Mona Kristin Aaslund

Title: PhD Candidate

Phone: +47 55 58 67 34

E-mail: Mona.Aaslund@isf.uib.no

Visiting address: Kalfarveien 31

Gait rehabilitation of Neurological Patients

Gait analysis

Neurology

Rehabilitation

Kinematic sensors used in gait analysis

Movement Science

Education

2004 - 2006 Master degree Programme in Physiotherapy. University of Bergen.

2002-2003 Advanced course in Supervision. Bergen University College.

1995-1998 BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy. University of Brighton.

1993-1994 Basic course in Psychology. University of Bergen.

1993 Examen Philosophicum. University of Bergen.

Selected Employment

1998 – present (on leave Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2010):

Physiotherapist. Department of Physiotherapy. Haukeland University Hospital

2006

Researcher affiliated to the project "ProFaNe - Prevention and Falls Network Europe". Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen.

Teaching and Supervision

2006 –  present: Teaching and supervision of Master of Science students in physiotherapy

Affiliated Associations

 The Norwegian Association for Physiotherapist. http://www.fysio.no/

Faggruppen NOR [The Clinical Interest group for Neurology, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology] http://www.fysio.no/ORGANISASJON/Faggrupper/NOR

The Norwegian Association of Researchers http://www.forskerforbundet.no/

International Society for Postural and Gait Research (ISPGR) http://www.ispgr.org/

Publications in Cristin

Articles

Moe-Nilssen, R., Aaslund, MK., Hodt-Billington, C. and Helbostad, J. Gait variability measures may represent different constructs. Gait Posture, 2010. May;32(1):98-101. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20434916

Aaslund, M.K. and Moe-Nilssen, R. Treadmill walking with body weight support. Effect of treadmill, harness and body weight support systems. Gait Posture, 2008. August; 28(2): 303-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18343664

Master of science thesis

Aaslund, M. (2006) Treadmill walking - is it different from overground walking? A cross-sectional study investigating 28 healthy people walking overground and on a treadmill with and without body weight support. Section for Physiotherapy Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen. http://www.uib.no/isf/people/doc/hovedfag/aaslund.htm

 Other publications

Grenstad, T. and Aaslund, M. (2001) Håndtering av slagpasienter: en idébank. Haukeland sykehus, Fysioterapiavdelingen. [Handling of stroke patients]

Smedal, T., Fersum, K., Aaslund, M. and Skarvatun, H. (1999) Metodebok i smerte. Haukeland Sykehus, Nevrologisk avdeling, Fysioterapiavdelingen. [Clinical guidelines for treatment of pain]

Selected national and international oral and poster presentations

Oral presentation at the 13th Mobility and Execise in the Elderly (MOBEX) meeting, Trondheim, Norway. 16.01.10.

Oral presentation at the 7th Nordic Physiotherapy Congress, Oslo, Norway. 24.09.09 http://www.nordicphys.com/

Oral presentation at the International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR), Bologna, Italy. 24.06.09. http://ispgr.org/conferences/italy-2009/conference-overview/index.html

Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Faggruppen NOR [The Clinical Interest group for Neurology, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology], Oslo, Norway. 19.03.09. http://www.fysio.no/ORGANISASJON/Faggrupper/NOR/Moeter-og-seminarer/AARSMOETESEMINAR-2009

Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society Meeting, Denver, US. 11.03.09. http://www.gcmas.org/

Oral presentation at the 12th Mobility and Execise in the Elderly (MOBEX) meeting, Oxford, England. 16.01.09.

Course lecture. “Neurorehabilitation and treatment of multiple sclerosis and other chronic neurological diseases”, The Norwegian Medical Association, Bergen, Norway, 25.10.08.

Poster presentation, Motor Control Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria 02.10.07

Poster presentation, International Society for Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR) Conference, Vermont, US. 16.07.07. http://ispgr.org/conferences/vermont-2007/abstracts-online/index.html

Oral presentation, Nordic Movement Science Conference, Trondheim, Norway 26.10.06

Oral presentation at a video conference for hospitals in Norway and Denmark. 03.10.06.

Oral presentation at a symposium at the Congress of the Nordic Spinal Cord Injury Society. Bergen, Norway, 07.09.05.

Ongoing projects

Treadmill walking with body weight support in patients post-stroke.

The aim of this PhD project is to investigate how walking on a treadmill with body weight support influence gait. In particular we want to know how the clinical choices about walking speed and amount of body weight support affect how a person post-stroke walk during treadmill training. We also look at familiarisation-time to assess if or when walking reaches steady state on the treadmill.

Gait is measured by kinematic sensors over the trunk, and software developed by our research group is used to calculate walking characteristics such as step length, cadence, average acceleration, variability and symmetry.