Dr. Marina Bruderer-Hofstetter

Personal profile

Management role

Head of Research/Focus Area, Professional Development MSc in Physiotherapy ad int.

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer
Researcher

www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/studium/masterstudium/master-physiotherapie/

Expertise and research interests

Healthy ageing / geriatrics
Cognitive impairment (mild cognitive impairment; dementia)
Combined training interventions
(Instrumental) activities of daily living

Measurement theory and its application
Quantitative research methods
Implementation

Educational background

Education
2015 - 2021 Dr.sc. (PhD) Health Sciences, Department Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne.Dissertation: Development of a protocol for a randomised feasibility study for a multicomponent intervention to improve instrumental activities of daily living in persons with mild cognitive impairment

2010 – 2013 Master of Science in Physiotherapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Master Thesis: Gait deviations and compensations in adolescents with coxa antetorta

2000 – 2004 School of Physiotherapy, Schaffhausen

Professional Qualifications:
2021 - Masterclass «Implementation Science», University of Zurich
- GCP Course Level III, Clinical Trials Centre, University Hospital Zurich
2018 – 2019 Certificate of advanced studies (CAS)«Higher and professional education», Zentrum für innovative Didaktik, ZHAW
2017 «Training GCP Addendum», Clinical Trial Unit, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
2018 «Introduction to R for Data Analysis», University of Lucerne
2016 «Toolkit for Literature Research and Literature Management», University of Lucerne
Masterseminar «Operationalization of Health and Functioning», University of Lucerne
Masterseminar «Health Policy», University of Lucerne
Masterseminar «Research Design», University of Lucerne
2015 Masterseminar «Human Functioning Science», University of Lucerne
Masterseminar «Health Inequalities», University of Lucerne
Masterseminar «Stress, coping and health», University of Lucerne
2014 «Good Clinical Practise, Course Level I and II», Clinical Trial Unit, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
2009 «NTE "Reflective Practice - Understanding Science», ZHAW
2004 - 2009 Different Physiotherapy specific qualifications (Neurology, Pulmonology, Bobath Basic and Advanced Course, Respiratory Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage and Manual Therapy)

Professional milestones

Employment
09/2013 – 08/2019 Research Associate, Institute of Physiotherapy, ZHAW
10/2010 – 09/2013 Geriatric Clinic, Kompetenzzentrum Alter und Gesundheit St.Gallen, Physiotherapy
05/2005 – 10/2010 Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, Physiotherapy
04/2004 – 10/2004 Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, Physiotherapy

Institutional / Professional Responsibilities
09/2018 – 07/2021 Head Focus Area Professional Development, MSc in Physiotherapy at ZHAW in collaboration with BFH
09/2015 – 07/2019 Head Focus Area Allgemeine Physiotherapie, MSc in Physiotherapy at ZHAW in collaboration with BFH
10/2010 – 09/2013 Physiotherapist & Supervision of Physiotherapy students, Geriatric Clinic, Kompetenzzentrum Alter und Gesundheit, St.Gallen
05/2005 – 09/2010 In charge of Physiotherapy in Intensive care units, Physiotherapist & Supervision of Physiotherapy students; Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
04/2004 – 10/2004 Physiotherapist; Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen

Research Internships
2012 Research internship, Institute of Physiotherapy, Research, ZHAW
2011 - 2012 Research internship, Laboratory for Movement Analysis, Foundation Children's Hospital St.Gallen, Eastern Switzerland

Membership of networks

• physioswiss - Schweizer Physiotherapie Verband
• ISTAART - International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment
• Mitglied Herausgeberteam der Zeitschrift "physioscience"
• International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors
• GAMMA - Gesellschaft für die Analyse Menschlicher Motorik und ihrer klinischen Anwendung

Projects

• myBeFit: concept and implementation / Team member / Project ongoing
• Gemeindebasierte Netzwerke für autonomes Wohnen im Alter am richtigen Ort / Team member / Project ongoing
• Development and evaluation of a training app for people with mild cognitive impairment / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Development and piloting of a memory notebook for people with mild cognitive impairment / Project leader / Project completed
• Development of a training manual for physical training and an accompanying handout for independent training at home for older persons with mild cognitive impairment / Project leader / Project completed
• Cross-cultural Validation of the German Version of the Amsterdam Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire® for elderly people with and without mild neurocognitive disorder / Project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung von Advanced Physiotherapy Practice (APP)-Modellen in der Schweiz / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Ettlin, Lea; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Nast, Irina; Gaugler, Olivier; Niedermann, Karin,

  2022.

  Evaluation of the strategy for implementing the GLA:D programme in Switzerland : protocol for an implementation-effectiveness hybrid type 3 design study with a mixed-method approach.

  BMJ Open.

  12(6), pp. e057993.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057993

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Gorus, Ellen; Cornelis, Elise; Meichtry, André; De Vriendt, Patricia,

  2022.

  Influencing factors on instrumental activities of daily living functioning in people with mild cognitive disorder : a secondary investigation of cross-sectional data.

  BMC Geriatrics.

  22(1), pp. 791.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03476-8

• Saba, Riana; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2022.

  Übersetzung, Test-Retest-Reliabilität und Konstruktvalidität der deutschen Version der Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale für körperliche Aktivität bei Personen mit axialer Spondyloarthritis.

  Physioscience.

  18(4), pp. 174-183.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1577-2625

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Dubbelman, Mark A.; Meichtry, André; Koehn, Florian; Münzer, Thomas; Jutten, Roos J.; Scheltens, Philip; Sikkes, Sietske A. M.; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2020.

  Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Amsterdam Instrumental Activities of Daily Living questionnaire short version German for Switzerland.

  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.

  18(323).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01576-w

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Sikkes, Sietske A. M.; Münzer, Thomas; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2020.

  Development of a model on factors affecting instrumental activities of daily living in people with mild cognitive impairment : a Delphi study.

  BMC Neurology.

  20(264).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-01843-9

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina,

  2019.

  Advanced Physiotherapy Practice – Quo vadis?.

  Physioscience.

  15(04), pp. 149-150.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1023-1282

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch-Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Meichtry, André; Münzer, Thomas; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2018.

  Effective multicomponent interventions in comparison to active control and no interventions on physical capacity, cognitive function and instrumental activities of daily living in elderly people with and without mild impaired cognition : a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

  Ageing Research Reviews.

  45, pp. 1-14.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2018.04.002

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Fenner, Verena; Payne, Erika; Zdenek, Katja; Klima, Harry; Wegener, Regina,

  2015.

  Gait deviations and compensations in pediatric patients with increased femoral torsion.

  Journal of Orthopaedic Research.

  33(2), pp. 155-162.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.22746

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina,

  2021.

  Designing an intervention and plan its evaluation : development of a protocol of a randomised feasibility study for a multi-component intervention to improve instrumental activities of daily living in persons with mild cognitive impairment.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4561808

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Gorus, Ellen; Cornelis, Elise; De Vriendt, Patricia,

  2023.

  Differences in the pattern of influencing factors on instrumental activities of daily living in persons at different stages of mildly impaired cognition [poster].

  In:

  Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Tomovic, Sara; Eijwoudt, Emiel; Deininger, Roland; Münzer, Thomas,

  2023.

  Towards implementing physical activity guidelines into clinical practice in persons with mild cognitive impairment [poster].

  In:

  Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-20 July 2023.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Dominguez Hernandez, Jonathan; Schuler, Christina; Hegglin, Lea; Waldboth, Veronika,

  2022.

  The evaluation of an interprofessional education module for health professionals in advanced practice roles in Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  Swiss Congress for Health Professions, Neuchâtel, Schweiz, 1.-2. September 2022.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Münzer, Thomas; Felbecker, Ansgar; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2021.

  F.I.T.AL. an evidence-informed intervention to preserve daily life activities in persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) [paper].

  In:

  2. Kooperationskongress SMARTER REHA, online, 6.-7. Mai 2021.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Münzer, Thomas; Felbecker, Ansgar,

  2021.

  Entwicklung einer Trainingsintervention zur Verbesserung komplexer Alltagsaktivitäten bei Personen mit leichter kognitiver Beeinträchtigung (MCI) [poster].

  In:

  Symposium für Gesundheitsberufe "Der alternde Mensch - multiprofessionelle und innovative Ansätze in der Gesundheitsversorgung", Bern, Schweiz, 12. März 2021.

  Available from: https://www.inselgruppe.ch/fileadmin/Insel_Gruppe/Dokumente/Direktion_Pflege_MTT/Veranstaltungen/Abstract_Booklet_screen.pdf

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Bechter, Susann; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2016.

  Ein MSc in Physiotherapie : was bringt mir das? Resultate der 1. Absolventinnen- und Absolventen Nachbefragung (ABNA) [poster].

  In:

  Swiss Congress for Health Professions, Lugano, 1.-2. September 2016.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Payne, Erika; Zdenek, Katja; Klima, Harry; Fenner, Verena,

  2014.

  Abweichungen und Kompensationen im Gangbild bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Coxa antetorta [paper].

  In:

  Physio Congress 2014, Bern, 13.-14. Juni 2014.

• Wegener, Regina; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Payne, Erika; Zdenek, Katja; Klima, Harry; Fenner, Verena,

  2013.

  Ursache und Auswirkung einer vermehrten Beckenvorkippung bei jugendlichen Patienten mit erhöhter femoraler Anteversion [poster].

  In:

  8. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik (DGfB), Neu-Ulm, Deutschland, 15.-17. Mai 2013.

  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomechanik (DGfB).

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina,

  2021.

  Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen : wo steht die Physiotherapie heute?.

  Physioscience.

  17(04), pp. 145-147.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1623-6016

• Braun, Tobias; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Diermayr, Gudrun; Hilfiker, Roger; Karstens, Sven; Pott, Claudia; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Rogan, Slavko,

  2021.

  Neue Richtlinien zur Gestaltung von Manuskripten.

  Physioscience.

  17(03), pp. 99-100.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1544-9649

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Münzer, Thomas; Felbecker, Ansgar; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2020.

  F.I.T.AL. (Function – Information – Training) therapy for everyday life to improve instrumental activities of daily living in people with mild cognitive impairment : protocol for a randomised feasibility study.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4107106

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Bechter, Susann; Tal, Amir; Schämann, Astrid; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2017.

  Absolventen-Nachbefragung (ABNA) des MSc-Studiengangs Physiotherapie : was bringt der MSc-Abschluss im Berufsalltag?.

  Physioscience.

  13(2), pp. 73-79.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1567188

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina,

  2013.

  Therapeutic validity and effectiveness of preoperative exercise on functional recovery after joint replacement : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Physioscience.

  9(4), pp. 169.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1356011

• Rausch Osthoff, A. K.; Bruderer-Hofstetter, M.; Ettlin, L.; Bischofberger, F.; Papritz, S.; Schwab, A.; Weidmann, F.; Niggli, J.; Niedermann Schneider, K.,

  2023.

  Association between grip and core muscle strength in people with axSpA and healthy controls.

  In:

  Annual European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR, Milan, Italy, 31 May - 3 June 2023.

  BMJ Publishing Group.

  pp. 61-62.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2023-eular.6286

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Meichtry, André; Münzer, Thomas; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2019.

  Effective multicomponent-interventions on physical capacity, cognitive function and instrumental-activities-of-daily-living are not the same for elderly people with normal and mild-impaired-cognition.

  In:

  World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress (WCPT), Geneva, 10-13 May 2019.

• Nast, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Heinzmann Stettler, Christine Therese; Saner-Bissig, Jeannette; Wirz, Markus; Schämann, Astrid; et al.,

  2019.

  Advanced practice in physiotherapy : an actual literature overview.

  In:

  WCPT Congress Proceedings.

  World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress, Geneva, 10-13 May 2019.

• Nast, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Heinzmann Stettler, Christine Therese; Horvath, Christian; Huber, Martin; Keller, Muriel; Müller, Ursula; Saner-Bissig, Jeannette; Tschupp, Katrin; Schämann, Astrid,

  2018.

  Enhancing professional perspectives : development of physiotherapy advanced practice models in Switzerland.

  In:

  1st International Conference: «Countering Staff Shortage Among Health Professions», Bern, 25-26 Oktober 2018.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Köhler, Barbara; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2017.

  The effect of multi-component interventions on (I)ADL performance, cognitive function and physical capacity in older adults : a systematic review.

  In:

  World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-4 July 2017.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rast, Fabian; Bauer, Christoph; Graf, Eveline; Meichtry, André,

  2014.

  Pattern recognition methods in clinical gait analysis : what do we gain?.

  In:

  1st Clinical Movement Analysis World Conference, Rome, Italy, 1-4 October 2014.

  European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC).

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Fenner, Verena; Payne, Erika; Zdenek, Katja; Klima, Harry; Wegener, Regina,

  2013.

  Gait deviations and compensations in adolescents with coxa antetorta.

  In:

  22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC2013), Glasgow, UK, 2-7 September 2013.

  European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC).

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