Dr sc Lea Ettlin

Dr sc Lea Ettlin

ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Institute of Public Health
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur

Work at ZHAW

Focus

2015 Physiotherapy at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland in Leukerbad, Switzerland Position: Volunteer research assistant Conducting Measurements and Supervision for the participants during the intervention in the Pilot „Home-based Program "T&E" for Fall Prevention and QoL in Elderly: a Randomised Control Pilot-study ("T&E" elderly)“ 2012-2015 Improved inter-professional work collaboration with nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, GPs (patient-centred care) Implemented a project of the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich): Cognitive-motor intervention – Stepmania 2013 Elaborated and implemented a fall-prevention concept: “Physiotherapy intervention to reduce falls and the risk of fracture in elderly people with osteopenia/-porosis relating to fear of falling“

Teaching

School assistance 'Implementation', MSc physiotherapy
external teacher 'scientific working and quantitative research', BSc
external teacher 'scientific working and qualitative research', BSc
external teacher 'scientific communication', BSc
Lecturer

Experience

Researcher
Swiss Association Morbus Bechterev
03 / 2023 - today
Clinical physiotherapist, BSc, MSc
KZU Competence Centre for Nursing and Health, Bassersdorf, Switzerland (special-care home and out-patient facility)
08 / 2023 - 03 / 2024
Clinical Physiotherapist, MSc Working in gerontology in a nursing home and mainly home-based therapy, in the physiotherapy fields of: neurology, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, chronic pain. Supervision for BSc students in internship
KZU Competence Centre for Nursing and Health, Bassersdorf, Switzerland (special-care home and out-patient facility)
06 / 2016 - 08 / 2017
Shop assistant and sales manager for the Art Show 2015
The Art Shop on Hiddingh Campus, Cape Town, South Africa
07 / 2015 - 05 / 2016
Volunteer assistant for children from townships in hippotherapy
S.A.R.D.A. (South African Riding for the Disabled Association), Constantia, South Africa
07 / 2015 - 05 / 2016
Clinical Physiotherapist, MSc (teamleader) Working in gerontology in a nursing home and mainly home-based therapy, in the physiotherapy fields of: neurology, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, chronic pain. Supervision for BSc students in internship
KZU Competence Centre for Nursing and Health, Bassersdorf, Switzerland (special-care home and out-patient facility)
03 / 2012 - 03 / 2015
Physiotherapist
in a outpatient praxis in Winterthur
08 / 2010 - 02 / 2012

Education and Continuing education

Education

PhD / Health Sciences
University of Lucerne; UAS Winterthur
08 / 2017 - 01 / 2021
MSc / physiotherapy
UAS Winterthur
08 / 2010 - 07 / 2013
BSc / physiotherapy
UAS Winterthur
08 / 2006 - 07 / 2010

Continuing Education

Lymphological physiotherapy
KSW Winterthur
11 / 2015
Summer School 'Implementation'
UAS Winterthur
09 / 2015
Internship Mentor
UAS Winterthur
09 / 2012

Network

Membership of networks

SVMB

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7838-2051

Media presence

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Rausch Osthoff, A.-K. et al. (2025) 'Association between grip and core muscle strength in people with axial spondyloarthritis and healthy controls', BMC Rheumatology, 9(124). doi: 10.1186/s41927-025-00575-y.
Pfyl, N. et al. (2025) 'Evaluation of usability, feasibility and acceptance of the digital training diary Trainingslog for individuals with axSpA : a mixed-method study', BMC Rheumatology, 9(1), p. 18. doi: 10.1186/s41927-025-00463-5.
Ettlin, L. et al. (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), p. e057993. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057993.
Ettlin, L. et al. (2021) 'Applicability of exercise and education programmes for knee osteoarthritis management to Switzerland', Frontiers in Health Services, 1(760814). doi: 10.3389/frhs.2021.760814.
Ettlin, L. et al. (2021) 'Does the conservative non-pharmacological management of knee osteoarthritis in Switzerland reflect the clinical guidelines? : a survey among general practitioners, rheumatologists, and orthopaedic surgeons', Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2(658831). doi: 10.3389/fresc.2021.658831.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Pfyl, N. et al. (2024) 'Evaluation of usability and feasibility and acceptance of the digital training diary for individuals with axSpA', in Annual European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR, Vienna, Austria, 12-15 June 2024.
Ettlin, L. and Niedermann Schneider, K. (2020) 'Policy Brief : how can the international clinical guidelines for knee osteoarthritis management be systematically implemented in Switzerland?', in Swiss Public Health Conference 2020 : «From Evidence to Public Health Policy and Practice», Virtual Conference, 2-3 September 2020. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-22482.