Birgitta Bernspång

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Affiliated as professor emerita at Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Section: Occupational Therapy

-, - Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

The impact of a soft robotic glove on activity performance and body function for brachial plexus birth injury patients: a longitudinal case series

Journal of Hand Therapy

Millkvist, Helena; Källströmer, Anna; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Collaboration in work ability assessment for sick-listed persons in primary healthcare

Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, IOS Press 2020, Vol. 65, (2) : 409-420

Sturesson, Marine; Bylund, Sonya Hörnqvist; Edlund, Curt; et al.

Work Potential and Work Performance during the First Try-Out of the Person-Centred Return to Work Rehabilitation Programme ReWork-Stroke: A Case Study

Healthcare, MDPI 2020, Vol. 8, (4)

Öst Nilsson, Annika; Johansson, Ulla; Ekbladh, Elin; et al.

The return to work process after stroke changes over time while participating in a newly designed person-centred rehabilitation programme

International Journal of Stroke, Sage Publications 2018, Vol. 13 : 31-31

Eriksson, G.; Hellman, T.; Nilsson, A. O.; et al.

Enhancing performance of activities of daily living tasks

Stroke rehabilitation: a function-based approach, St. Louis: Elsevier 2016 : 104-135

Lampinen, Josefine; Bernspång, Birgitta

Processes towards employment among persons with psychiatric disabilities: a study of two individual placement and support programmes in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Vol. 18, (1) : 32-51

Nygren, Ulla; Markström, Urban; Bernspång, Birgitta

Från kulturell nyfikenhet till samarbete

Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2015: gränslös kunskap, Umeå: Universitetspedagogik och lärandestöd (UPL), Umeå universitet 2015 : 65-65

Fischl, Caroline; Bernspång, Birgitta; Sawert, Bertil

Quality in sickness certificates in a Swedish social security system perspective

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 43, (8) : 841-847

Sturesson, Marine; Hörnqvist Bylund, Sonya; Edlund, Curt; et al.

Healthcare encounters and return to work: a qualitative study on sick-listed patients' experiences

Primary Health Care Research and Development, Cambridge University Press 2014, Vol. 15, (4) : 464-475

Sturesson, Marine; Edlund, Curt; Falkdal, Annie H.; et al.

The publications are covering fields of great interest to our researchers and research students, as well as all clinicians

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 20, (1) : 1-1

Bernspång, Birgitta

Predictors of vocational outcomes using Individual Placement and Support for people with mental illness

Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press 2013, Vol. 45, (1) : 31-39

Nygren, Ulla; Markström, Urban; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Exploring perceptions of occupational competence among participants in Individual Placement and Support (IPS)

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Informa Healthcare 2013, Vol. 20, (6) : 429-437

Nygren, Ulla; Sandlund, Mikael; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Work ability as obscure, complex and unique: Views of Swedish occupational therapists and physicians

Work: A journal of Prevention, Assessment and rehabilitation, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: IOS PRESS 2013, Vol. 45, (1) : 117-128

Sturesson, Marine; Edlund, Curt; Fjellman-Wiklund, Anncristine; et al.

Aktivitetsengagemang under åldrandet

Det goda åldrandet, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2012 : 217-236

Bernspång, Birgitta; Nilsson, Ingeborg

Dealing with real-life challenges: outcome of a home-based occupational therapy intervention for people with severe psychiatric disability

OTJR (Thorofare, N.J.), Thorofare: Slack Inc 2012, Vol. 32, (2) : 5-13

Lindström, Maria; Hariz, Gun-Marie; Bernspång, Birgitta

Aktivitetsengagmang under åldrandet

Det goda åldrandet, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2012 : 217-232

Nilsson, Ingeborg; Bernspång, Birgitta

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Informa Healthcare 2011, Vol. 18, (2) : 83-84

Bernspång, Birgitta

Meeting the needs of elderly with bathing disability

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Wiley-Blackwell 2011, Vol. 58, (3) : 164-71

Zingmark, Magnus; Bernspång, Birgitta

International occupational therapy journal.

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Informa Healthcare 2010, Vol. 17, (2) : 99-100

Bernspång, Birgitta

Editorial. A more global arena for occupational therapy science.

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Informa Healthcare 2009, Vol. 16, (2) : 67-67

Bernspång, Birgitta

Editorial

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Informa Healthcare 2007, Vol. 14, (4) : 203-204

Bernspång, Birgitta

Participation in everyday occupations in a late phase of recovery after brain injury.

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 14, (2) : 116-125

Johansson, Ulla; Högberg, Hans; Bernspång, Birgitta

Impact on participation and autonomy questionnaire: Internal scale validity of the Swedish version for use in people with spinal cord injury.

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 39, (2) : 156-62

Larsson Lund, Maria; Fisher, Anne; Lexell, Jan; et al.

Perceived participation and problems in participation are determinants of life satisfaction in people with spinal cord injury.

Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol. 29, (18) : 1417-22

Larsson Lund, Maria; Nordlund, Anders; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Occupational engagement and life satisfaction in the oldest old: the Umeå 85+ study

OTJR (Thorofare, N.J.), Vol. 27, (4) : 131-139

Nilsson, Ingeborg; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G; et al.

Focus on leisure repertoire in the oldest old: the Umeå 85+ study

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 25, (5) : 391-405

Nilsson, Ingeborg; Löfgren, Britta; Fisher, Anne G; et al.

Assessment of capacity for myoelectric control: A new Rasch-built measure of prosthetic hand control

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 37, (3) : 166-71

Hermansson, Liselotte M; Fisher, Anne G.; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Perceptions of participation and predictors of perceived problems with participation in persons with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 37, (1) : 3-8

Larsson Lund, Maria; Nordlund, Anders; Nygård, Louise; et al.

Validity of the School Setting Interview: An assessment of the student-environment fit

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Taylor & Francis 2004, Vol. 11, (4) : 171-178

Hemmingsson, Helena; Kottorp, Anders; Bernspång, Birgitta

Occupational performance of persons who have suffered a stroke: a follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Taylor & Francis 2003, Vol. 10, (2) : 88-94

Ahlström, Stina; Bernspång, Birgitta

Life satisfaction related to work re-entry after brain injury: A longitudinal study

Brain Injury, Vol. 17, (11) : 991-1002

Johansson, Ulla; Bernspång, Birgitta

Validity of a performance assessment of activities of daily living for people with developmental disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Wiley-Blackwell 2003, Vol. 47, (8) : 597-605

Kottorp, Anders; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G.

Activities of daily living in persons with intellectual disability: Strengths and limitations in specific motor and process skills

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Wiley-Blackwell 2003, Vol. 50, (4) : 195-204

Kottorp, Anders; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G.

Client-Centred Occupational Therapy for Persons with Mental Retardation: Implementation of an Intervention Programme in Activities of Daily Living Tasks

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Taylor & Francis 2003, Vol. 10, (2) : 51-60

Kottorp, Anders; Hällgren, Monica; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Predicting return to work after brain injury using occupational therapy assessments

Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol. 23, (11) : 474-480

Johansson, Ulla; Bernspång, Birgitta

Rater calibration stability for the assessment of motor and process skills

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 6, (3) : 101-109

Bernspång, Birgitta

Development of the Assessment of Awareness of disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 6, (4) : 184-190

Tham, Kerstin; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G.

The Relationship Between Cognition and Daily Activities in Cases of Mild Alzheimer's Disease

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 5, (4) : 160-166

Nygård, Louise; Amberla, Kaarina; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Differences between persons with right or left cerebral vascular accident on the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, WB Saunders 1995, Vol. 76, (12) : 1144-1151

Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G.

IADL Ability Measured with the AMPS: relation to two Classification Systems of Mental Retardation

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Scandinavian University Press 1995, Vol. 2, (3/4) : 121-128

Kottorp, Anders; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, Anne G.; et al.

Comparing motor and process ability of persons with suspected dementia in home and clinic settings

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 48, (8) : 689-96

Nygård, L; Bernspång, Birgitta; Fisher, A G; et al.

Supporting everyday activities in Dementia: an intervention study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, John Wiley & Sons 1993, Vol. 8, (5) : 395-400

Josephsson, Staffan; Bäckman, Lars; Borell, Lena; et al.

[Perceptual impairment].

Nordisk Medicin, Vol. 104, (11) : 276-7, 304

Asplund, Kjell; Bernspång, Birgitta

Perceptual function in the elderly and after stroke

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, John Wiley & Sons 1988, Vol. 2, (2) : 75-79

Bernspång, Birgitta; Fugl-Meyer, Axel R.; Viitanen, Matti

Life satisfaction in long-term survivors after stroke

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 20, (1) : 17-24

Viitanen, Matti; Fugl-Meyer, K. S.; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Consequences of stroke: aspects of impairments, disabilities and life satisfaction : with special emphasis on perception and on occupational therapy

Umeå University medical dissertations, 202

Bernspång, Birgitta

Motor and perceptual impairments in acute stroke patients: effects on self-care ability

Stroke, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1987, Vol. 18, (6) : 1081-1086

Bernspång, Birgitta; Asplund, Kjell; Eriksson, Sture; et al.

Unique processes towards employment within an IPS-programme: illustrated by five cases

Nygren, Ulla; Markström, Urban; Bernspång, Birgitta

Predictors of vocational outcomes using individual placement and support for people with mental illness

Nygren, Ulla; Markström, Urban; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

Occupational competence among individuals with psychiatric disabilities in rehabilitation to work

Nygren, Ulla; Sandlund, Mikael; Bernspång, Birgitta; et al.

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Umeå Center for Disability Research