Mandy Scheermesser

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

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

www.gesundheit.zhaw.ch

Expertise and research interests

interdependency of society, technology and health (e.g. quantified self, robotics, ehealth)
Actor-network-theory
qualitative and quantitative research methods

ORCID iD: orcid.org/0000-0002-9765-7329

Educational background

PhD-Project "The socio-technical reconstruction of the acceptability of a wearable"

1995-2000
M.A. in Social Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin

Professional milestones

Since 2008 Research Associate, School of Health Sciences, Institute of Physiotherapy

2001-2008 Research Associate at Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment, Berlin (IZT)

Membership of networks

• Mitglied in der Koordinationsgruppe Bildung eHealth Suisse
• openTA: Fachportal des Netzwerks TA (NTA)

Projects

• T-Chair II – Assistive therapy concept for trunk balance & stability after stroke / 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
• 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,

  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

• 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

• 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/10.21256/zhaw-27801

• 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. Verfügbar unter: doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2010.25

Hahn, Tobias; Scheermesser, Mandy, 2006. Approaches to corporate sustainability among german companies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 13(3), S. 150-165. Verfügbar unter: doi.org/10.1002/csr.100

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. Verfügbar unter: doi.org 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571071

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