Rita Morf

Work at ZHAW

Position

PhD student / Research Assistant

Focus

Persistent (chronic) pain, Stress, Activity Patterns, Multimodal pain management, Pain neuroscience

Teaching

• Teacher in the BSc course
• Accompanying teacher Bachelor thesis

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Science / Physiotherapy
  ZHAW Winterthur
  09 / 2017 - 07 / 2020
• Bachelor of Science / Physiotherapy
  ZHAW Winterthur
  09 / 2012 - 07 / 2016

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0002-0989-527X

Publications

• Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Surbeck, Ursula; Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian,

  2024.

  Persistence, not avoidance, is associated with low back pain : an observational cohort study.

  European Journal of Pain.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.4728

• Luomajoki, Hannu; Morf, Rita; Weiss, Thomas,

  2023.

  Die Größe der Placebo-Effekte in klinischen Studien : Konsequenzen für die Praxis.

  MSK – Muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie.

  27(5), pp. 279-284.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2161-2821

• Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Surbeck, Ursula; Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian,

  2023.

  Overactivity, not avoidance behavior, is associated with persistent low back pain : an observational cohort study [poster].

  In:

  13th Congress of the European Pain Federation (EFIC), Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 September 2023.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30152

• Morf, Rita; Reicherzer, Leah; Degenfellner, Jürgen; Ernst, Markus; Pfeiffer, Fabian; Luomajoki, Hannu; Hasenbring, Monika; Hotz-Boendermaker, Sabina,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DFY2J

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian, 2022. Verhaltensänderung bei chronischen Schmerzen : eine Medaille mit zwei Seiten. pt Zeitschrift für Physiotherapeuten . 74(1), S. 23-28.
• Morf, Rita; Pfeiffer, Fabian; Hotz Boendermaker, Sabina; Meichtry, André; Luomajoki, Hannu, 2021. Prediction and trend of tactile acuity, pain and disability in acute LBP : a six-month prospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 22(666).
• Luomajoki, Hannu; Morf, Rita, 2020. Placeboeffekte in wissenschaftlichen Studien. Der Schmerzpatient. 3(4), S. 166-170.

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