Bilde av Håkstad, Ragnhild B.
Bilde av Håkstad, Ragnhild B.
Department of Health and Care Sciences ragnhild.hakstad@uit.no +4777660711 +4790640515 You can find me here

Ragnhild B. Håkstad


Associate professor

Job description

Affiliated with Master's in Physiotherapy specializing in neurology, with responsibility for the pediatric specialization. 

Researcher in pediatric physiotherapy and head of the research group Healthcare Professional Practice. More information about the group here: Healthcare Professional Practice


  • Alyssa LaForme Fiss, Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Julia Looper, Silvana Pereira, Barbara Sargent, Jessica Silveira et al.:
    Embedding Play to Enrich Physical Therapy
    Behavioral Sciences 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Gunn Kristin Øberg, Marit Sørvoll, Cathrine Labori, Gay L Girolami, Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    A systematic synthesis of qualitative studies on parents’ experiences of participating in early intervention programs with their infant born preterm
    Frontiers in Psychology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elisabeth Weinschenk, Maria Freim Nordhus, Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Margrethe Müller, Gyrd Thrane :
    Hjertepasienters opplevelse av fysisk aktivitet og trening: En kvalitativ metasyntese
    Fysioterapeuten 2022 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Gay L. Girolami, Stacey C Dusing :
    Enactive explorations of children's sensory-motor play and therapeutic handling in physical therapy
    Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    A qualitative study of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy with preterm infants and their parents: Action and interaction
    Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 08. January 2018 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Let's play! An observational study of primary care physical therapy with preterm infants aged 3-14 months
    Infant Behavior and Development 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Parents’ Perceptions of Primary Health Care Physiotherapy With Preterm Infants: Normalization,Clarity, and Trust
    Qualitative Health Research 08. October 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Gay L Girolami, Stacey C Dusing :
    Explorations of therapeutic handling in children's enactive sensory-motor play and learning
    2023
  • Ragnhild Barclay Håkstad :
    APPLICATION OF QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION IN PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY RESEARCH: Enactive explorations of children’s sensory-motor play and therapeutic handling in physical therapy
    2023
  • Monika Abels, Gabriella Óturai, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    A cross-cultural view on infant stimulation
    2022
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Ingunn Skogseth-Stevens :
    Er du bekymret for bevegelsesutviklingen til barnet ditt?
    Adressa 2022
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Gunn Kristin Øberg, Cathrine Labori :
    Foreldres erfaringer med å delta i tidlig intervensjon på nyfødt intensiv og etter hjemkomst.
    2022
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Line Lyngedal, Tor Ketil Hågland, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Barnefysioterapeuters bruk av lek for å fremme motorisk prestasjon hos barnet
    2022
  • Kristine Rabben Amundsen, Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    "Hands-on" -dette er faget vårt
    14. October 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    Lek som terapeutisk virkemiddel i barnefysioterapi - Med fokus på sanse-motorisk lek i alderen 0 3 år.
    2021 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    Lek som terapeutisk virkemiddel i barnefysioterapi - Med fokus på sanse-motorisk lek i alderen 0-3 år.
    2021 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Children’s play – worlds colliding or therapeutic tool?
    2019 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Children’s play – worlds colliding or therapeutic tool?
    2019 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    Slik kan du stimulere barnets motoriske utvikling
    2019
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad :
    Lekens plass i barnefysioterapi
    Barnestafetten 2018 ARKIV
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Parental Perspectives on Physiotherapy for Infants Born Preterm: Negotiating the Child
    2015
  • Ragnhild B. Håkstad, Aud Obstfelder, Gunn Kristin Øberg :
    Felles Oppmerksomhet og Samhandling i Fysioterapi til Premature Barn: Et Foreldreperspektiv
    2015

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    Research interests

    Conducts research in pediatric physical therapy, with emphasis on play as a therapeutic tool and family centered care in primary healthcare settings. 

    Teaching

    Teaching at master and bachelor program in physical therapy, mainly in pediatric physical therapy and qualitative research methods. 


    Member of research group