Dr. Corinne Nicoletti

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research fellow, corporate health group

Focus

• Corporate health management
• Ergonomics
• Work and Health
• Sedentary work
• Office work
• Work-related neck pain
• New work
• Home office

Experience

• Research fellow corporate health group
  ZHAW School of Health Sciences
  02 / 2017 - today
• Research fellow
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 2015 - 01 / 2017

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Ergonomics
  ETH Zurich
  08 / 2012 - 08 / 2015
• MSc / Human movement science
  ETH Zurich
  08 / 2007 - 07 / 2012

Continuing Education

• Mentoring program "Women in leadership positions"
  ZHAW
  09 / 2020
• MAS work and Health (focus in ergonomics)
  ETH Zurich and University of Lausanne
  07 / 2014

Projects

• Designing for Neurodiversity: A Co-Created Living Lab on Sensory Rooms in Higher Education / Team member / ongoing
• Prevention and Intervention of Neck Pain in Swiss Office-Workers / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Brunner, B., Aegerter, A. M., Johnston, V., Volken, T., Deforth, M., Sjøgaard, G., Elfering, A., Melloh, M., Barbero, M., Cornwall, J., Pereira, Y. D. C., Distler, O., Dratva, J., Dressel, H., Egli, T., Ernst, M. J., Etzer-Hofer, I., Falla, D., Gisler, M., 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), 160. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21103-6
• Ernst, M. J., Klaus, S., Lüdtke, K., Gallina, A., Falla, D., Aegerter, A. M., Barbero, M., Brunner, B., Cornwall, J., Da Cruz Pereira, Y., Deforth, M. E., Distler, O., Dratva, J., Dressel, H., Egli, T., Elfering, A., Ernst, M. J., Etzer-Hofer, I., Falla, D., 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). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102685
• Pürckhauer, H., Rast, F., Nicoletti, C., & Ernst, M. (2020). Joint position error after neck protraction-retraction movements in healthy office workers : a cross-sectional study. Human Movement Science, 72(102633). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2020.102633
• Galliker, S., Nicoletti, C., Feer, S., Etzer-Hofer, I., Brunner, B., Grosse Holtforth, M., Melloh, M., Dratva, J., & Elfering, A. (2019). Quality of leadership and presenteeism in health professions education and research : a test of a recovery-based process model with cognitive irritation and impaired sleep as mediators. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 25(2), 239–251. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2019.1634823
• Nicoletti, C., & Läubli, T. (2018). Leg and back muscle activity, heart rate, performance and comfort during sitting, standing, and using a sit-stand-support with different seat angles. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 67, 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2018.04.011

Other publications

• Feer, S., Nicoletti, C., & Baumann, I. (2024). Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention bei älteren Arbeitnehmenden : Modul für die Führungsweiterbildung der SVA. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.60877/q4v2-vt83
• Feer, S., Nicoletti, C., Etzer-Hofer, I., Melloh, M., & Dratva, J. (2018). Are our employees health literate who know what to do? : occupational health literacy in a university of applied sciences. Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Galliker, S., Elfering, A., Etzer-Hofer, I., Brunner, B., Nicoletti, C., Dratva, J., Feer, S., Holtforth, M. g., & Melloh, M. (2019). Quality of leadership and presenteeism in health professions education and research : a test of a recovery-based process model with cognitive irritation and impaired sleep as mediators [Conference presentation]. 19th EAWOP Congress, 29 May - 1 June 2019, Turin, Italy : Abstract Book, 1765–1766.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Nicoletti, Corinne; Läubli, T., 2018. Leg and back muscle activity, heart rate, performance and comfort during sitting, standing, and using a sit-stand-support with different seat angles : International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 67, S. 73-80.
• Nicoletti, Corinne; Läubli, T., 2017. Trapezius muscle activity and body movement at the beginning and the end of a workday and during the lunch period in female office employees : Industrial Health. 55, S. 162-172.
• Nicoletti, Corinne; Muller, C.; Hayashi, C.; Nakaseko, M.; Tobita, I.; Laubli, T., 2015. Circadian rhythm of heart rate and physical activity in nurses during day and night shifts : European Journal of Applied Physiology. 115, S. 1313-1320.
• Muller, C.; Nicoletti, Corinne; Omlin, S.; Brink, M.; Laubli, T., 2015. Relationship between sleep stages and nocturnal trapezius muscle activity : Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 25, S. 457-462.
• Nicoletti, Corinne; Spengler, C.M.; Laubli, T., 2014. Physical workload, trapezius muscle activity, and neck pain in nurses' night and day shifts: A physiological evaluation : Applied Ergonomics. 45, S. 741-746.
• Nicoletti, Corinne; Muller, C.; Tobita, I.; Nakaseko, M.; Laubli, T., 2014. Trapezius muscle load, heart rate and time pressure during day and night shift in Swiss and Japanese nurses : Industrial Health. 52, S. 225-234.
• Nicoletti, Corinne; Laubli, T., 2013. Normalization of trapezius muscle EMG with submaximal reference contractions: difficulties and solution approaches. Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie. 63, S. 250 –253.

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