All projects from the School of Health Sciences
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XoSoft – soft modular biomimetic exoskeleton to assist people with mobility impairments
Background: Between 2000 and 2050, the older population (80 years+) is projected to almost quadruple from approximately 100 million to 395 million people worldwide. Many of the elderly and patient groups such as stroke sufferers or patients with incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries (SCIs) experience varying degrees of ...
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ENOTHE - Occupational Therapy Interest Group for Displaced Persons
The European interest group "Occupational Therapy for Displaced Persons" networks all interested occupational therapists from education, research and practice. In the first step, a situation analysis of occupational therapy in refugee aid in the European area was carried out. Occupational therapy is positioned ...
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The Role-Checklist QP:V2 as a measure of participation according to the ICF
Backgroud: The Role Checklist V2:QP is an assessment for Occupational Therapists to assess participation, satisfaction with role performance, and role desirability for ten common roles of their clients. It is based on the original Role Checklist (Oakley et al., 1986). The Role Checklist V2:QP is theoretically based ...
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Between-dayreliability of three-dimensional motion analysis of the trunk: A comparison of marker based protocols
Motion capture of the trunk using three-dimensional optoelectronic systems and skin markers placed onanatomical landmarks is prone to error due to marker placement, thus decreasing between-day relia-bility.The influence of these errors on angular output might be reduced by using an overdeterminednumber of markers ...
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Pain Intervention for people with dementia in nursing homes (PID)
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BRIDGE
Pregnant migrant women and their families might be affected by a double stressor compared to non-migrant women, stemming from the maternal adjustment process but also from coping with living in a foreign country, limited communication or the uncertainty of their residence status. An increased maternal and child ...
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Patient Experiences of the Mobility Enhancing Nursing Intervention (MfP)
Neurological disease is the most common cause of long-term disability. Approximately 100,000 individuals in Switzerland live with the consequences of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although the symptoms and limitations experienced vary by diagnosis and the ...
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Risk Adjustment for Home Care Quality Indicators in Switzerland
Since 2014, Swiss home care organizations have had the possibility to use the results of regular reports on 19 quality indicators in their efforts for quality improvement. However, comparison of quality indicators between organizations should be interpreted with caution, because these indicators may also be affected ...
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FairCare
FairCare intends to improve the coordination of formal and informal care and to bring together supply and demand for care for the elderly. In Switzerland, there is a large number of private and public service providers offering a wide range of services for the elderly in need. However, it is difficult to find one's ...
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Powered mobility training in young children with cerebral palsy
Background Children with disability (e.g., cerebral palsy) have problems in body functions and structures which often impact their mobility and participation in different areas of life (e.g., school). Earlier studies showed that enabling mobility of children with disability due to powered mobility facilitate their ...
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Becoming an adult with neuromuscular disease: Experiences of individuals affected by neuromuscular disease and their families
Background This study explored experiences of young persons affected by neuromuscular disease and their families during transition into adulthood. Becoming an adult is considered to be a normal developmental stage within the human life cycle. However, a chronic childhood condition can disrupt that transition and ...
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iCareCooperatives
The iCareCoops project tackles the increasing demand for elderly care at a time of limited resources. Eight partners from seven European countries aimed to create novel ICT-driven solutions to empower care givers and older people in need of care to extend the time they can live in their preferred environment by ...
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Emergency Recognition through Energy Data
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Giving birth
Aim: To develop a model of the emerging expectations of the mode of giving birth and the subsequent experiences of healthy primigravid women in Switzerland. Research questions: What are healthy primigravid women’s expectations in early pregnancy of giving birth? How do these expectations change during pregnancy? ...
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Measuring Functional Performance: The translation and adaptation of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) for it’s use in German speaking countries
Background: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) is a useful clinical and research assessment to measure functional performance in children but has limitations in content and age range. Therefore the PEDI-CAT, a computer adaptive testing version, has recently been developed. The addition of new ...
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Offices, Change & Health
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Auditory and visual impairment in the age (ABA)
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Accuracy of KinectOne to quantify kinematics of the upper body
Validity of the new Kinect Sensor („Kinect for Xbox One“) for the measurement of the kinematics of the shoulder The project has been completed successfully.
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ExpAct
As part of the European research project, a standard software was developed for the easy and rapid implementation of skills assessments and mediation platforms for older people.By recording the experiences of older people, transparency is created on the labour market about the unused experience and human capital. If ...
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Paediatric physical therapy in infants at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders
Infants at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders are in need of early intervention. There is limited evidence of the effectiveness of nowadays typically applied infant physiotherapy (TIP) which are based on the concepts of Berta and Karel Bobath (Neurodevelopmental Treatment -NDT) or Václav Vojta. The novel program ...
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Profiles of young recipients of disability pensions due to mental disorders
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Prostate Cancer E-Health Tutorial (PROCET)
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men: In Switzerland, each year, about 6’000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Men with early-stage prostate cancer are faced with difficult decisions. They are confronted with different treatment alternatives, each with its own benefits and risks. ...
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"bliib gsund": a occupational therapy based health promotion program for persons 60+
The healthpromotion programm "bliib gsund" was conducted in a new center for prevention in Linthal (canton Glarus), where practitioners, psychologists, physical and occupational therapists and a fitness instructor are envolved. Abroad, the program was already conducted successfully (like USA, Great Britain, the ...
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The ICF-Incontinence Assessment Form for patients with urinary or faecal incontinence (ICF-IAF)
Objective:The major goal of incontinence treatment is to reduce symptom burden and ensure that patients’ resources are supported as helpful as possible. This goal requires standardized assessment that will represent the typical spectrum of functioning problems, limitations in activity and participation, as well as ...
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Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents