Leah Reicherzer
Leah Reicherzer
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Physiotherapy
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate
Experience
- Research Assistant
ZHAW Institute of Physiotherapy
04 / 2020 - 04 / 2022 - Research Assistant
Heidelberg University
02 / 2019 - 10 / 2019 - Physiotherapist in varous settings in outpatient and inpatient geriatric rehabilitation
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01 / 2017 - 01 / 2019
Education and Continuing education
Education
- M. Med. Sc. / Public Health Science with Health Economics
University of Gothenburg
09 / 2017 - 01 / 2020 - B.Sc. / Physiotherapy
Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
09 / 2013 - 09 / 2017
Continuing Education
- Masterclass Implementation Science
University of Zurich Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
10 / 2024 - Good Clinical Practice Training
TRREE Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation
11 / 2022 - Project Management
ZHAW School of Management and Law
09 / 2021 - Data Science: Visualization
HarvardX
07 / 2021
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- National quality development programs for outpatient physiotherapy / Team member / ongoing
- Exercise is Medicine Switzerland: contextual analysis for the implementation of physical activity counselling in physiotherapy / Team member / ongoing
- Implementation of Clinical Guidelines for Knee Osteoarthritis in Switzerland / Team member / ongoing
- Decision-making processes for assessing the stability of living situations in residencies for the erlderly – Development of a decision-making tool / Team member / ongoing
- Ethical dimensions of digital technology-assisted physiotherapy: fundamentals for ethics education of physiotherapists / Team member / ongoing
- Return to work of people with Post-COVID Condition: A health equity project / Co-project leader / completed
- Autonomous Ageing at home in the digital age: A mixed method evaluation of assistive apps and wearables / Team member / completed
- SUPER-B: Supervised preoperative rehabilitation in patients scheduled for lumbar spinal surgery – A scoping review / Team member / completed
- The Course and Neuroplasticity in Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders in the General Population / Team member / completed
- Definition and validation of use cases for the application of the MyoSuit / Team member / completed
- Evaluation of the Professionals' and Patients’ Perceptions and Practices of Remote, Digital Physiotherapy during the Corona Pandemic / Team member / completed
- T-Chair II – Assistive therapy concept for trunk balance & stability after stroke / Team member / completed
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.
- Gränicher, P. et al. (2025) 'Supervised prehabilitation in patients scheduled for spinal surgery : a scoping review', European Spine Journal. doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-08710-6.
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2024) 'Barriers and facilitators to the use of wearable robots as assistive devices : qualitative study with older adults and physiotherapists', JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 11(e52676). doi: 10.2196/52676.
- Krygowski, J., Reicherzer, L. and Marcin, T. (2024) 'Clinical reasoning for the continuation or discontinuation of hip precautions after total hip arthroplasty in Switzerland : a qualitative study', Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(1), p. 3536. doi: 10.57187/s.3536.
- Reicherzer, L., Wirz, M. and Nast, I. (2023) 'Die berufliche Situation von Physiotherapeut*innen im Schweizer Gesundheitswesen : eine Analyse der Strukturerhebungsdaten 2016–2018', Physioscience, 19(04), pp. 180–189. doi: 10.1055/a-2001-4705.
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2022) 'Facilitators and barriers to health enhancing physical activity in individuals with severe functional limitations after stroke: A qualitative study', Frontiers in Psychology, 13(982302). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.982302.
- Schuster-Amft, C. et al. (2022) 'Feasibility and cost description of highly intensive rehabilitation involving new technologies in patients with post-acute stroke : a trial of the Swiss RehabTech Initiative', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1). doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-01086-0.
- Scheermesser, M. et al. (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. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S315130.
- Rausch, A.-K. et al. (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). doi: 10.1186/s40945-021-00112-3.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2025) 'Apps and wearables to support autonomous living : perspectives of Swiss older adults and stakeholders', in World Physiotherapy Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 29-31 May 2025.
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2023) 'Barriers and facilitators to the use of wearable robots as assistive devices : views and experiences of older adults and physiotherapists', in RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-28890.
Other publications
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2025) 'Ageing in place in the digital age : a mixed method evaluation of apps and wearables', in 7th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 3 September 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34069.
- 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.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Gränicher, P. et al. (2025) 'Supervised prehabilitation in patients scheduled for spinal surgery : a scoping review', in Physioscience. Thieme, pp. S4–S5. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1812354.
- Reicherzer, L. et al. (2025) 'Bewegungsberatung für mehr körperliche Aktivität im Alltag älterer Personen : eine Konzeptentwicklung', in Physioscience. Thieme, pp. S19–S20. doi: 10.1055/s-0045-1812392.