Michelle Haas

Michelle Haas

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

+41 58 934 75 57
michelle.haas@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate Movement Laboratory
PhD Student University of Basel

Focus

exergaming for rehabilitation after knee injury, biomechanics during exergaming, research data management

Education and Continuing education

Education

MSc ETH / Health Sciences and Technology
ETH Zurich
09 / 2018 - 01 / 2021

Network

Membership of networks

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Haas, M. C. et al. (2025) 'Exploring mixed-reality exergames for sports rehabilitation : design insights and evaluation findings', JMIR Serious Games, 13, p. e68431. doi: 10.2196/68431.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2025) 'Open research data in human movement analysis : Swiss-initiated-guidelines for broader scientific communities', Data in Brief, 61(111884). doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.111884.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2025) 'Biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury during a high-intensity exergame differ between the sexes based on exercise type', PLOS ONE, 20(5), p. e0324702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324702.
Brunner, B. et al. (2025) 'Cost-utility and cost–benefit analysis of a multi-component intervention (NEXpro) for neck-related symptoms in Swiss office workers', BMC Public Health, 25(1), p. 160. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21103-6.
Graf, E., Martin-Niedecken, A. and Haas, M. (2024) 'Therapie mit Spiel und Spaß : ein neu entwickeltes Exergame zur Knierehabilitation', pt Zeitschrift für Physiotherapeuten, 76(6), pp. 38–43. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30934.
Sommer, B. et al. (2023) 'The effect on muscle activity of reaching beyond arm's length on a mobile seat : a pilot study for trunk control training for people after stroke', Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 5(4), p. 100289. doi: 10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100289.
Haas, M. et al. (2023) 'Hip and trunk kinematics during reaching on a mobile and stable seat', PLOS ONE, 18(7), p. e0289115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289115.
Ernst, M. J. et al. (2022) 'Inter-rater reliability, discriminatory and predictive validity of neck movement control tests in office workers with headache and/or neck pain', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 62(102685). doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102685.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2022) 'Surface electromyographic activity of trunk muscles during trunk control exercises for people after stroke; effect of a mobile and stable seat for rehabilitation', PLOS ONE, 17(7), p. e0272382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272382.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Hug, D. et al. (2025) 'Sonic skater jump : exploring the sound design of complex auditory movement guidance for physical therapy', in Roque, L. et al. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th International Audio Mostly Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 270–280. doi: 10.1145/3771594.3771621.
Haas, M., Rieser, R. and Seeger, Y. (2025) 'Impact of cognitive load on knee kinematics during the landing of a squat-jump in ACL-recovered individuals', in XXX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), Stockholm, Sweden, 27-31 July 2025.
Haas, M. et al. (2024) 'Intra- and inter-subject variability in a realistic, non-standardized exergaming scenario', in ISBS Proceedings Archive. Northern Michigan University, pp. 350–355. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31220.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2024) 'Development of open science guidelines for movement laboratories', in Annual Conference of the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), Oslo, Norway, 11-14 September 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31489.
Haas, M. et al. (2024) 'Comparison of biomechanical risk factors for ACL injury between patients and healthy subjects during exergaming', in 15th Annual Conference of the Swiss Society of Sports Sciences, February 7 and 8, 2024, at ETH Zurich: Approaches in Sports Sciences: Today and Tomorrow. Book of Abstracts. Bern Open Publishing, p. 045. doi: 10.36950/2024.2ciss045.
Brahmi, M. et al. (2023) 'Movement identification of a myoelectric prosthesis by kinematic and EMG measurements', in RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2023) 'Older adults prefer virtual reality when playing a fruit reaching game', in 5th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 24 August 2023. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-29404.
Haas, M. C. et al. (2023) 'Biomechanical analysis of the knee during an immersive, high-intensity exergame training in healthy athletes', in Scandinavian Sports Medicine Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-4 February 2023. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-26952.
Graf, E. et al. (2022) 'Detecting cooperative hand movements based on electromyographic data : a proof of concept study', in RehabWeek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 July 2022.
Haas, M., Rausch, A.-K. and Graf, E. (2022) 'Biomechanical analysis of selected risk factors for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture during training with the ExerCube', in Scandinavian Sports Medicine Congress, Copenhagen, 3-5 February 2022.

Other publications

Greppin-Bécherraz, C. et al. (2023) Évaluation finale du projet « Pas à Pas + ». Berne: Promotion Santé Suisse. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32136.
Frey, S. et al. (2023) 'AIMAP – Artificial Intelligence Myoelectrical Arm Prothesis : proof of concept study', in 5th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 24 August 2023. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31633.