Mandy Scheermesser

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Research Associate, School of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy
• Member of the Personnel Committee at the School of Health Sciences

Focus

• digital health technologies, i.e. electronic patient dossier, artificial intelligence, robotics, apps, telehealth, virtual reality
• Research in Social Sciences and Technology
• Actor-network-theory
• qualitative and quantitative research methods

Teaching

• MSc Physiotherapy
• MSc Interprofessional, Modul «Qualitative Research»
• Bsc interprofessional education

Experience

• Research Associate
  School of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy
  04 / 2008 - today
• Research Associate
  Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Berlin (IZT)
  01 / 2001 - 03 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

M.A. / Social Sciences
Humboldt University of Berlin
10 / 1995 - 12 / 2000

Continuing Education

CAS Higher & Professional Education
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, ZHAW School of Management and Law
09 / 2023

Projects

• Autonomous Ageing at home in the digital age / Team member / Project ongoing
• ROADS: Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses / Team member / Project ongoing
• The blue tool of health apps – die ZHAW-Informationsplattform für Gesundheits-Apps / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Definition and validation of use cases for the application of the MyoSuit / Team member / Project completed
• Holoreach / Team member / Project completed
• Apps und Wearables in der Therapie / Team member / Project completed
• Wearables & Apps for mental health / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system / Project co-leader / Project completed
• The Social Integration of People with Chronic Diseases Through Quantified Self Technologies / Project leader / Project completed
• T-Chair II – Assistive therapy concept for trunk balance & stability after stroke / Team member / Project completed
• Entwicklung von Advanced Physiotherapy Practice (APP)-Modellen in der Schweiz / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Valedo Neck Therapy / Team member / Project completed
• Quantified self - halfway between lifestyle and medicine / Team member / Project completed
• Research evidence to support the work of the professional association / Team member / Project completed
• ExpAct / Team member / Project completed
• Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Team member / Project completed
• 2PCS - Personal Caring and Protection System / Team member / Project completed
• Robotics and autonomous devices in social and health care / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Educational Activities for Health Professionals / Project leader / Project completed
• Direct Access to Physiotherapy in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
• Cultural factors on the rehabilitation of back pain / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Baumgartner, Daniel; Nast, Irina; Bansi, Jens; Kool, Jan; Bischof, Patrick; Bauer, Christoph,

  2024.

  Therapists and patients perceptions of a mixed reality system designed to improve trunk control and upper extremity function.

  Scientific Reports.

  14(6598).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55692-4

• Radu, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Spiess, Martina Rebekka; Schulze, Christina; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2023.

  Digital health for migrants, ethnic and cultural minorities and the role of participatory development : a scoping review.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  20(20), pp. 6962.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20206962

• Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2022.

  The pivotal function of non-human actors in the acceptability of the body technology, Actibelt® : a reconstruction based on actor-network-theory.

  Nanoethics.

  2022(16), pp. 81-93.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00415-0

• 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

• Bauer, C.M.; Nast, I.; Scheermesser, M.; Kuster, R.P.; Textor, D.; Wenger, M.; Kool, J.; Baumgartner, D.,

  2021.

  A novel assistive therapy chair to improve trunk control during neurorehabilitation : perceptions of physical therapists and patients.

  Applied Ergonomics.

  94(103390).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103390

• Kahrmann, Nicolas; Scheermesser, Mandy; Rausch, Anne-Kathrin,

  2019.

  The effect of motivational interviewing on physical activity in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : systematic review.

  Physioscience.

  15(02), pp. 81-91.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0886-6759

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Meidert, Ursula; Evers-Wölk, Michaela; Prieur, Yvonne; Hegyi, Stefan; Becker, Heidrun Karin,

  2018.

  Die digitale Selbstvermessung in Lifestyle und Medizin : eine Studie zur Technikfolgenabschätzung.

  Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis.

  27(3), pp. 57-62.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4987

• 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

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Bachmann, Stefan; Schämann, Astrid; Oesch, Peter; Kool, Jan,

  2012.

  A qualitative study on the role of cultural background in patients' perspectives on rehabilitation.

  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

  13(5).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-5

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy; Prieur, Yvonne; Hegyi, Stefan; Stockinger, Kurt; Eyyi, Gabriel; Evers-Wölk, Michaela; Jacob, Mattis; Oertel, Britta; Becker, Heidrun Karin,

  2018.

  Quantified Self : Schnittstelle zwischen Lifestyle und Medizin.

  Zürich:

  vdf Hochschulverlag.

  ISBN 978-3-7281-3891-0.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1941

• Becker, Heidrun Karin; Scheermesser, Mandy; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Auerbach, Holger; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2013.

  Robotik in Betreuung und Gesundheitsversorgung.

  1. Auflage.

  Zürich:

  vdf Hochschulverlag.

  TA-Swiss ; 58.

  ISBN 978-3-7281-3520-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3218/3521-6

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2022.

  Digitale Heilsversprechen in Gesundheitsberufen

  .

  In:

  Cappel, Valeska; Kappler, Karolin Eva, eds.,

  Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung : eine politische Ökonomie der (digitalen) Transformationsprozesse von und um Gesundheit.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  pp. 137-158.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34306-4_5

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2022.

  Verschiedene Gesundheitskonzepte im Rahmen der digitalen Selbstvermessung

  .

  In:

  Cappel, Valeska; Kappler, Karolin Eva, eds.,

  Gesundheit – Konventionen – Digitalisierung : eine politische Ökonomie der (digitalen) Transformationsprozesse von und um Gesundheit.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  pp. 335-359.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34306-4_12

• Reicherzer, Leah; Scheermesser, Mandy; Kläy, Adrian; Duarte, Jaime E.; Graf, Eveline,

  2023.

  Barriers and facilitators to the use of wearable robots as assistive devices : views and experiences of older adults and physiotherapists [poster].

  In:

  RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28890

• Radu, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Spiess, Martina; Schulze, Christina; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Pehlke-Milde, Jessica,

  2023.

  Digitale Gesundheitsinterventionen für Migrant:innen und kulturellen Minderheiten : ein Scoping Review [paper].

  In:

  7. Winterthurer Hebammensymposium, Winterthur, Schweiz, 21. Januar 2023.

• Kofler, Nicole; Graf, Eveline; Nast, Irina; Wirz, Markus; Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2022.

  Robots as therapists : patients' experiences, motivation and expectations with robot-assisted training - a qualitative study [poster].

  In:

  RehabWeek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 25-29 July 2022.

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Meidert, Ursula,

  2018.

  Eine Nutzungstypologie der Selbstvermesser/-innen [paper].

  In:

  Dreiländerkongress Gesundheits- und Medizinsoziologie 2018, Graz, Österreich, 5.-6. April 2018.

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Meidert, Ursula,

  2018.

  Exploring quantified self attitudes and practices [paper].

  In:

  SEG-SSE-SAA Annual Meeting «Knowledge (Trans) Formations in Anthropology», Zurich, 22-23 November 2018.

• Meidert, Ursula; Becker, Heidrun Karin; Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2018.

  M-Health apps and self-quantification technologies on the rise : opportunities and risks for use in practice [paper].

  In:

  World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018.

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy; Becker, Heidrun Karin,

  2018.

  Quantified Self : Empowerment und Partizipation von Patientinnen und Patienten durch Selbstvermessung? [paper].

  In:

  Swiss Congress for Health Professions, Zürich, 3.-4. September 2018.

• Brodbeck, Dominique; Degen, Markus; Stanimirov, Michael; Kool, Jan; Scheermesser, Mandy; Oesch, Peter; Neuhaus, Cornelia,

  2009.

  BACKTRAINER : computer-aided therapy system with augmented feedback for the lower back [paper].

  In:

  Azevedo, L.; Londral, A., eds.,

  Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics : HEALTHINF.

  HEALTHINF 2009, Porto, Portugal, 14-17 January 2009.

  Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information Control and Communication (INSTICC).

  pp. 66-73.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0001550400660073

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Graf, Eveline; Wirz, Markus,

  2022.

  Ramsch und Preziosen : auf dem Weg zur Beurteilung der Qualität von Apps und Wearables für die Physiotherapie.

  Physioactive.

  2022(6), pp. 23-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-1047054

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2020.

  Digitale Medien auf dem Prüfstand : eine Befragung unter angehenden Gesundheitsfachpersonen [poster].

  In:

  Dreiländertagung Public Health3: Gesundheitskommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert, Steckborn, 17.-18. Januar 2020.

• Nast, Irina; Mischker, Andrea; Repschläger, Ute; Heine, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Wirz, Markus; Schämann, Astrid,

  2018.

  Das Modellvorhaben Physiotherapie der BIG direkt gesund und des IFK e. V. : welche Heilmittel wählen Physiotherapeuten bei Unabhängigkeit von der ärztlichen Verordnung?.

  Physioscience.

  14(2), pp. 69-79.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0602-0947

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Becker, Heidrun Karin; Früh, Michael; Treusch, Yvonne; Hüppi, Richard Alexander; Meier, Flurina,

  2014.

  Robotics and autonomous devices in health care : a technology assessment study of opportunity and risks [paper].

  In:

  Michalek, Tomáš; Hebakova, Lenka; Hennen, Leonhard; Scherz, Constanze; Nierling, Linda; Hahn, Julia, eds.,

  Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference in Prague.

  PACITA 2013 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 March 2013.

  Prague:

  Technology Centre ASCR.

  pp. 289-294.

  Available from: http://www.pacitaproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference-Book.pdf

• Nast, Irina; Allet, L.; Bürge, E.; Scheermesser, Mandy; Stegen, Cordula Mareike; Schämann, Astrid,

  2013.

  Direktzugang zur Physiotherapie : wie entscheiden Schweizer Physiotherapeuten beim Erstkontakt über das weitere Vorgehen?.

  Physioscience.

  9(4), pp. 153-160.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1355985

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Allet, L.; Bürge, E.; Stegen, Cordula Mareike; Nast, Irina; Schämann, Astrid,

  2011.

  Direktzugang zur Physiotherapie in der Schweiz : kulturelle Validierung eines Fragebogens und Untersuchung der Einstellung von Physiotherapeuten.

  Physioscience.

  7(4), pp. 143-149.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1281837

• Brodbeck, Dominique; Degen, Markus; Stanimirov, Michael; Kool, Jan; Scheermesser, Mandy; Oesch, Peter; Neuhaus, Cornelia,

  2009.

  Augmented feedback system to support physical therapy of non-specific low back pain [paper].

  In:

  Fred, A.; Filipe, J.; Gamboa, H., eds.,

  Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies.

  International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC), Porto, Portugal, 14-17 January 2009.

  Berlin:

  Springer.

  pp. 381-393.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 52.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11721-3_30

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Kosow, Hannah; Rashid, Asarnusch; Holtmann, Carsten,

  2008.

  User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: main findings of two case studies [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the second ICST international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare.

  ICST International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Pervasive Health, Tampere, Finland, 30 January - 1 February 2008.

  ICST.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2539

• Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2021.

  Acceptance work by non-humans at the development of new technologies : a reconstruction from the actor-network-theory.

  In:

  2021 Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association : "Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty", Geneva, Switzerland (online), 28-30 June 2021.

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2021.

  Quantified self-technologies for better a disease management?.

  In:

  2021 Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association : "Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty", Geneva, Switzerland (online), 28-30 June 2021.

• Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2020.

  The constitutive work of non-humans at the development of a (self)-tracking technology : a reconstruction from the actor-network-theory.

  In:

  EASST/4S 2020 Conference, Prague, 18-21 August 2020.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Angehende Gesundheitsfachpersonen und ihre Gesundheitskonzepte im Lichte des digitalen Wandels.

  In:

  Dreiländerkongress Gesundheits- und Medizinsoziologie 2019, Winterthur, 27.-28. August 2019.

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Gesundheitsbezogene digitale Kompetenzen angehender Gesundheitsfachleute.

  In:

  Digitalisierung der Arbeit im Gesundheits- und Sozialsektor, Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland, 21.-22. Mai 2019.

• Nast, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Heinzmann Stettler, Christine Therese; Saner-Bissig, Jeannette; Wirz, Markus; Schämann, Astrid; et al.,

  2019.

  Advanced practice in physiotherapy : an actual literature overview.

  In:

  WCPT Congress Proceedings.

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

• Dratva, Julia; Juvalta, Sibylle; Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Digital health literacy of health care profession students.

  In:

  12th European Public Health Conference, Marseille, France, 20 - 23 November 2019.

  Oxford University Press.

  pp. 32-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.069

• Gemperle, Michael; Scheermesser, Mandy; Dratva, Julia; Händler-Schuster, Daniela; Juvalta, Sibylle; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena,

  2019.

  Future health professionals on the use of digital media in their professional work.

  In:

  Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2019, Neuchâtel, 10-12 September 2019.

• Nast, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Wirz, Markus; Schämann, Astrid,

  2019.

  Who makes the treatment choice? : a randomized controlled trial of a German model of primary care with greater physiotherapists’ autonomy.

  In:

  WCPT Congress Proceedings.

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

• Nast, Irina; Scheermesser, Mandy; Bruderer-Hofstetter, Marina; Heinzmann Stettler, Christine Therese; Horvath, Christian; Huber, Martin; Keller, Muriel; Müller, Ursula; Saner-Bissig, Jeannette; Tschupp, Katrin; Schämann, Astrid,

  2018.

  Enhancing professional perspectives : development of physiotherapy advanced practice models in Switzerland.

  In:

  1st International Conference: «Countering Staff Shortage Among Health Professions», Bern, 25-26 Oktober 2018.

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy; Becker, Heidrun Karin,

  2018.

  Partizipation von Patientinnen und Patienten durch Selbstvermessung?.

  In:

  Swiss eHealth Summit «Patients Leading the Digital Transformation», Bern, 12. September 2018.

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Meidert, Ursula,

  2017.

  Gesundheitsapps und Fitnesstracker – Was taugen sie in der Praxis?.

  In:

  Symposium Technologien in der Therapie «Vom Smartphone bis zur Robotik», Winterthur, 16. September 2017.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Meidert, Ursula; Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2017.

  Quantified self : Gesundheitsoptimierung durch Selbstvermessung.

  In:

  Schweizer Soziologiekongress, Zürich, 21.-23. Juni 2017.

• Scheermesser, Mandy,

  2013.

  Robotics and autonomous devices in health care : a technology assessment study.

  In:

  PACITA 2013 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-15 March 2013.

  Technology Centre ASCR.

• Nast, Irina; Allet, Lara; Scheermesser, Mandy; Stegen, Cordula Mareike; Bürge, Elisabeth; Schämann, Astrid,

  2012.

  Direkt zur Physiotherapie? : Vorgehen Schweizer Physiotherapeutinnen und -therapeuten im Fall des Direktzugangs.

  In:

  Swiss Congress for Health Professions, Winterthur, 31. Mai - 1. Juni 2012.

• Scheermesser, Mandy; Kool, Jan; Oesch, Peter; Schämann, Astrid; Bachmann, Stefan,

  2009.

  Rehabilitation of low back pain in patients with a Southeast European cultural background : patient's perspectives on rehabilitation using a constructivist approach.

  In:

  EMH Swiss Medical Publishers.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Orwat, Carsten; Rashid, Asarnusch; Wölk, Michaela; Scheermesser, Mandy; Kosow, Hannah; Holtmann, Carsten; Graefe, Andreas, 2010. Adopting pervasiv computing for routine use in healthcare. IEEE Pervasive Computing. 9(2), S. 64-71.
• Hahn, Tobias; Scheermesser, Mandy, 2006. Approaches to corporate sustainability among german companies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 13(3), S. 150-165.
• Scheermesser, Mandy; Kosow, Hannah; Rashid, Asarnusch; Holtmann, Carsten, 2008. User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare : main findings of two case studies [Paper]. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2008 : PervasiveHealth. 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2008 : PervasiveHealth, Tampere, 30. Jan-1. Feb 2008, S. 205-213. New York: IEEE.

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