Jorunn L. Helbostad
Background and activities
Jorunn Helbostad is Head of Department at Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. She has coordinated the EU project PreventIT, which is a personalised health and ICT project aimed at preventing functional dcline at old age. She has also been the principle investigator for a project financed by the Norwegian Resarch Council aimed at assessing and intervening on fall risk at olde age by use of body worn sensors.She is currently a partner in the EU project Mobilise-D, aimed at validating digital mobility assessment solutions for use as clinical endpoints in differnt patient populations.
Education:
- Physiotherapist,1984
- MSc in Physiotherapy,1998
- PhD in Medicine, 2004
Research interests:
- Movement disorders and falls at old age
- Prevention of functional decline at old age
- Measurement and interventions related to balancee, gait and physical activity
- Development of mobile health technology solutions for promotion of movement
Ongoing research:
- Mobilise-D: EU, IMI project aimed at validating digital mobility assessment solutions for use as clinical endpoints in differnt patient populations
- PreventIT: EU, ICT and personalised heath project aimed at preventing functional decline in young older adults.
- ADAPT: FriBioMed project financed by the Norwegain Research Council, aimed at developing a health application for assessment and intervention of fall risk at old age.
- ProFouND: EU, ICT. Implementation of falls prevention in clinical practice.
- Hip fractures: Treatment and rehabilitation following hip fractures.
- Generation 100: Population based RCT among people 70-77 assessing the effect of physical exercise on cardiovascular disease, mortality, and on health outcomes related to functional fitness. ; fysisk trening for primært å utsette hjertekarsykdom og død, og sekundært for å bedre fungering i hverdagen
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
2021
- (2021) Classical machine learning versus deep learning for the older adults free-living activity classification. Sensors. vol. 21 (14).
- (2021) Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of an Exercise Program for Persons with Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 18 (13).
- (2021) Interventions for reducing sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. vol. 2021 (6).
- (2021) Sensitivity to Change and Responsiveness of the Original and the Shortened Version of the Community Balance and Mobility Scale for Young Seniors. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. vol. 102 (11).
- (2021) Balance and gait after first minor ischemic stroke in people 70 years of age or younger: A prospective observational cohort study. Physical Therapy. vol. 100 (5).
- (2021) Factors Associated with Level of Physical Activity After Minor Stroke. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases. vol. 30 (4).
- (2021) One-to-one and group-based teleconferencing for falls rehabilitation: Usability, acceptability, and feasibility study. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. vol. 8 (1).
- (2021) Consensus based framework for digital mobility monitoring. PLOS ONE. vol. 16 (8).
- (2021) Effect of 5 years of exercise training on the cardiovascular risk profile of older adults: the Generation 100 randomized trial. European Heart Journal.
- (2021) Technical validation of real-world monitoring of gait: A multicentric observational study. BMJ Open. vol. 11 (12).
- (2021) Robustness of In-Laboratory and Daily-Life Gait Speed Measures over One Year in High Functioning 61- To 70-Year-Old Adults. Gerontology. vol. 67.
- (2021) Template-Based Recognition of Human Locomotion in IMU Sensor Data Using Dynamic Time Warping. Sensors. vol. 21 (8).
- (2021) Gait, physical function, and physical activity in three groups of home-dwelling older adults with different severity of cognitive impairment - a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. vol. 21 (1).
2020
- (2020) Predicting Advanced Balance Ability and Mobility with an Instrumented Timed Up and Go Test. Sensors. vol. 20 (17).
- (2020) App-based Self-administrable Clinical Tests of Physical Function: Development and Usability Study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. vol. 8 (4).
- (2020) Development and usability of app-based self-administrable clinical tests of physical function. Gerontechnology. vol. 19.
- (2020) Creating and Validating a Shortened Version of the Community Balance and Mobility Scale for Application in People Who Are 61 to 70 Years of Age. Physical Therapy. vol. 100 (1).
- (2020) The association of basic and challenging motor capacity with mobility performance and falls in young seniors. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics (Print). vol. 90.
- (2020) Impairments in spatial navigation during walking in patients 70 years or younger with mild stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. vol. 27.
- (2020) Smartphone apps to support falls rehabilitation exercise: App development and usability and acceptability study. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. vol. 8 (9).