Rita Morf

Rita Morf

Rita Morf

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

+41 58 934 60 39
rita.morf@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

PhD student / Research Assistant

Focus

Persistent (chronic) pain, Stress, Activity Patterns, Multimodal pain management, Pain neuroscience

Teaching

Education and Continuing education

Education

Master of Science / Physiotherapy
ZHAW Winterthur
09 / 2017 - 07 / 2020
Bachelor of Science / Physiotherapy
ZHAW Winterthur
09 / 2012 - 07 / 2016

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0002-0989-527X

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

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.
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.
Hotz Boendermaker, S. et al. (2024) 'Persistence, not avoidance, is associated with low back pain : an observational cohort study', European Journal of Pain. doi: 10.1002/ejp.4728.
Luomajoki, H., Morf, R. and Weiss, T. (2023) 'Die Größe der Placebo-Effekte in klinischen Studien : Konsequenzen für die Praxis', MSK – Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie, 27(5), pp. 279–284. doi: 10.1055/a-2161-2821.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Hotz Boendermaker, S. et al. (2023) 'Overactivity, not avoidance behavior, is associated with persistent low back pain : an observational cohort study', in 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC), Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 September 2023. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30152.

Other publications

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.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW