Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Applying Artificial Intelligence in Developing Personalized and Sustainable Healthcare for Spinal Disorders (AID-Spine, part I)
We use machine learning methods to develop and validate prediction models for health and welfare outcomes after treatment for spinal disorders.
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Improving personalized treatment in health care for lower spine disorders
The aim of the study is to deepen the understanding of how patients with lower spine disorders, general practitioners (GPs), physiotherapists and hospital doctors make decisions about treatment.
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Physiotherapy for non-surgical spine patients
This PhD project investigates how patients with low back pain deemed unsuitable for surgery and their physiotherapists manage treatment and follow-up through evidence-based, biopsychosocial approaches.
Completed research projects
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Implementing a Teaching Module Combining Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Knowledge Translation at an Interdisciplinary Master’s Program – QUALIMP
In recent years, the demand for evidence-based practice has increased in health services.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Solvang, Per Koren
(2026).
Disability as a Boundary Object. Combining Inclusivity, Value and Theraphy.
ISBN: 9781003672166.
122 p.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003672166
Solvang, Per Koren
;
Nordvik, Jan Egil
;
Vege, Anders
;
Myrhaug, Hilde Tinderholt
(2025).
Integrating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and knowledge translation into a health Sciences masters’ programme: a mixed methods study | BMC Medical Education.
BMC Medical Education.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07838-9
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
Søberg, Helene L.
;
Solvang, Per Koren
; Andelic, Nada; Røe, Cecilie;
Kirkevold, Marit
(2024).
Users' Perspectives on the Organization of Rehabilitation Services – A Focus Group Study of User Organization Representatives in Norway.
Health Expectations.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70139
Solvang, Per Koren
;
Fougner, Marit
(2022).
Learning from clinical placement experience: how do undergraduate physiotherapy students approach person-centered practice?.
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2022.2089609
Lundberg, Camilla Stub
;
Solvang, Per Koren
(2022).
Reframing disability in the labour market: Narratives of value told by employers.
Alter - European Journal of Disability Research.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4677636
Feiring, Marte
;
Solvang, Per Koren
(2021).
Mellom vitenskapelig stringens og samproduksjon i forskning.
Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab.
Vol. 15.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4110298
Arfa, Shahrzad
;
Solvang, Per Koren
; Berg, Berit; Jahnsen, Reidun
(2021).
Participation in a rehabilitation program based on adapted physical activities in Norway: a qualitative study of experiences of immigrant parents and their children with disabilities.
Disability and Rehabilitation.
Vol. 44.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1907454
Vågan, Andre; Olsson, Ann Britt Sandvin; Arntzen, Cathrine; Rise, Marit By; Grue, Jan; Haugland, Trude; Langeland, Eva; Stenberg, Una;
Solvang, Per Koren
(2021).
Rethinking long-term condition management: An actor-level framework.
Sociology of Health and Illness.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13228
Andreassen, Tone Alm
;
Solvang, Per Koren
(2021).
Returning to work or working on one’s
rehabilitation: Social identities invoked by impaired
workers and professionals in health care and
employment services.
Sociology of Health and Illness.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13241
