Silvia Careddu, MSc PT

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head MAS in Interprofessional Pain Management, Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy & Interprofessional Pain Management

Teaching

• Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
• Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
• Lecturer CAS Schmerz Basic

Experience

• Physiotherapist at Centre of Pain Medicine
  Swiss Paraplegic-Centre, Nottwil (CH)
  04 / 2019 - 05 / 2024
• Physiotherapist and scientific collaborator
  Physio und Sport Luzern GmbH, Luzern (CH)
  10 / 2017 - 06 / 2019

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Science in musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, OMT svomp®
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur (CH)
  09 / 2014 - 07 / 2018
• Bachelor in Physiotherapy
  College of higher education Claudiana/University of Ferrara, Bozen/Ferrara (I)
  2009 - 2012

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Higher & Professional Education
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur (CH)
2023

Projects

• RESOLVE Swiss: a new treatment approach in patients with low back pain / Team member / ongoing

Publications

Books, peer-reviewed

Benz, T. et al. (2025) Hands-off in der Physiotherapie : Schmerzedukation, Kommunikation, Soft Skills und Behandlungsansätze. Edited by H. Luomajoki and C. Schwertfellner. Stuttgart: Thieme.

Other publications

Stehrenberger, A. et al. (2025) ‘Effect of pain science education and graded sensorimotor retraining on disability in patients with chronic low back pain : a study protocol of a cluster-randomized clinical trial’, in 19th International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care (IBNP Forum), Davos, Switzerland, 24-27 June 2025.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Careddu, S. et al. (2025) ‘RESOLVE-Intervention bei chronischen Rückenschmerzen : Protokoll einer cluster-randomisierten Studie’, in Physioscience. Thieme, p. S4. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1812353.

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