Affiliation
Research projects
Active research projects
AI-driven patient avatar for physiotherapy education
The project will develop an AI-based patient avatar that allows physiotherapy students to practice professional communication skills early in their studies.
Working together to enhance student active and integrated learning in physiotherapy education (We-SAIL)
This project extends I SAIL through a Nordic collaboration that co creates, pilots, and shares student active, integrated learning approaches to support students’ transition into physiotherapy studies.
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Study Groups in Physiotherapy Education
The project investigates OsloMet’s voluntary first-semester PAL scheme in physiotherapy, emphasizing safe learning environments, bridging theory and practice, PAL leaders’ development, and further development of the scheme.
Completed research projects
Stepping stones for successful evaluation of mobile app efficacy for risk reduction of type 2 diabetes
In this PhD project, we developed and assessed the feasibility of an evidence-based app designed to promote and monitor lifestyle change in individuals with prediabetes.
Publications and research
Scientific publications (41)
- Skoglund, Gyri; Hilde, Gunvor; Lunde, Pernille; Naceno, Venessa Vera Cruz; Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad (2025). Mobile Phone App to Promote Lifestyle Change in People at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Feasibility 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research. Vol. 9
- Svinøy, Odd-Einar; Nordbø, Jakob Vangen; Pripp, Are Hugo; Risberg, May Arna; Bergland, Astrid; Borgen, Pål Oliver; Hilde, Gunvor (2025). The effect of prehabilitation for older patients awaiting total hip replacement. A randomized controlled trial with long-term follow up. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. Vol. 26
- Christensen, Lene; Hilde, Gunvor; Eik, Hedda (2024). Learning by leading: A qualitative inquiry into the perceived academic, personal, and professional development of PAL study group leaders in physiotherapy education. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Svinøy, Odd-Einar; Hilde, Gunvor; Bergland, Astrid; Strand, Bjørn Heine (2023). Reference values for Jamar+ digital dynamometer hand grip strength in healthy adults and in adults with non-communicable diseases or osteoarthritis: the Norwegian Tromsø study 2015-2016. European Journal of Ageing. Vol. 20
- Lunde, Pernille; Skoglund, Gyri; Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt; Hilde, Gunvor; Bong, Way Kiat; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad (2023). Think Aloud Testing of a Smartphone App for Lifestyle Change Among Persons at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Usability Study. JMIR Human Factors. Vol. 10
- Svinøy, Odd-Einar; Hilde, Gunvor; Langhammer, Birgitta; Halsen, Katrine Knotten (2023). Better before—better after: A qualitative phenomenology study of older adults’experiences with prehabilitation before total hip replacement. Orthopedic Nursing. Vol. 42. p. 384-395
- Christensen, Lene; Hilde, Gunvor; Eik, Hedda (2023). Becoming a physiotherapist - a qualitative study exploring students’ perspectives on peer assisted learning in physiotherapy education. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Lombardo, Sidsel; Hilde, Gunvor; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Grotle, Margreth (2023). Effect of Godelieve Denys-Struyf (GDS) muscle and articulation chain treatment on clinical variables of patients with chronic low back pain and lumbar disc degeneration: a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Vol. 9
- Skoglund, Gyri; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad; Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt; Bergland, Astrid; Hilde, Gunvor (2022). Facilitators and barriers for lifestyle change in people with prediabetes: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. BMC Public Health. Vol. 22
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Anna Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2022). Postpartum pelvic floor muscle training, levator ani avulsion and levator hiatus area: a randomized trial. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 34. p. 1-11
- Bø, Kari; Næss, Karoline; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Anna Marie Ellström; Hilde, Gunvor (2022). Recovery of pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance 6 and 12 months postpartum in primiparous women—a prospective cohort study. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 33. p. 3455-3464
- Svinøy, Odd-Einar; Hilde, Gunvor; Bergland, Astrid; Strand, Bjørn Heine (2021). Timed Up and Go: Reference Values for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with and without Arthritis and Non-Communicable Diseases: The Tromsø Study. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Vol. 16. p. 335-343
- Halle, Tuva Kristine Toresdatter; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström; Siafarikas, Franziska (2020). Change in prevalence of major levator ani muscle defects from 6 weeks to 1 year postpartum, and maternal and obstetric risk factors: A longitudinal ultrasound study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. Vol. 99. p. 1403-1410
- Øiestad, Britt Elin; Hilde, Gunvor; Tveter, Anne Therese; Peat, George G.; Thomas, Martin J.; Dunn, Kate M.; Grotle, Margreth (2019). Risk factors for episodes of back pain in emerging adults. A systematic review. European Journal of Pain. p. 1-20
- Svinøy, Odd-Einar; Bergland, Astrid; Risberg, May Arna; Pripp, Are Hugo; Hilde, Gunvor (2019). Better before–better after: efficacy of prehabilitation for older patients with osteoarthritis awaiting total hip replacement—a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in South-Eastern Norway. BMJ Open. Vol. 9. p. 1-8
- Gluppe, Sandra L.; Hilde, Gunvor; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Engh, Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2018). Effect of a Postpartum Training Program on Prevalence of Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Primiparous Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Physical Therapy. Vol. 98. p. 260-268
- Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström; Hilde, Gunvor (2018). Regular Exercisers Have Stronger Pelvic Floor Muscles than Non-Regular Exercisers at Midpregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 218. p. 427.e1-427.e5
- Hilde, Gunvor; Eskild, Anne; Owe, Katrine Mari; Bø, Kari; Bjelland, Elisabeth Krefting (2017). Exercise in Pregnancy: An Association with Placental Weight?. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 216. p. 168.e1-168.e9
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Engh, Marie Ellström (2017). Does Episiotomy Influence Vaginal Resting Pressure, Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Endurance, and Prevalence of Urinary Inc ontinence 6 Weeks Postpartum?. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 36. p. 683-686
- Sperstad, Jorun Bakken; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Hilde, Gunvor; Engh, Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2016). Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth: prevalence, risk factors and report of lumbopelvic pain. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Vol. 50. p. 1092-1096
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2016). Effect of postpartum pelvic floor muscle training on vaginal symptoms and sexual dysfunction—secondary analysis of a randomised trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 123. p. 634-642
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Sperstad, Jorun Bakken; Engh, Marie Ellström (2016). Pelvic floor muscle function, pelvic floor dysfunction and diastasis recti abdominis: Prospective cohort study. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 36. p. 716-721
- Hilde, Gunvor; Gutke, Annelie; Slade, Susan C; Stuge, Britt (2016). Physical therapy interventions for pelvic girdle pain (PGP) after pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Vol. 2016
- Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari (2015). The pelvic floor during pregnancy and after childbirth, and the effect of pelvic floor muscle training on urinary incontinence - a literature review. Current Women`s Health Reviews. Vol. 11. p. 19-30
- Siafarikas, Franziska; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström (2015). The levator ani muscle during pregnancy and major levator ani muscle defects diagnosed postpartum: a three- and four-dimensional transperineal ultrasound study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 122. p. 1083-1091
- Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Hilde, Gunvor; Benth, Jurate Saltyte; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström (2015). Postpartum Recovery of Levator Hiatus and Bladder Neck Mobility in Relation to Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 125. p. 531-539
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Engh, Marie Ellström (2015). Does general exercise training before and during pregnancy influence the pelvic floor “opening” and delivery outcome? A 3D/4D ultrasound study following nulliparous pregnant women from mid-pregnancy to childbirth. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Vol. 49. p. 196-199
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2015). Coital incontinence and vaginal symptoms and the relationship to pelvic floor muscle function in primiparous women at 12 months postpartum: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Sexual Medicine. Vol. 12. p. 994-1003
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Engh, Marie Ellström (2015). Postpartum pelvic floor muscle training and pelvic organ prolapse - A randomized trial of primiparous women. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 212. p. 38e1-38e7
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Bø, Kari (2014). Dyspareunia and pelvic floor muscle function before and during pregnancy and after childbirth. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 25. p. 1227-1235
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2014). Pelvic floor muscle variables and levator hiatus dimensions: a 3/4D transperineal ultrasound cross-sectional study on 300 nulliparous pregnant women. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 25. p. 1357-1361
- Siafarikas, Franziska; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2014). Levator hiatus dimensions in late pregnancy and the process of labor : a 3- and 4-dimensional transperineal ultrasound study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 210. p. 484.e1-484.e7
- Stær-Jensen, Jette; Richter, Franziska; Hilde, Gunvor; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2013). Pelvic Floor Muscle Injuries 6 Weeks Post Partum-An Intra- and Inter-Rater Study. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 32. p. 993-997
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2013). Too tight to give birth? Assessment of pelvic floor muscle function in 277 nulliparous pregnant women. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 24. p. 2065-2070
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Richter, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff; Bø, Kari (2013). Impact of childbirth and mode of delivery on vaginal resting pressure and on pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 208. p. e1-e7
- Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2013). Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Pelvic Organ Support During Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 122. p. 329-336
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Gjestland, Kristin; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Bø, Kari (2013). How well can pelvic floor muscles with major defects contract? A cross-sectional comparative study 6 weeks after delivery using transperineal 3D/4D ultrasound and manometer. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 120. p. 1423-1429
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor (2013). Does it work in the long term? — A systematic review on pelvic floor muscle training for female stress urinary incontinence. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 32. p. 215-223
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Bø, Kari (2013). Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscle Training and Urinary Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 122. p. 1231-1238
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff; Bø, Kari (2012). Continence and pelvic floor status in nulliparous women at midterm pregnancy. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 23. p. 1257-1263
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff (2011). Can the Paula method facilitate co-contraction of the pelvic floor muscles? : a 4D ultrasound study. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 22. p. 671-676
Research reports (1)
Dissemination (18)
- Christensen, Lene; Hilde, Gunvor; Eik, Hedda (2025). Å lære gjennom å lede: En kvalitativ studie av fysioterapistudenters oppfatning av egen utvikling og læring fra å lede studiegrupper. Fysioterapikongressen
- Christensen, Lene; Hilde, Gunvor; Eik, Hedda (2025). Å bli fysioterapeut - en kvalitativ studie som utforsker studenters perspektiver på peer assisted learning (PAL) i fysioterapeututdanning. Fysioterapikongressen
- Skoglund, Gyri; Hilde, Gunvor; Lunde, Pernille; Naceno, Venessa Vera Cruz; Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad; Olsen, Cecilie Fromholt (2024). Feasibility of a mobile phone app to promote lifestyle change in people at risk of type 2 diabetes. The 58th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes
- Øiestad, Britt Elin; Hilde, Gunvor; Tveter, Anne Therese; Peat, George G.; Thomas, Martin J.; Dunn, Kate M.; Grotle, Margreth (2019). Risk factors for episodes of back pain in emerging adults. A systematic review.. Pain in Europe Congress
- Hilde, Gunvor; Bergland, Astrid; Risberg, May Arna; Pripp, Are Hugo (2019). Better before-better after: efficacy of prehabilitation for older patients with osteoarthritis awaiting total hip replacement-a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in South-Eastern Norway. BMJ Open
- Pascoal, Augusto Gil; Stuge, Britt; Mota, Patrícia; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari (2019). Therapeutic Exercise Regarding Musculoskeletal Health of the Pregnant Exerciser and Athlete. Santos-Rocha, Rita (Ed.). Exercise and Sporting Activity During Pregnancy : Evidence-Based Guidelines. Springer
- Bø, Kari; Stuge, Britt; Hilde, Gunvor (2019). Specific Musculoskeletal Adaptations in Pregnancy : Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Girdle, and Low Back Pain : Implications for Physical Activity and Exercise. Santos-Rocha, Rita (Ed.). Exercise and Sporting Activity During Pregnancy : Evidence-Based Guidelines. Springer
- Øiestad, Britt Elin; Hilde, Gunvor; Tveter, Anne Therese; Grotle, Margreth (2018). RISIKOFAKTORER FOR RYGGSMERTE HOS UNGE VOKSNE. PRELIMINÆRE RESULTATER FRA EN SYSTEMATISK OVERSIKT.. Fysioterapikongressen
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska (2015). EFFEKT AV BEKKENBUNNSTRENING ETTER FØDSEL FOR VAGINALE SYMPTOMER OG SEKSUELL DYSFUNKSJON- EN RANDOMISERT KONTROLLERT STUDIE. Fysioterapikongressen
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Siafarikas, Franziska; Gjestland, Kristin; Engh, Marie Ellström; Bø, Kari (2014). Authors' reply: How well can pelvic floor muscles with major defects contract? A cross- sectional comparative study six weeks post partum using transperineal 3D/4D ultrasound and manometer. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 121. p. 1174-1175
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska (2013). COITAL INCONTINENCE DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES. IUGA 38th annual meeting
- Staer-Jensen, J.; Siafarikas, Franziska; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2013). DO MAJOR DEFECTS OF THE LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE HEAL WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS POSTPARTUM?. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 32. p. 650-651
- Stær-Jensen, Jette; Siafarikas, Franziska; Hilde, Gunvor; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström (2013). Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Pelvic Organ Support During Pregnancy EDITORIAL COMMENT. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. Vol. 68. p. 735-736
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Tennfjord, M.K.; Jensen, Johan Skog; Siafarikas, Franziska; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm (2013). RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING TO PREVENT AND TREAT PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE IN POSTPARTUM PRIMIPAROUS WOMEN. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 32. p. 806-807
- Tennfjord, Merete Kolberg; Bø, Kari; Engh, Marie Ellström; Hilde, Gunvor; Siafarikas, Franziska; Stær-Jensen, Jette (2012). DYSPAREUNIA IN RELATION TO PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE FUNCTION - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY FROM PREGESTATION TO SIX MONTHS POSTPARTUM. 37th annual meeting
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor (2011). LONG TERM EFFECT OF PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING FOR FEMALE STRESS AND MIXED URINARY INCONTINENCE- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 30. p. 1008-1009
- Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette Elisabeth; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff; Engh, Marie Ellstrøm; Bø, Kari (2011). IMPACT OF CHILDBIRTH AND MODE OF DELIVERY ON PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE STRENGTH: A COMPARATIVE PROSPECTIVE STUDY. Neurourology and Urodynamics. Vol. 30. p. 942-944
- Bø, Kari; Hilde, Gunvor; Stær-Jensen, Jette; Brækken, Ingeborg Hoff (2011). The Paula method and the pelvic floor: reply by the authors 1. International Urogynecology Journal. Vol. 22. p. 683-684
These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.