Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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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.
Completed 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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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
; 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.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593251319918
Koren Solvang, Per
; 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.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593251319918
Søberg, Helene L.
;
Koren Solvang, Per
; 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
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.
Koren Solvang, Per
;
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
Feiring, Marte
;
Koren Solvang, Per
(2021).
Mellom vitenskapelig stringens og samproduksjon i forskning.
14 p.
Praktiske grunde. Nordisk tidsskrift for kultur- og samfundsvidenskab.
Vol. 15.
http://praktiskegrunde.dk/2021/praktiskegrunde(202
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
Solvang, Per Koren
; Heiaas, Ida; Romsland, Grace Inga;
Søberg, Helene Lundgaard
(2021).
The unexpected other: Challenges and strategies after acquired impairment.
17 p.
Health.
https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593211021482
Koren Solvang, Per
;
Sveen, Unni
;
Lundgaard Søberg, Helene
(2021).
User involvement in the making: Positions and types of knowledge enacted in the interaction between service users and researchers in user panel meetings.
8 p.
Health Expectations.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13281
Koren Solvang, Per ; Feiring, Marte (2021). Brukermedvirkning i forskning – i et kunnskapssosiologisk perspektiv. Skjeldal, Eskil (Ed.). Kritiske perspektiver på brukermedvirkning. p. 65-80. Universitetsforlaget.