Prof. Dr. Sabina Hotz Boendermaker

Work at ZHAW

Position

Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy Sciences

Focus

Pain psychology fear avoidance behavior, activity patterns, cortical reorganization, sensorimotor System, Action Observation, Motor imagery, virtual reality, functional MRI; ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy,Mindfulness

Experience

Senior Researcher
ZHAW
08 / 2016 - 08 / 2023

Projects

• The Course and Neuroplasticity in Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders in the General Population / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Bi-directional interactions of sensory perception, motor performance and fear of movement in the development of persistent low back pain / Project leader / Project completed
• Spine Posture Monitoring (DigiSpine) / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Nijs, Jo; Kosek, Eva; Chiarotto, Alessandro; Cook, Chad; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; et al.,

  2024.

  Nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic low back pain? : the low back pain phenotyping (BACPAP) consortium's international and multidisciplinary consensus recommendations.

  The Lancet Rheumatology.

  6(3), pp. E178-E188.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00324-7

• Dietrich, Nicole; Luomajoki, Hannu; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2023.

  The association between mechanical temporal summation, state anxiety at baseline, and persistent low back pain : a 12-month prospective cohort study.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  24(1), pp. 957.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-07046-w

• Luomajoki, Hannu; Pfeiffer, Fabian; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2023.

  Psychologische Faktoren im Fokus : Fragen als Schlüssel zum Behandlungserfolg.

  MSK – Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie.

  27(4), pp. 217-222.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2125-8078

• Boendermaker, Bart; Buechler, Roman; Michels, Lars; Nijs, Jo; Coppieters, Iris; Hotz-Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2022.

  Adaptive changes in sensorimotor processing in patients with acute low back pain.

  Scientific Reports.

  12(1), pp. 21741.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26174-2

• Heussler, Moana; Winter, Jasmin; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Bauer, Christoph Michael,

  2022.

  Watch your back: development and usability of a visual feedback system for people with low back pain : a single subject usability study.

  Physioscience.

  18(03), pp. 110-116.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1460-2339

• Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Meichtry, André; Luomajoki, Hannu,

  2021.

  Prediction and trend of tactile acuity, pain and disability in acute LBP : a six-month prospective cohort study.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  22(666).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04530-z

• Pfeiffer, Fabian; Meichtry, André; Luomajoki, Hannu; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2023.

  The natural course of acute low back pain in the general population : an inception cohort study [poster].

  In:

  13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 September 2023.

  Available from: https://europeanpainfederation.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ABSTRACT_BOOK_T-2023.pdf

• Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Surbeck, Ursula; Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian,

  2023.

  Overactivity, not avoidance behavior, is associated with persistent low back pain : an observational cohort study [poster].

  In:

  13th Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC), Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 September 2023.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30152

• Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2022.

  Das „Menschlein“ im Laufe der Zeit – Homunkulus.

  Ergopraxis.

  15(01), pp. 32-37.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1660-9749

• Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina,

  2021.

  Ein Hoch auf das Menschlein : der Homunkulus damals und heute.

  physiopraxis.

  19(07/08), pp. 28-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1494-1818

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