Does adapted physical activity‑based rehabilitation improve mental and physical functioning? A randomized trial

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Thank you to everyone in the research group at BHC. Erik Bautz-Holter, thank you for taking the time to teach a young medical student becoming a physician about the field of rehabilitation. Thank you for all your feedback on my research and for always being supportive. Håkon Dalen, thank you for taking me in as a physician at the ward at BHC, and for teaching me so much about the clinical work. Martin Saebu, thank you for teaching me everything I needed to get started, both with statistical issues and general research issues.Helene Søberg, thank you for teaching me about the ICF and for your guidance in working with goals. Mette Miklos, thank you for great days both at the indoors and the outdoors office and for being a fellow PhD-student to share the ups and downs with during these six years.To all the clients at BHC that participated in this study and everyone else who helped me in trying to understand living life with a disability, thank you.To my parents, thank you for your support, patience, encouragement and never ending believes in me. To Anna, my daughter who was born while I was in the final stages of this PhD, I hope the future gives you the same opportunity to do what your heart desires. I promise to always support you. Finally, Asbjørn, thank you for your immense kindness, for being an amazing father for Anna and for always being proud of me. I could not have done this without your tremendous support. III

Dynamics of courage: Personal learning processes in an adapted physical activity- based rehabilitation context, a single case study

“…BHC is a Norwegian rehabilitation center providing residential four weeks group-based programs (Miklos, Jahnsen, Nyquist, Hanisch, et al, 2021;Røe et al, 2018) guided by the philosophy of APA for young adults with experience of living with a disability (Hutzler & Sherrill, 2007). The young adults program involved a variety of self-selected goal-directed activities with three to four sessions per day six days a week, carried out individually or in groups (Miklos, Jahnsen, Nyquist, Hanisch, et al, 2021).…”

The Effectiveness of Physical Activity-Promoting Web- and Mobile-Based Distance Weight Loss Interventions on Body Composition in Rehabilitation Settings: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-Regression Analysis

“…Physical activity is an integral part of rehabilitation because it has a variety of effects on many organs and functions, such as lowering blood pressure [20]. Physical activity-based rehabilitation has been used, for example, in home-based rehabilitation [20], cardiac rehabilitation [21], and spinal cord injury rehabilitation [22], as well as with various chronic disabilities (eg, musculoskeletal or neurological problems) [23]. Rehabilitation plays a critical role in preventing as well as in minimizing the limitations of functioning that are associated with different conditions [24].…”