{"id":6005,"date":"2026-10-19T09:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-lif-og-laeknavisindum-thorgerdur-sigurdardottir\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:21","slug":"doktorsvorn-i-lif-og-laeknavisindum-thorgerdur-sigurdardottir","status":"publish","type":"phd_defence","link":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-lif-og-laeknavisindum-thorgerdur-sigurdardottir\/","title":{"rendered":"Doktorsv\u00f6rn \u00ed l\u00edf- og l\u00e6knav\u00edsindum &#8211; \u00deorger\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>M\u00e1nudaginn 14. desember ver \u00deorger\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna \u00ed l\u00edf- og l\u00e6knav\u00edsindum vi\u00f0 L\u00e6knadeild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Ritger\u00f0in ber heiti\u00f0: <strong>Grindarbotnseinkenni eftir f\u00e6\u00f0ingu og snemm\u00edhlutun me\u00f0 sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun. Postpartum pelvic floor symptoms and early physical therapy intervention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>V\u00f6rninni ver\u00f0ur streymt:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/hi\/doktorsvornthorgerdursigurdardottir\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/hi\/doktorsvornthorgerdursigurdardottir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andm\u00e6lendur eru dr. Chantale Dumoulin, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 University of Montreal, og dr. \u00de\u00f3rarinn Sveinsson, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 L\u00e6knadeild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n<p>Umsj\u00f3narkennari var dr. Reynir T. Geirsson, pr\u00f3fessor emeritus, og lei\u00f0beinendur voru dr. Kari B\u00f8, pr\u00f3fessor og dr. \u00de\u00f3ra Steingr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir, pr\u00f3fessor. Auk \u00feeirra s\u00e1tu \u00ed doktorsnefnd Hildur Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, d\u00f3sent og dr. \u00de\u00f3rhallur Ingi Halld\u00f3rsson, pr\u00f3fessor.<\/p>\n<p>Krist\u00edn Briem, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 n\u00e1msbraut \u00ed sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun, stj\u00f3rnar ath\u00f6fninni sem fer fram \u00ed H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asal H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og hefst kl. 13.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fj\u00f6ldatakm\u00f6rkun: Einungis 10 manns geta veri\u00f0 \u00ed salnum \u00e1 me\u00f0an \u00e1 doktorsv\u00f6rninni stendur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c1grip af ranns\u00f3kn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meginmarkmi\u00f0 \u00feessa doktorsverkefnis var a\u00f0 kanna t\u00ed\u00f0ni grindarbotnseinkenna og vanl\u00ed\u00f0unar sem \u00feau valda frumbyrjum \u00e1 fyrstu m\u00e1nu\u00f0um eftir f\u00e6\u00f0ingu, \u00e1samt \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 rannsaka hvort tengsl fyndust milli grindarbotnseinkennanna og f\u00e6\u00f0ingartengdra \u00fe\u00e1tta. Anna\u00f0 meginmarkmi\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 kanna \u00e1hrif snemmb\u00e6rrar grindarbotns\u00fej\u00e1lfunar, sem st\u00fdrt var af sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfara, \u00ed h\u00f3pi frumbyrja me\u00f0 einkenni fr\u00e1 grindarbotni. \u00deri\u00f0ja markmi\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 kanna \u00e1hrif \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttai\u00f0kunar fyrir f\u00e6\u00f0ingu hj\u00e1 afreks\u00ed\u00fer\u00f3ttakonum \u00e1 f\u00e6\u00f0ingar\u00fatkomu fyrstu f\u00e6\u00f0ingar. \u00derj\u00e1r v\u00edsindagreinar sem bygg\u00f0ar voru \u00e1 \u00feremur ranns\u00f3knum eru hluti af \u00feessari ritger\u00f0. Ranns\u00f3knin var unnin \u00e1 Kvennadeild Landsp\u00edtala og T\u00e1p sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>English abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The overall objective of this doctoral project was to study the prevalence of pelvic floor dysfunction and bother related to this, and to investigate associations with delivery factors, in first-time mothers during the first months after childbirth. Another main objective was to study the influences of early physical therapy intervention on pelvic floor symptoms in a subgroup of symptomatic women. A third goal was to study the influence of pre-delivery physical stress on childbirth outcomes among elite athletes. Three articles are included in this thesis, based on three separate studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Um doktorsefni\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00deorger\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir er f\u00e6dd 6. \u00e1g\u00fast 1961 og \u00f3lst upp \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lmi. H\u00fan lauk BS-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1ri\u00f0 1985 og MS-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed l\u00edf- og l\u00e6knav\u00edsindum fr\u00e1 L\u00e6knadeild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1ri\u00f0 2009. Me\u00f0fram doktorsn\u00e1minu og fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 hefur h\u00fan starfa\u00f0 sem s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur \u00e1 svi\u00f0i kvenheilsusj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfunar vi\u00f0 T\u00e1p sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun. Auk \u00feess hefur \u00deorger\u00f0ur starfa\u00f0 sem stundakennari vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, b\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 N\u00e1msbraut \u00ed sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun og Hj\u00fakrunarfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild. H\u00fan hefur einnig veri\u00f0 lei\u00f0beinandi \u00ed lokaverkefnum nema \u00ed sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun og \u00ed\u00fer\u00f3tta- og heilsufr\u00e6\u00f0i, \u00ed grunnn\u00e1mi og meistaran\u00e1mi. \u00deorger\u00f0ur hefur kynnt ranns\u00f3knir s\u00ednar \u00e1 fj\u00f6lda \u00edslenskra og al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legra r\u00e1\u00f0stefna. Foreldrar \u00deorger\u00f0ar eru El\u00edn Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir lj\u00f3sm\u00f3\u00f0ir og Sigur\u00f0ur \u00c1g\u00fastsson verkstj\u00f3ri, sem er l\u00e1tinn. \u00deorger\u00f0ur er gift Kristj\u00e1ni M\u00e1 Unnarssyni og b\u00faa \u00feau \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. \u00deau eiga fj\u00f6gur b\u00f6rn, Mar\u00edu, Krist\u00ednu Eygl\u00f3, Ingunni L\u00e1ru og Sigur\u00f0.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1227,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_phd_date_start":"2020-12-14T13:00:00+00:00","_phd_date_end":"2020-12-14T16:00:00+00:00","_phd_location":"A\u00f0albygging H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asalur","_phd_admission":"A\u00f0gangur \u00f3keypis","_phd_thesis_title":"Grindarbotnseinkenni eftir f\u00e6\u00f0ingu og snemm\u00edhlutun me\u00f0 sj\u00fakra\u00fej\u00e1lfun. 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