Dr. Anne-Kathrin Rausch

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Researcher
Responsible for MSc Physiotherapy focus area physical activity
Research Manager Euresearch Office ZUAS

www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/studium/masterstudium/master-physiotherapie/

Expertise and research interests

physical activity and exercise promotion in people with chronic conditions
digital physiotherapy
implementation research

Educational background

2022 PhD University of Leiden (NL), Thesis: Implementation of physical activity recommendations in people with axial Spondyloarthrtitis
2013 MSc Physiotherapy at ZHAW, Thesis: Association between peripheral muscle strength and daily physical activity in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
2008 BSc European Studies, Physiotherapy, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Idstein (D) and Hogeschool Utrecht(NL), Thesis: Pelvic floor muscle activity during horse riding

Membership of networks

• Schweizerischer Physiotherapie-Verband
• European Respiratory Society
• Health Professionals in
  Rheumatology Switzerland
• EULAR Standing Committee of Health Professionals in Rheumatology (ESCHPR)
• International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors (ISPJE)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaften e.V.
• EULAR network for young researchers (EMUNET)

Projects

• Evaluation der Post-Covid Sprechstunde am Kantonsspital Winterthur aus der Perspektive der Patient*innen / Team member / Project ongoing
• Evaluation of the Professionals' and Patients’ Perceptions and Practices of Remote, Digital Physiotherapy during the Corona Pandemic / Project leader / Project completed
• Bewegung als Therapie / Team member / Project completed
• Implementation of public health recommendations on physical activity in axSpA exercise groups. / Team member / Project completed
• Technologiebasiertes kardiovaskuläres Training für Menschen mit Bechterew – eine Evaluation von Barrieren und Förderfaktoren / Project leader / Project completed
• Deutsche Übersetzung und kulturelle Anpassung von zwei Fragebögen (BREQ, PASC) zur Evaluation von Motivation bezüglich körperlicher Aktivität / Project leader / Project completed
• Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Project leader / Project completed
• Evaluation of a dynamic seat for wheelchair / Team member / Project completed
• Deutsche Übersetzung des AGREE II / Project leader / Project completed
• Barrieren und Förderfaktoren für Herzkreislauf-Training bei Bechterew-Betroffenen / Team member / Project completed
• "Valeo Movement Lab": The portable movement laboratory measures movement quality of the lumbar spine. / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Nast, Irina; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2022.

  Understanding beliefs related to physical activity in people living with axial Spondyloarthritis : a theory-informed qualitative study.

  BMC Rheumatology.

  6(1), pp. 40.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-022-00270-2

• Ettlin, Lea; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Nast, Irina; Gaugler, Olivier; Niedermann, Karin,

  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), pp. e057993.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057993

• Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P. M.; Meichtry, André; van Bodegom-Vos, Leti; Topalidis, Beatrice; Büchi, Stefan; Nast, Irina; Ciurea, Adrian; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2022.

  Lessons learned from a pilot implementation of physical activity recommendations in axial spondyloarthritis exercise group therapy.

  BMC Rheumatology.

  6(12).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41927-021-00233-z

• Saba, Riana; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2022.

  Übersetzung, Test-Retest-Reliabilität und Konstruktvalidität der deutschen Version der Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale für körperliche Aktivität bei Personen mit axialer Spondyloarthritis.

  Physioscience.

  18(4), pp. 174-183.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1577-2625

• Ettlin, Lea; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Nast, Irina; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2021.

  Applicability of exercise and education programmes for knee osteoarthritis management to Switzerland.

  Frontiers in Health Services.

  1(760814).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2021.760814

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Beyer, Swantje; Gisi, David; Rezek, Spencer; Schwank, Ariane; Meichtry, André; Sievi, Noriane A.; Hess, Thomas; Wirz, Markus,

  2021.

  Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation to be physically active for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a pragmatic RCT.

  BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

  21(317).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01685-2

• Kiltz, Uta; Kiefer, David; Braun, Jürgen; Rausch-Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Herbold, Susanne; Klinger, Meike; Kocher, Agnes; Nell-Duxneuner, Valerie; Reichenbach, Stefan; Stamm, Tanja; Steffens-Korbanka, Patricia; Niedermann, Karin,

  2021.

  Übersetzung der 2018 EULAR-Empfehlungen zu körperliche Aktivität von Menschen mit entzündlich-rheumatischen und degenerativen Erkrankungen ins Deutsche und sprachliche Validierung im deutschsprachigen Raum mit medizinischen Fachpersonen.

  Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie.

  82(Suppl 1), pp. 12-21.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-021-01078-0

• Niedermann Schneider, K.; Rausch, A. K.; Braun, J.; Becker, H.; Böhm, P.; Bräm, R.; Gilliam-Feld, G.; Kiefer, D.; Kurz, R.; Schönfelder, M.; Stamm, T.; Kiltz, U.,

  2021.

  Die laienverständliche Version der 2018 EULAR Empfehlungen zu körperlicher Aktivität von Menschen mit entzündlich-rheumatischen und degenerativen Erkrankungen : Übersetzung ins Deutsche und sprachliche Validierung im deutschsprachigen Raum mit Betroffenen.

  Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie.

  82(Suppl 1), pp. 22-29.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-021-01079-z

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Reicherzer, Leah; Beyer, Swantje; Gisi, David; Rezek, Spencer; Hess, Thomas; Wirz, Markus; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin,

  2021.

  The influence of pulmonary rehabilitation and counselling on perceptions of physical activity in individuals with COPD : a qualitative study.

  International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

  16, pp. 2337-2350.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S315130

• Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Baur, Heiner; Reicherzer, Leah; Wirz, Markus; Keller, Fabienne; Opsommer, Emmanuelle; Schoeb, Veronika; Vercelli, Stefano; Barbero, Marco,

  2021.

  Physiotherapists' use and perceptions of digital remote physiotherapy during COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland : an online cross-sectional survey.

  Archives of Physiotherapy.

  11(18).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-021-00112-3

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Bauer, Christoph; Wirz, Markus,

  2020.

  Keep Record! – Zukunftsvision : die standardisierte, elektronische Dokumentation von physiotherapeutischen Leistungen.

  Physioscience.

  16(04), pp. 145-146.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1241-5813

• Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Baltisberger, Philipp; Meichtry, André; Topalidis, Beatrice; Ciurea, Adrian; Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P. M.; Niedermann, Karin,

  2020.

  Reliability of an adapted core strength endurance test battery in individuals with axial spondylarthritis.

  Clinical Rheumatology.

  40(4), pp. 1353-1360.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-020-05408-6

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Niedermann, Karin; Braun, Jürgen; Adams, Jo; Brodin, Nina; Dagfinrud, Hanne; Duruoz, Tuncay; Esbensen, Bente Appel; Günther, Klaus-Peter; Hurkmans, Emailie; Juhl, Carsten Bogh; Kennedy, Norelee; Kiltz, Uta; Knittle, Keegan; Nurmohamed, Michael; Pais, Sandra; Severijns, Guy; Swinnen, Thijs Willem; Pitsillidou, Irene A.; Warburton, Louise; Yankov, Zhivko; Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P. M.,

  2018.

  2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis.

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

  9(77), pp. 1251-1260.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213585

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Juhl, Carsten Bogh; Knittle, Keegan; Dagfinrud, Hanne; Hurkmans, Emalie; Braun, Juergen; Schoones, Jan; Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P. M.; Niedermann, Karin,

  2018.

  Effects of exercise and physical activity promotion : meta-analysis informing the 2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and hip/knee osteoarthritis.

  RMD Open.

  4(e000713).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000713

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Greco, Nicola; Schwank, Ariane; Beyer, Swantje; Gisi, David; Scheermesser, Mandy; Meichtry, André; Sievi, Noriane; Hess, Thomas; Wirz, Markus,

  2017.

  Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation towards physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – protocol of a mixed methods study.

  BMC Pulmonary Medicine.

  pp. 115.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0457-8

• Ernst, Markus J.; Crawford, Rebecca J.; Schelldorfer, Sarah; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Barbero, Marco; Kool, Jan; Bauer, Christoph M.,

  2015.

  Extension and flexion in the upper cervical spine in neck pain patients.

  Manual Therapy.

  20(4), pp. 547-552.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2014.12.005

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Ernst, Markus; Rast, Fabian; Mauz, Danica; Graf, Eveline; Kool, Jan; Bauer, Christoph,

  2015.

  Measuring lumbar reposition accuracy in patients with unspecific low back pain : systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Spine.

  40(2), pp. 97-111.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000000677

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Kohler, Malcolm; Sievi, Noriane A.; Clarenbach, Christian F.; Gestel, Arnoldus J.R. van,

  2014.

  Association between peripheral muscle strength, exercise performance, and physical activity in daily life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

  Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine.

  9(37).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-9-37

• Gestel, Arnoldus J.R. van; Baty, Florent; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Brutsche, Martin H.,

  2014.

  Cardiopulmonary and gas-exchange responses during the six-minute walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  Respiration.

  88(4), pp. 307-314.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1159/000365997

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Aebischer, Bernhard; Siering, Ulrich,

  2014.

  Deutsche Version des AGREE II.

  Schweizerische Ärztezeitung.

  95(21).

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Taeymans, Jan; Kool, Jan; Marcar, Valentine Leslie; Gestel, Arnoldus J.R.,

  2013.

  Association between peripheral muscle strength and daily physical activity in patients with COPD : a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

  Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.

  33(6), pp. 351-359.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000022

• Haas, Michelle; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Graf, Eveline,

  2022.

  Biomechanical analysis of selected risk factors for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture during training with the ExerCube [poster].

  In:

  Scandinavian Sports Medicine Congress, Copenhagen, 3-5 February 2022.

• Niedermann Schneider, Karin; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Meichtry, André; Bräm, René; Ciurea, Adrian,

  2019.

  Fitness status of people with axSpA : first results after implementing fitness assessments in axSpA exercise groups [paper].

  In:

  Annual European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR 2019, Madrid, 12-15 June 2019.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Vlieland, Thea Vliet; Braem, René; Walker, Béatrice; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2019.

  FRI0700-HPR lessons learnded from pilot implementation of physical activity recommendations in AXSPA exercise group therapy : less may be more [poster].

  In:

  Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2019, Madrid, 12–15 June 2019.

  BMJ Publishing Group.

  pp. 1049.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-eular.7188

• Braun, Tobias; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Diermayr, Gudrun; Hilfiker, Roger; Karstens, Sven; Pott, Claudia; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Rogan, Slavko,

  2021.

  Neue Richtlinien zur Gestaltung von Manuskripten.

  Physioscience.

  17(03), pp. 99-100.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1544-9649

• Nast, Irina; Carlander, Maria; Mattli, Renato; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Sommer, Bettina; Wieber, Frank; Wirz, Markus; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2020.

  Bewegung als Therapie : Schlussbericht im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG).

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22129

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin,

  2016.

  Ethik in der Physiotherapie.

  Physioscience.

  12(4), pp. 133-134.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1567136

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Taeymans, Jan; Kool, Jan; Marcar, Valentine; Gestel, Arnoldus van,

  2014.

  Association between peripheral muscle strength and daily physical activity in patients with COPD : a systematic literature review and meta-analysis [poster].

  In:

  ERS International Congress, Munich, Germany, 6-10 September 2014.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Clarenbach, Christian; Sievi, Noriane; Kohler, Malcolm; Gestel, Arnoldus van,

  2014.

  Association between peripheral muscle strength, exercise capacitiy and daily physical activity in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [poster].

  In:

  5. D-A-C-H Reha Kongress, Bad Reichenhall, Germany, 17 January 2014.

• Gestel, Arnoldus van; Baty, Florence; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Brutsche, Martin,

  2014.

  Cardiopulmonary and gas-exchange responses during the six-minute walk test in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [poster].

  In:

  ERS International Congress, Munich, Germany, 6-10 September 2014.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Aebischer, Bernhard; Siering, Ulrich,

  2014.

  Deutsche Version des AGREE II.

  Ergotherapie.

  2014(8).

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin,

  2014.

  Self-efficacy for physical activity and insight into its benefits are modifiable factors associated with physical activity in people with COPD : a mixed-methods study

  [review of Hartmann JE, ten Hacken NHT, Boezen HM, de Greef MHG (2013): Self-efficacy for physical activity [...]. Journal of Physiotherapy. 59(2), pp. 117 -124, DOI: 10.1016/S1836-9553(13)70164-4].

  Physioscience.

  10(1), pp. 33-34.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1366010

• Rast, Fabian; Bauer, Christoph; Schelldorfer, Sarah; Ernst, Markus; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Hügli, Anna; Mariglis, Asimakis; Colombo, Gery; Lawrence, Mel; Kool, Jan,

  2013.

  Valedo movement lab [poster].

  In:

  Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) - Medtech Event, Bern, 27. August 2013.

  Commission for technology and innovation (CTI).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2711

• Wieber, Frank; Nast, Irina; Carlander, Maria; Mattli, Renato; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Sommer, Bettina; Wirz, Markus; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2022.

  Prescribing physical activity : status quo of the integration in Swiss healthcare system and international best practices.

  In:

  17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.

  Available from: https://sps2022.psychologie.uzh.ch/symposia-monday-5-september-2022-1030-1200/

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin,

  2020.

  EULAR recommendation on physical activity in adult arthritis : what can we learn?.

  In:

  26th European Paediatric Rheumatology Congress, Online, 23-25 September 2020.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin,

  2020.

  Implementierung der EULAR Bewegungsempfehlungen : Training als Standardtherapie in der Versorgung von Personen mit rheumatischen Erkrankungen etablieren.

  In:

  Deutscher Rheumatologiekongress, virtuell, 9.-12. September 2020.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Meichtry, André; Münzer, Thomas; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2019.

  Effective multicomponent-interventions on physical capacity, cognitive function and instrumental-activities-of-daily-living are not the same for elderly people with normal and mild-impaired-cognition.

  In:

  World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress (WCPT), Geneva, 10-13 May 2019.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Bogh Juhl, Carsten; Knittle, Keegan; Dagfinrud, Hanne; Braun, Jürgen; Schoones, Jan; Vliet Vlieland, Theodora; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2019.

  Effects of physical activity promotion : meta-analysis informing EULAR recommendations for physical activity.

  In:

  World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress, Geneva, 10-13 May 2019.

• Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Niedermann Schneider, Karin; et al.,

  2019.

  EULAR recommendations for physical activity.

  In:

  World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress, Geneva, 10-13 May 2019.

• Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Köhler, Barbara; Niedermann Schneider, Karin,

  2017.

  The effect of multi-component interventions on (I)ADL performance, cognitive function and physical capacity in older adults : a systematic review.

  In:

  World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress 2017, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-4 July 2017.

• Ernst, Markus; Crawford, Rebecca; Rausch Osthoff, Anne-Kathrin; Barbero, Marco; Kool, Jan; Bauer, Christoph,

  2016.

  Extension and flexion in the upper cervical spine in neck pain patients.

  In:

  International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT), Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 July 2016.

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