen retweeted
“I went to my consultant one day and said, ‘Can we try no meds – take a step backwards to go forwards?'” Matt, a former Paralympian footballer, talks about how he uses exercise to manage his #Parkinsons symptoms, in our new online magazine: bit.ly/2SiQdZM
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Forsøker å forestille meg tilværelsen for en familie som på fem dager mistet fem barn i alderen 2-15. Tenker på hvor heldige vi er som lever i en tid og et land hvor barn kan få vaksiner - og på hvor skremmende det er at så mange voksne fortsatt er mot å la barna få vaksinene.
Reflektionsövning för antivaccare. Det är så här "naturligt" ser ut.
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In the first 24 hours in hospital muscle power is reduced by 2-5% #NHSBNDToC
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Associations between gait speed and well‐known fall risk factors among community‐dwelling older adults - Kyrdalen - 2019 - Physiotherapy Research International - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We believe gait speed with cut‐off 1.0 m/s could represent a useful tool for identifying individuals who are vulnerable but not yet disabled and could benefit from fall‐preventive exercise.