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Karen Synne Groven

Karen Synne Groven

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 44, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: V520
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 36 629
E-mail
  • karen-synne.groven@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Physiotherapist, sports educator, PhD. In my PhD, I explored women's experiences following weight loss surgery, including their experiences of undergoing lifestyle changes.

Research interests:
Rehabilitation, qualitative research approaches in the following areas: obesity, weight loss surgery, cancer survivors, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain and vestinulitis. Ethics and ethical aspects of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Drevland, Ingvill ; Asbjørnslett, Mona ; Sveen, Unni ; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). A Sense of Security and Cohesion: Exploring Social Support and Mental Health in Adolescence. Youth & society.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118x251393262

Skumsnes, Randi; Groven, Karen Synne ; Thygesen, Hilde (2025). “If I do not coordinate it, who else will?” Professionals’ experiences with informal coordination in complex neurological rehabilitation services. Disability and Rehabilitation.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2025.2570855

Skumsnes, Randi; Thygesen, Hilde ; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Collaboration orchestration in complex rehabilitation services—a qualitative study. Journal of Interprofessional Care.
https://doi.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ep

Rivedal, Sunniva; Groven, Karen Synne ; Aasbø, Gunvor (2025). Working mothers’ Bodily and Temporal Experiences of Caring for Small Children: A Phenomenological Study of the Mommy-Body. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/08038740.2025.2550420

Thille, Patricia; Hebron, Clair; Galvaan, Roshan; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Inviting Movements in Physiotherapy - an Anthology of Critical Scholarship. ISBN: 9781987830170. 329 p. University of Manitoba Press (UMP).
https://doi.org/10.82231/S8HA-YK54

Dahl-Michelsen, Tone ; Nicholls, Dave; Messel, Jan ; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Power dynamics of knowledge in physiotherapy education: The case of Mensendieck. Thille, Patricia; Hebron, Clair; Galvaan, Roshan; Groven, Karen Synne (Ed.). Inviting Movements in Physiotherapy - an Anthology of Critical Scholarship. p. 190-213. University of Manitoba Press (UMP).
https://doi.org/https://escholarship.umanitoba.ca/

Krabbe, Silje Helen ; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Å bryte ut av langvarig marginalisering - kvinners erfaringer med sosial integrering etter langvarig sykdom. Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Sekse, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit; Aasbø, Gunvor; Solbrække, Kari Nyheim (Ed.). Kjønn, helse og marginalisering. p. 179-197. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.249.ch10

Myrtveit-Stensrud, Linn; Ekholm, Elin; Flink, Ida; Kuile, Moniek Ter; Engman, Linnéa; Suvaal, Isabelle; Groven, Karen Synne ; Reme, Silje Endresen (2025). Partner responses to pain among male partners of women with provoked vestibulodynia - a cross-sectional study. Pain Reports. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001265

Solvang, Per Koren ; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Grotle, Margreth ; Groven, Karen Synne ; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2025). Distributed decision-making for lumbar spine surgery: A qualitative interview study with patients and neurosurgeons. Health. Vol. 29.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593251319918

Wik, Anne Cathrine Mork ; Bjorbækmo, Wenche; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). "I'm glad you're fat, just like me, Emma. Otherwise I would never have met you". Children and adolescents' lived experiences of participating in a life style intervention in Norway - a qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being.
https://doi.org/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/fu



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Textbooks

Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Knutstad, Unni ; Lode, Kirsten; Sandbekken, Ida Hellum ; Løyland, Borghild ; Lohne, Vibeke ; Alvsvåg, Herdis; Lerdal, Anners; Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin; Grov, Ellen Karine ; Tamber, Anne-Lise; Rugseth, Gro; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Sykepleieboken 2, Sentrale begreper og pasientens opplevelser. ISBN: 9788202839192. 238 p. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5277380

Dahl-Michelsen, Tone ; Aadland, Einar; Groven, Karen Synne (2018). Profesjonsetikk i ergoterapi og fysioterapi. ISBN: 9788252194777. 329 p. Det Norske Samlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3677819



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Research reports

Stene, Eleni Maria; Jensen, Jørghild Karlotte; Andersson, Marius; Groven, Karen Synne ; Eriksen, Dag-Håkon (2025). Kompetansebehov hos ledere i en helsesektor i endring. Rapport. ISBN: 9788284561097. 25 p. VID vitenskapelige høgskole.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3201008

Groven, Karen Synne (2014). Striving for healthy lives, striving for social acceptance: Women's experiences following gastric bypass surgery. 164 p. Akademika forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3808918



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Dissemination

Thille, Patricia; Galvan, Roshan; Hebron, Clair; Groven, Karen Synne (2025). Inviting Movements in Physiotherapy: An Introduction. Thille, Patricia; Hebron, Clair; Galvaan, Roshan; Groven, Karen Synne (Ed.). Inviting Movements in Physiotherapy - an Anthology of Critical Scholarship. p. 1-14. University of Manitoba Press (UMP).
https://doi.org/https://escholarship.umanitoba.ca/

Groven, Karen Synne ; Mona-Iren, Hauge (2024). Viser hvor galt det kan gå når politikere ser seg blinde på elevtall og økonomi. Aftenposten.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4338552

Danielsen, Kristine Grimen ; Kaarbø, Mette Bøymo; Groven, Karen Synne ; Wojniusz, Slawomir (2024). Fysioterapi som setting for adressering av seksuelle smerter: En kvalitativ utforskning av erfaringene til kvinner med provosert vestibulodyni. Nasjonale forskningskonferanse innen muskelskjeletthelse (MUSS). Norwegian Musculoskeletal Research Network.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3900088

Groven, Karen Synne ; McGuirk, James; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2024). Når karakteren blir avgjørende for den akademiske veien videre.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3274568

Groven, Karen Synne ; Helseth, Sølvi ; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2024). The best for the child: A study of interprofessional collaboration as seen from the perspective of health and education professionals working with children with disabilities. Childlife conference 2024. Childlife research group.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3227474

Styczen, Line Myrdal; Helseth, Sølvi ; Groven, Karen Synne ; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2023). Interprofessional collaboration for children with physical disabilities: A scoping review. Nordic Network on Disability Research 16th Research Conference. The Nordic Network on Disability Research.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3524624

Natvik, Eli; Groven, Karen Synne ; Råheim, Målfrid; Gjengedal, Eva; Gallagher, Shaun (2023). Space Perception, Movement and Insight: Attuning to the Space of Everyday Life after Major Weight Loss. International seminar in phenomenological research and philosophy . Fakultet for lærarutdanning, kultur og idrett.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3629530

Groven, Karen Synne ; Jeppesen, Elisabeth; Sekse, Ragnhild J Tveit Sekse; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone ; Grimholt, Tine; Chalachanova, Anna (2023). Fremtidens helsepersonell og forskere trenger kompetanse om kjønn og kvinnehelse.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3547044

Kaarbø, Mette Bøymo; Danielsen, Kristine Grimen ; Helgesen, Anne Lise Ording; Groven, Karen Synne ; Haugstad, Gro Killi; Wojniusz, Slawomir (2022). Klinisk effekt og kostnadseffektivitet av somatokognitiv terapi for kvinner med provosert lokalisert vestibulodyni. En pågående randomisert klinisk studie (ProLoVe-studien). Fysioterapikongressen 2022. Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3473805

Danielsen, Kristine Grimen ; Helgesen, Anne Lise Ording; Groven, Karen Synne ; Haugstad, Gro Killi; Wojniusz, Slawomir (2022). Klinisk effekt og kostnadseffektivitet av somatokognitiv terapi for kvinner med provosert lokalisert vestibulodyni. En pågående randomisert klinisk studie (ProLoVe-studien). Fysioterapikongressen. Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4730288



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