Helena Grip

Hospital engineer, assoc. prof. in biomedical engineering and adjunct university lecturer. Research and development within medical technology and movement analysis.

Contact

helena.grip@umu.se

+46 90 785 40 29

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Adjunct associate professor at Department of Radiation Sciences Units: Radiation Physics

3B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Affiliated as other position at Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Units: Physiotherapy, Affiliated

Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Affiliated as other position at Department of Physics

Fysikhuset, Linnaeus väg Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Test‐Retest Reliability of Kinematic and Temporal Outcome Measures for Clinical Gait and Stair Walking Tests, Based on Wearable Inertial Sensors

Sensors, MDPI 2022, Vol. 22, (3)

Nilsson, Sofie; Ertzgaard, Per; Lundgren, Mikael; et al.

Brain Response to a Knee Proprioception Task Among Persons With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Controls

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 16

Strong, Andrew; Grip, Helena; Boraxbekk, Carl-Johan; et al.

Single sensor measurement of heel-height during the push-off phase of gait

Physiological Measurement, Institute of Physics (IOP) 2021, Vol. 42, (10)

Bäcklund, Tomas; Grip, Helena; Öhberg, Fredrik; et al.

How many trials are needed in kinematic analysis of reach-to-grasp?: A study of the drinking task in persons with stroke and non-disabled controls

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 18, (1)

Frykberg, Gunilla Elmgren; Grip, Helena; Murphy, Margit Alt

The importance of inertial measurement unit placement in assessing upper limb motion

Medical Engineering and Physics, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 92 : 1-9

Höglund, Gustav; Grip, Helena; Öhberg, Fredrik

Influence of visual feedback, hand dominance and sex on individuated finger movements

Experimental Brain Research, Springer 2021, Vol. 239, (6) : 1911-1928

Johansson, Anna-Maria; Grip, Helena; Rönnqvist, Louise; et al.

Novel, clinically applicable method to measure step-width during the swing phase of gait

Physiological Measurement, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) 2020, Vol. 41, (6)

Bäcklund, Tomas; Öhberg, Fredrik; Johansson, Gudrun; et al.

Individuals With an Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Reconstructed Knee Display Atypical Whole Body Movement Strategies but Normal Knee Robustness During Side-Hop Landings: A Finite Helical Axis Analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 48, (5) : 1117-1126

Markström, Jonas L.; Grip, Helena; Schelin, Lina; et al.

Does the Femoral Head Size in Hip Arthroplasty Influence Lower Body Movements during Squats, Gait and Stair Walking?: A Clinical Pilot Study Based on Wearable Motion Sensors

Sensors, MDPI 2019, Vol. 19, (14)

Grip, Helena; Nilsson, Kjell G; Häger, Charlotte G.; et al.

Kinematic analyses including finite helical axes of drop jump landings demonstrate decreased knee control long after anterior cruciate ligament injury

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science 2019, Vol. 14, (10)

Grip, Helena; Tengman, Eva; Liebermann, Dario G.; et al.

Dynamic knee control and movement strategies in athletes and non‐athletes in side hops: implications for knee injury

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 29, (8) : 1181-1189

Markström, Jonas; Grip, Helena; Schelin, Lina; et al.

Altered trunk head co-ordination in those with persistent neck pain

Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 39 : 45-50

Treleaven, Julia; Takasaki, Hiro; Grip, Helena

Portable Sensors Add Reliable Kinematic Measures to the Assessment of Upper Extremity Function

Sensors, MDPI 2019, Vol. 19, (5)

Öhberg, Fredrik; Bäcklund, Tomas; Sundström, Nina; et al.

Elite women athletes with superior knee function present similar dynamic knee stability, although different movement strategies, when compared to controls

23rd annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science: Sport Science at the cutting edge, Dublin, Ireland, July 4-7, 2018: Book of Abstracts, European College of Sport Sciences 2018 : 555-555

Markström, Jonas; Grip, Helena; Schelin, Lina; et al.

8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, July 8-12, 2018

Markström, Jonas; Grip, Helena; Schelin, Lina; et al.

Three dimensional kinematic analyses of finger movement control and association to brain activity responses: A pilot study on healthy individuals

Gait & Posture, Vol. 57 : 355-

Grip, Helena; Johansson, Anna-Maria; Selling, Jonas; et al.

The added value of kinematic evaluation of the timed finger-to-nose test in persons post-stroke.

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Vol. 14

Johansson, Gudrun M.; Grip, Helena; Levin, Mindy F; et al.

A new way of assessing arm function in activity using kinematic Exposure Variation Analysis and portable inertial sensors - A validity study

Manual Therapy, Vol. 21 : 241-249

Ertzgaard, Per; Öhberg, Fredrik; Gerdle, Björn; et al.

Finger movement control and associated brain activity responses post-stroke

XXI ISEK Congress: Bridges to innovation

Johansson, Anna-Maria; Grip, Helena; Strong, Andrew; et al.

A comparison of knee joint kinematics and kinetics during landings in three one-leg hop tests (hop for distance, vertical hop and side hop) performed by female elite floorball athletes

XXI ISEK Congress: Bridges to Innovation

Markström, Jonas L.; Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; et al.

Knee kinematics during stair descent 20 years following anterior cruciate ligament rupture with and without reconstruction

Clinical Biomechanics, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 32 : 180-186

Sole, Gisela; Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; et al.

Dynamic knee stability as estimated by finite helical axis methods during drop landing twenty years after anterior cruciate ligament injury

Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 48, (10) : 1906-1914

Grip, Helena; Tengman, Eva; Häger, Charlotte

Dynamic knee stability estimated by finite helical axis methods during functional performance approximately twenty years after anterior cruciate ligament injury

Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier 2015, Vol. 48, (10) : 1906-1914

Grip, Helena; Tengman, Eva; Häger, Charlotte K

Three dimensional kinematic analyses of movement control of individual fingers post-stroke

Gait & Posture, Vol. 42, (Supplement 1) : S33-S33

Johansson, Anna-Maria; Grip, Helena; Strong, Andrew; et al.

Anterior cruciate ligament injury about 20 years post-treatment: a kinematic analysis of one-leg hop

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Wiley-Blackwell 2015, Vol. 25, (6) : 818-827

Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin; et al.

Assessment of arm movements during gait in stroke: the Arm Posture Score

Gait & Posture, Vol. 40, (4) : 549-555

Johansson, Gudrun M.; Frykberg, Gunilla E.; Grip, Helena; et al.

Training of goal directed arm movements with motion interactive video games in children with cerebral palsy: a kinematic evaluation

Developmental Neurorehabilitation, Informa Healthcare 2014, Vol. 17, (5) : 318-326

Sandlund, Marlene; Domellöf, Erik; Grip, Helena; et al.

Motor control aspects in the understanding of knee disorders – implications for rehabilitation

European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 14-17, 2014

Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; Häger, Charlotte

Kinematic analysis of one-leg hop more than 20 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, Springer 2014 : S291-S291

Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; Stensdotter, A.; et al.

Autonomic nerve system responses for normal and slow rewarmers after hand cold provocation: effects of long-term cold climate training

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Springer-Verlag New York 2013, Vol. 86, (3) : 357-365

Brändström, Helge; Wiklund, Urban; Karlsson, Marcus; et al.

Gait analysis using a portable motion sensor system: measurements in subjects with hip implant as compared with healthy controls

Gait & Posture, Vol. 38, (suppl 1) : 99-100

Fredrik, Öhberg; Grip, Helena; Nilsson, Kjell G; et al.

A new approach to measure functional stability of the knee based on changes in knee axis orientation

Journal of Biomechanics, Oxford: Elsevier 2013, Vol. 46, (5) : 855-862

Grip, Helena; Häger, Charlotte

Comparative analysis of different adaptive filters for tracking lower segments of a human body using inertial motion sensors

Measurement science and technology, Vol. 24, (8) : 085703-

Öhberg, Fredrik; Lundström, Ronnie; Grip, Helena

The “Arm Posture Score” for assessment of arm swing during gait: Evaluation of additional rotational components and different gait speeds

21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Stockholm, September 12-14, 2012

Frykberg, G.; Johansson, Gudrun; Grip, Helena; et al.

Quantifying motor control of the knee during side hops - healthy subjects and subjects ~20 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury

21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Stockholm, Sept 12-14, 2012

Grip, Helena; Tengman, Eva; Häger, Charlotte

The Arm Posture Score with additional rotational components (APS₆) applied to persons with stroke to assess arm movements during gait.

21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC) Stockholm Sept 12-14

Johansson, Gudrun; Frykberg, G.; Grip, Helena; et al.

One-leg hop – kinematic analysis ~ 20 years after anterior cruciate ligament injury.

21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC) Stockholm, Sept 12-14, 2012

Tengman, Eva; Grip, Helena; Häger, Charlotte

Gait analysis using a portable motion sensor system: measurements in subjects with hip implants as compared with healthy controls

21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Movement analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Stockholm Sept 12-14, 2012

Öhberg, F; Grip, Helena; Nilsson, K-G; et al.

Low-cost motion interactive video games in home training for children with cerebral palsy: A kinematic evaluation

2011 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, ICVR

Sandlund, Marlene; Grip, Helena; Häger, Charlotte; et al.

Kinematics of fast cervical rotations in persons with chronic neck pain: a cross-sectional and reliability study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, BioMed Central 2010, Vol. 11 : 222-

Röijezon, Ulrik; Djupsjöbacka, Mats; Björklund, Martin; et al.

Head eye co-ordination using simultaneous measurement of eye in head and head in space movements: potential for use in subjects with a whiplash injury.

Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, Springer 2009, Vol. 23, (1) : 31-40

Grip, Helena; Jull, Gwendolen; Treleaven, Julia

Head eye co-ordination and gaze stability using simultaneous measurement of eye in head and head in space movements: potential for use in subjects with a whiplash injury

Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, Vol. 23, (1) : 31-40

Grip, Helena; Jull, Gwendolen; Treleaven, Julia

Hand cold recovery responses before and after 15 months of military training in a cold climate

Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 79, (9) : 904-908

Brändström, Helge; Grip, Helena; Hallberg, Per; et al.

Biomechanical assessment of head and neck movements in neck pain using 3D movement analysis

Umeå University medical dissertations, 1160

Grip, Helena

Cervical helical axis characteristics and its centre of rotation during active head movements: comparisons of whiplash-associated disorders, non-specific neck pain and asymptomatic individuals

Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier 2008, Vol. 41, (13) : 2799-2805

Grip, Helena; Sundelin, Gunnevi; Gerdle, Björn; et al.

Cervical helical axis characteristics and its center of rotation during active head and upper arm movements-comparisons of whiplash-associated disorders, non-specific neck pain and asymptomatic individuals.

Journal of Biomechanics, Springer 2008, Vol. 41, (13) : 2799-2805

Grip, Helena; Sundelin, Gunnevi; Gerdle, Björn; et al.

Quadriceps activity and movement reactions in response to unpredictable sagittal support-surface translations in women with patellofemoral pain.

Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology, Vol. 18, (2) : 298-307

Stensdotter, Ann Katrin; Grip, Helena; Hodges, P W; et al.

Variations in the axis of motion during head repositioning: a comparison of subjects with whiplash-associated disorders or non-specific neck pain and healthy controls

Clinical Biomechanics, Vol. 22, (8) : 865-873

Grip, Helena; Sundelin, Gunnevi; Gerdle, Björn; et al.

Quadriceps activity and movement in response to unpredictable sagital support-surface translations

Stensdotter, Ann Katrin; Grip, Helena; Hodges, P; et al.

Air transport of patients with intracranial air: computer model of pressure effects

Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 74, (2) : 138-144

Andersson, Nina; Grip, Helena; Lindvall, Peter; et al.

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Research groups

Group member

U-Motion Laboratory Research Group

Research projects

6 November 2017

MOvement control in STroke - clinical and laboratory assessments and in relation to brain imaging with fMRI (MOST study)

1 January 2015

Knee Function after ACL Injury - genetic predisposition, clinical and laboratory assessment and long term consequences.