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- Bertilsson, Ingrid, et al.
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Understanding one's body and movements from the perspective of young adults with autism : A mixed-methods study
- 2018
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Ingår i: Research in Developmental Disabilities. - : Elsevier BV. - 0891-4222. ; 78, s. 44-54
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: There are but a few studies of how persons with autism perceive their bodies and movements. Difficulties in perceiving the surrounding world along with disturbed motor coordination and executive functions may affect physical and psychological development. Aims: To explore the experiences of body and movements in young adults with autism and how two physiotherapeutic instruments may capture these experiences. Procedures: Eleven young adults (16–22 years) with autism were interviewed and assessed using Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT2) and Body Awareness Scale Movement Quality and Experience (BAS MQ-E). Following a mixed- methods design, the interviews were deductively analyzed and conceptually integrated to the results of the two assessments. Results: Experiencing conflicting feelings about their bodies/movements, led to low understanding of themselves. The assessments captured these experiences relatively well, presenting both movement quality and quantity. Positive experiences and better movement quality related to having access to more functional daily strategies. Conclusion: Combining motor proficiency and body awareness assessments was optimal to understand the participants’ experiences. Implications: To capture body and movement functions in persons with autism in this standardized manner will lead to improved and reliable diagnoses, tailored interventions, increased body awareness and activity, and enhanced quality of life.
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- Gard, Gunvor, et al.
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Are emotions important for good interaction in treatment situations?
- 2004
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0959-3985 .- 1532-5040. ; 20:2, s. 107-119
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Emotional aspects in interaction have been an area of growing interest in recent decades.The aims of this research were to investigate the role of emotions in interactions between individuals receiving physiotherapy and their therapists providing PT services to them in psychiatric care. The study was a qualitative case study with cross-case analysis according to Shephard et al (1993) and Merriam (1988). Eleven informants participated all of them experts in interaction with patients. All informants perceived that emotional aspects were important for good interaction between physiotherapist and patient. It was considered important to identify and express emotions as a PT but also to identify emotions in patients and help patients to express emotions. The following themes were identified: emotions as a basis for interaction, identifying and using one's own emotions as a PT, separating one's own emotions form the patients' emotions, emotions as a motivating force,body language and emotion
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- Gard, Gunvor, et al.
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Clinical reasoning and clinical use of basic body awareness therapy in physiotherapy : a qualitative study?
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Physiotherapy. - : Taylor & Francis. - 2167-9169 .- 2167-9177. ; 22:1, s. 29-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Clinical reasoning is the ability to integrate and apply different types of knowledge, weigh evidence critically and reflect upon the process to arrive at a diagnosis. Body awareness is an approach directed toward an awareness of how the body is used in terms of body function, behaviour, and interaction with self and others.Methods: In the present study, 36 physiotherapists (PTs) from 13 countries working with body awareness methods, mainly Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) in mental health were interviewed in six focus groups. Content analysis was used to analyse how the informants’ reasoned around the concept of body awareness therapy, and how they use it in their clinical work with patients.Result: Body awareness was conceived as being in contact with sensations and emotions, to be able to control symptoms, such as pain, to find a balance and to develop one’s identity by relating to oneself and others. BBAT was used as a whole body treatment, to promote balance and stability, to teach about body, movements, and coping strategies, to interact in a therapeutic approach and to be integrated with other methods and professionals.Conclusion: The present results can be used to improve the PTs clinical reasoning.
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- Gard, Gunvor, et al.
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Physical Therapists´ emotional expressions in interviews about factors important for interaction with patients
- 2000
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Ingår i: Physiotherapy. - 1873-1465 .- 0031-9406. ; 86:5, s. 229-240
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Interactions between patients and physiotherapists have been studied by various researchers. Some results indicate that physiotherapists have an awareness of underlying emotions, but often respond only on an intellectual level. It seems that verbally expressed emotions may be important for interaction between physiotherapists and patients during treatment. Aim The aim of this study was to investigate how many and what verbally expressed emotions physiotherapists state during interviews between physiotherapists and patients. Method The study was a qualitative case study with cross-case analysis according to Shepard et al (1993) and Merriam (1988). Ten informants participated, all of them 'experts in interaction with patients', women, Swedish-speaking, and with at least five years' experience in primary health care. The physiotherapists' emotions were categorised according to Tomkins (1984) and Izard (1977) in the categories of interest/excitement, surprise/startle, enjoyment/joy, sadness, anger/rage, fear/terror, shame/humiliation, contempt and disgust. Results Positive emotions such as interest and joy were expressed most often in the interviews, in situations where physiotherapy had been successful, as joyful contacts with colleagues, or in situations where humour was used as a therapeutic instrument. Surprise, sadness and anger were expressed more seldom and contempt or disgust were not expressed at all in the interviews. Conclusion Verbal expressions of emotions in treatment situations in physiotherapy practice should be promoted more emphatically. This may start a reflective process in both patients and physiotherapists and deepen the understanding of the interaction.
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- Gard, Gunvor, et al.
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The importance of emotions in physiotherapeutic practice
- 2000
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Ingår i: Physical Therapy Reviews. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1083-3196 .- 1743-288X. ; 5:3, s. 155-160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Emotions are a topic of great relevance, but are not frequently studied within physiotherapy. To identify and express emotions can be seen as a prerequisite for having emotional intelligence, an ability highly needed in treatment situations in physiotherapy. Within psychology, there is a tradition as well as a recognized fact that the identification and expression of emotions are important for good clinical outcomes. The aim of this paper is to review the literature within physiotherapy and psychology about the importance of emotions in treatment situations. Research has shown that physiotherapists have an awareness of underlying emotions in treatment situations, but often respond mostly on an intellectual level. Skills and awareness in identifying and expressing emotions in combination with cognitive and self-monitoring skills can be an effective way of improving the clinical reasoning process and treatment outcomes in physiotherapy. Identifying and expressing emotions in treatment situations may also increase positive treatment outcomes thanks to an increased adherence to transference and countertransference processes in treatment situations. More emphasis can be put on identifying and promoting verbal expression of emotions in treatment situations in physiotherapy practice.
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- Gyllensten, Amanda Lundvik, et al.
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Clinician perspectives of Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) in mental health physical therapy : An international qualitative study
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. - : Elsevier. - 1360-8592 .- 1532-9283. ; 23:4, s. 746-751
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- IntroductionBody awareness is a movement therapy used in Physical Therapy in Mental Health especially in Scandinavia. The method Basic Body Awareness Therapy has been scientifically investigated in particular for patients with Depression, Schizophrenia and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD).MethodsThirty-four Physical Therapists from 13 countries working with the Basic Body Awareness Therapy method in Mental Health Care were interviewed in six focus groups about what effects they have experienced in their work with patients. The Physical Therapists worked within the whole Mental Health spectra. Content analysis was used to analyze the informants’ experiences of the clinical effects of body awareness.ResultsFive categories emerged: To be in contact, Refocus and coping, Sense of Self, Relations to others and Daily life activities. The results are discussed in relation to previous research, existing theories of body awareness and cognitive neuroscience and findings of experimental psychology.ConclusionThe informants experienced that Basic Body Awareness Therapy worked mainly by helping the patients to be in better contact with their “bodily self.” Stability, balance, improved grounding and the ability to relax were understood as the basis to establish an improved sense of self and leading to improved acceptance of oneself and one’s ability to relate to others.
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- Gyllensten, Amanda Lundvik, et al.
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Om kroppsmedvetande och kroppsuppfattning
- 2008
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Ingår i: Fysioterapi. - 1653-5804. ; :10, s. 38-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I denna artikel beskrivs vad kroppsmedvetande och kroppsuppfattning är, vilken betydelse det kan ha i rehabilitering, samt vilka vetenskapliga effekter som finns dokumenterade av insatser för olika patientgrupper. Det har i forskning visat sig att ökat kroppsmedvetande är ett viktigt inslag i tillfrisknandet för många olika patientgrupper med till exempel långvarig smärta, ångest, depression, vegetativa besvär eller besvär om man varit sexuellt utnyttjad. Vi har valt att belysa forskningsinsatser i syfte att förbättra kroppsmedvetande och kroppsuppfattning från olika områden och olika traditioner inom sjukgymnastik. Författarna gör inga anspråk på att heltäckande belysa kunskapsområdet. Det finns omfattande forskning inom vissa områden, som till exempel ätstörningsområdet. Vi har istället valt att försöka visa på bredden och ta fram resultat av gjorda interventioner inom olika områden.
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- Kjölstad, Gunhild, et al.
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Body awareness in healthy subjects–a qualitative study
- 2022
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Ingår i: European Journal of Physiotherapy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2167-9169 .- 2167-9177. ; 24:4, s. 219-226
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Qualitative research concerning body awareness has focused on how patients with different diagnosis experience body awareness. No earlier study has focused on healthy adults’ experiences of body awareness. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore and describe healthy adults’ experiences of body awareness. Methods: Fifteen healthy informants were interviewed individually, and the transcripts were analysed according to qualitative content analysis. Results: Three themes describing experiences of body awareness among healthy adults: A bodily grounding and identity forming process throughout life, Interpersonal relationships through the body, and To be visible and exposed in society. Conclusions: Body awareness among healthy adults was experienced as a bodily and identity forming process throughout life. In this process interpersonal relationships were developed through the awareness of the body. Body awareness was also experienced as being visible and exposed in society. Body awareness was not only related to individuals experiences and affects our relations and behaviours from inside and out but was also related to group norms and societal norms. This is important for health promotion in different contexts in society.
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