Jürgen Degenfellner, BSc.

Education and Continuing education

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies ZHAW in Higher & Professional Education
ZHAW School of Management and Law
08 / 2024

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ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6886-4583

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Projects

• Influence of Sex Hormones on the Biomechanics and Injuries of the Lower Extremities in Female Recreational Athletes / Team member / ongoing

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Degenfellner, J., Schernhammer, E. S., & Strohmaier, S. (2025). Sex- and ethnic differences in the cross-sectional association between sleep regularity and obesity among US adults : NHANES 2011-2014. Journal of Biological Rhythms. https://doi.org/10.1177/07487304251391267
• Morf, R., Kernwein, C., Jaeger, J., Reicherzer, L., Degenfellner, J., & Hotz-Boendermaker, S. (2025). Prognostic value of activity patterns and stress measures for persistent pain and disability in acute neck pain : a 3-month follow-up study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2025.1686389
• Morf, R., Reicherzer, L., Degenfellner, J., Hasenbring, M., Erat, A., & Hotz-Boendermaker, S. (2025). Frequencies of persistence, activity pacing, fear avoidance and general stress in acute neck pain. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23(100308). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2025.100308
• Graf, E. S., De Bon, D., Stahl, J., Degenfellner, J., Knechtle, D., Zutter, D., Liberatore, F., & Wirz, M. (2025). Can technology-based gait training result in relevant changes of ambulatory function in people with chronic, neurological diagnoses? A longitudinal, cohort study. Plos One, 20(5), e0324062. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324062
• Degenfellner, J., Strohmaier, S., Zebrowska, M., Saksvik-Lehouillier, I., & Schernhammer, E. (2025). Identifying risk and protective factors for Shift Work Sleep Disorder : insights from UK Biobank night shift workers. Clocks & Sleep, 7(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/clockssleep7010014
• Zürcher, J., Liechti, S., Degenfellner, J., Pfeiffer, F., & Bauer, C. (2024). Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Modified Agility T-Test in healthy adults. Physioscience, 20(4), 163–169. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2218-1201
• Sauerzopf, L., Chavez Panduro, C. G., Luft, A., Kühnis, B., Gavagnin, E., Unger, T., Easthope Awai, C., Schönhammer, J. G., Degenfellner, J., & Spiess, M. (2024). Evaluating inter- and intra-rater reliability in assessing upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke : creating a ground truth through video analysis? Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 21(217). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01506-7
• Degenfellner, J., & Templ, M. (2024). Modeling bee hive dynamics : assessing colony health using hive weight and environmental parameters. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 218(108742). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.108742

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Sauerzopf, L., Schweizer, C., Luft, A., Kühnis, B., Gavagnin, E., Unger, T., Easthope Awai, C., Schönhammer, J. G., Degenfellner, J., & Spiess, M. (2025, May 13). Toward ground truth : evaluating therapists’ reliability in video-based assessment of upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke. RehabWeek, Chicago, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
• Pfeiffer, F., Luomajoki, H., Degenfellner, J., & Hotz Boendermaker, S. (2024, July). Longitudinal analysis of determinants influencing the course of acute low back pain : insights from an inception cohort. IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024.
• Zürcher, J., Liechti, S., Degenfellner, J., Pfeiffer, F., & Bauer, C. (2024, July). Construct validity and absolute and relative test-retest reliability of the modified agility T-test in healthy adults. IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024.

Other publications

• Stehrenberger, A., Careddu, S., Degenfellner, J., Pfeiffer, F., Meier, M., Ott, J., Rapp, C., Koponen, M., Luomajoki, H., & Benz, T. (2025, June 26). 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. 19th International Forum for Back and Neck Pain Research in Primary Care (IBNP Forum), Davos, Switzerland, 24-27 June 2025.
• Morf, R., Reicherzer, L., Degenfellner, J., Hasenbring, M., Erat, A., & Hotz Boendermaker, S. (2025, April 25). Frequencies of persistence, activity pacing, avoidance behaviour and general stress in acute neck pain. 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Lyon, France, 24-26 April 2025.
• Morf, R., Reicherzer, L., Degenfellner, J., Ernst, M., Pfeiffer, F., Luomajoki, H., Hasenbring, M., & Hotz-Boendermaker, S. (2024). Study protocol: Activity patterns and stress – prognostic factors for pain persistence and disability in acute neck pain. A one year prospective inception cohort study. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DFY2J
• Morf, R., Reicherzer, L., Degenfellner, J., Ernst, M., Pfeiffer, F., Luomajoki, H., Hasenbring, M., & Hotz Boendermaker, S. (2024, July 5). Study protocol: Activity patterns and stress – a one year inception cohort study in people with acute neck pain. IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34915

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Careddu, S., Stehrenberger, A., Benz, T., Luomajoki, H., Pfeiffer, F., & Degenfellner, J. (2025). RESOLVE-Intervention bei chronischen Rückenschmerzen : Protokoll einer cluster-randomisierten Studie [Conference presentation]. Physioscience, 21(S 03), S4. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1812353
• Sauerzopf, L., Chavez Panduro, C. G., Luft, A. R., Kühnis, B., Gavagnin, E., Unger, T., Easthope Awai, C., Schönhammer, J. G., Degenfellner, J., & Spiess, M. (2024, September 5). Transforming clinical assessments : rater reliability in video-based evaluation of upper extremity after stroke. Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5 September 2024.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Sleep complaints in former and current night shift workers: findings from two cross-sectional studies in Austria
• Meal-timing patterns and chronic disease prevalence in two representative Austrian studies
• Help-seeking behavior of young and middle-aged Austrians with chronic insomnia: Results from the 2017 national sleep survey
• Shift work tolerance

Other publications

• Modeling bee hive dynamics: Assessing colony health using hive weight and environmental parameters
• Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Modified Agility T-Test in healthy adults
• Longitudinal analysis of determinants influencing the course of acute low back pain : insights from an inception cohort

Research data

Graf, Eveline; De Bon, Dino; Stahl, Johanna; Degenfellner, Jürgen; Knechtle, Deborah; Zutter, Daniel; Liberatore, Florian; Wirz, Markus, 2025. Can technology-based gait training result in relevant changes of ambulatory function in people with chronic, neurological diagnoses? A longitudinal, cohort study. Zenodo. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15268425

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