Torstein Vik

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Torstein Vik er professor emeritus i barnesykdommer ved NTNU. Han er far til en 46 år gammel utviklingshemmet kvinne.

Articles by Torstein Vik

Finding the right answers begins with the right questions

Torstein Vik

21.09.2021: Patient-reported experiences: What do we want to know, what do we get to know, and how do we use the answers? The experiences of patients and their families are important supplements to other quality indicators in the health service (1). A PubMed search for 'patient-reported experience outcomes'...

Use of botulinum toxin A in children with cerebral palsy

Anne Elisabeth Ross Raftemo,
Arani Mahendran,
Sandra Julsen Hollung,
Reidun Birgitta Jahnsen,
Stian Lydersen,
Torstein Vik,
Guro Lillemoen Andersen

24.04.2019: Cerebral palsy is a collective designation for a group of conditions caused by a brain injury that occurs during pregnancy or in the course of the two first years of life (1). Each year, 2–3 children per 1 000 live births are given this diagnosis (2). Based on the dominant symptoms, cerebral palsy...

Persons with intellectual disabilities are still a pariah caste in Norway

Torstein Vik

06.09.2025: Supported by all political parties in Norway, a visionary reform was introduced in 1991. The reform implied that persons with intellectual disabilities should be enabled to live their lives as actively as other citizens. The architect was a doctor. Thirty years later, the reform has failed. Is it...