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.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sørensen, Monica; Groven, Karen Synne; Gjelsvik, Bjørn E.; Almendingen, Kari; Garnweidner-Holme, Lisa (2020). Experiences of self-management support in patients with diabetes and multimorbidity: a qualitative study in Norwegian general practice. Primary Health Care Research and Development . Vol. 21:e44.
David, Nicholls; Groven, Karen Synne; Kinsella, Elisabeth Anne; Anjum, Rani Lill (2020). Introduction. Nicholls, David; Groven, Karen Synne; Anjum, Rani Lill; Kinsella, Anne Elisabeth (Ed.). Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices. Chapter 1. Routledge.
Braithwaite, Jean; Groven, Karen Synne; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2020). How are we doing? Placing human relationships at the centre of physiotherapy. Nicholls, David; Groven, Karen Synne; Anjum, Rani Lill; Kinsella, Anne Elisabeth (Ed.). Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices. Chapter 15. Routledge.
Nicholls, David; Groven, Karen Synne; Anjum, Rani Lill; Kinsella, Anne Elisabeth (2020). Mobilizing Knowledge in Physiotherapy Critical Reflections on Foundations and Practices. ISBN: 9780367428181. 234 p. Routledge.
Sørensen, Monica; Groven, Karen Synne; Gjelsvik, Bjørn E.; Almendingen, Kari; Garnweidner-Holme, Lisa
(2020).
The roles of healthcare professionals in diabetes care: A qualitative study in Norwegian general practice.
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
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Vol. 38.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02813...
Groven, Karen Synne; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2019). Recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome as an intra-active process. Health Care for Women International .
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone; Nicholls, David A; Groven, Karen Synne (2019). Approaching Intimacy, Sexuality and Ethics in the Professional Training of Physiotherapy Students in Norway. European Journal of Physiotherapy .
Groven, Karen Synne; Svendby, Ellen Berg; Rugseth, Gro (2019). Ethical sensitivity in co-production: Openness and doubt when young women participate in research. Health Care for Women International .
Groven, Karen Synne; Braithwaite, Jean; Dahl-Michelsen, Tone (2019). Iatrogenic dys-appearance: First-person accounts of chronic neuromuscular disease reveal unintended harms of treatment. European Journal of Physiotherapy .
Støles, Marie; Glavin, Kari; Groven, Karen Synne (2019). Hvilken betydning får omsorg i formidling til foreldre av barn med overvekt - helsesøstres erfaringer. Nordisk sygeplejeforskning . Vol. 9.
