Jürgen Degenfellner
Jürgen Degenfellner
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Physiotherapy
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
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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Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Nyfeler, D. et al. (2026) 'Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the German version of the back pain attitudes questionnaire (Back-PAQ-G)', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. doi: 10.1186/s12891-026-10584-8.
- Wirz, M. et al. (2026) 'Pain science education and graded sensorimotor relearning versus usual physiotherapy for chronic non-specific low back pain (RESOLVE Swiss) : study protocol for a multicentre, cluster-randomised controlled trial with a nested neuroimaging substudy', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. doi: 10.1186/s12891-026-10523-7.
- Erni, J. et al. (2026) 'Inter-rater agreement of a pathophysiology-derived clinical assessment tool for complex regional pain syndrome type I in physiotherapy : an explorative study', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 27(907). doi: 10.1186/s12891-026-10219-y.
- Morf, R. et al. (2026) 'Activity patterns and stress - prognostic factors for pain persistence and disability in acute neck pain : a 1‐year prospective cohort study', European Journal of Pain, 30(6), p. 70303. doi: 10.1002/ejp.70303.
- Degenfellner, J. et al. (2026) 'Correlates of weekday sleep duration before and during the COVID-19 lockdown : evidence from two Austrian national surveys from 2017 and 2020', Chronobiology International, 43(8), pp. 1241–1252. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2026.2659919.
- Degenfellner, J., Schernhammer, E. S. and 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, 41(2), pp. 205–218. doi: 10.1177/07487304251391267.
- Morf, R. et al. (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. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2025.1686389.
- Morf, R. et al. (2025) 'Frequencies of persistence, activity pacing, fear avoidance and general stress in acute neck pain', Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23(100308). doi: 10.1016/j.cpnec.2025.100308.
- Graf, E. S. et al. (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), p. e0324062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324062.
- Degenfellner, J. et al. (2025) 'Identifying risk and protective factors for shift work sleep disorder : insights from UK Biobank night shift workers', Clocks & Sleep, 7(1), p. 14. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep7010014.
- Zürcher, J. et al. (2024) 'Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Modified Agility T-Test in healthy adults', Physioscience, 20(4), pp. 163–169. doi: 10.1055/a-2218-1201.
- Sauerzopf, L. et al. (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). doi: 10.1186/s12984-024-01506-7.
- Degenfellner, J. and Templ, M. (2024) 'Modeling bee hive dynamics : assessing colony health using hive weight and environmental parameters', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 218(108742). doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2024.108742.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Sauerzopf, L. et al. (2025) 'Toward ground truth : evaluating therapists' reliability in video-based assessment of upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke', in RehabWeek, Chicago, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
- Zürcher, J. et al. (2024) 'Construct validity and absolute and relative test-retest reliability of the modified agility T-test in healthy adults', in IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024.
- Pfeiffer, F. et al. (2024) 'Longitudinal analysis of determinants influencing the course of acute low back pain : insights from an inception cohort', in IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024.
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.
- Morf, R. et al. (2025) 'Frequencies of persistence, activity pacing, avoidance behaviour and general stress in acute neck pain', in 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Lyon, France, 24-26 April 2025.
- Morf, R. et al. (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. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DFY2J.
- Morf, R. et al. (2024) 'Study protocol: Activity patterns and stress – a one year inception cohort study in people with acute neck pain', in IFOMPT 2024, Basel, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2024. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34915.
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.
- Sauerzopf, L. et al. (2024) 'Transforming clinical assessments : rater reliability in video-based evaluation of upper extremity after stroke', in 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
- Correlates of weekday sleep duration before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from two Austrian national surveys from 2017 and 2020
- 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.