Projects
The following projects were carried out by, or in cooperation with, the School of Health Sciences at the ZHAW.
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"Valeo Movement Lab": The portable movement laboratory measures movement quality of the lumbar spine.
Low back pain – Novel technology improves patient assessment Clinicians frequently encounter patients suffering from low back pain with degraded lumbar movement and movement control. Measuring lumbar movement is difficult because existing measurement systems such as visual observation lack accuracy and ...
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Cesarean Section: Incidents, Indications and Consequences
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Mobility Enhancing Nursing Intervention (MENI)
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Physiotherapy Research Priorities: how are they defined and what is expected?
The aim of this study was to establish physiotherapy research priorities in Switzerland considering multiple stakeholders’ opinions. The following stakeholder groups were surveyed in the German-speaking, French-speaking and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland: physiotherapy researchers, practitioners and ...
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The influence of a 4-week treadmill training using unstable shoes in patients with low back pain
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Effects of simulated crouch gait on foot kinematics and kinetics in healthy children
Identification of secondary and tertiary impairments in neurologically induced gait deviations, such ascrouch gait, is not always straightforward, but essential in order to decide upon the most efficientmedical treatment in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Until now, exact intersegmental dependency ofthe ...
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Educational Activities for Health Professionals
eHealth is defined as "the integrated use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the design, support and networking of all processes and participants in the healthcare sector" (BAG 2007). eHealth is a term for the general use of ICT in health care to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and ...
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Benchlearning among Swiss nursing homes
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Area specific utilization of psychiatric services and need for care in Switzerland
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ADL (Activities of Daily Living) performance in children with mild disabilities: The Use of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills in Evaluation and Intervention
Introduction Occupational therapists are concerned with enabling people to perform the daily life tasks they need, want, or are expected to perform for fullest possible integration into community living and participation in society. Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), disorders of attention ...