Leah Reicherzer

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Experience

• Research Assistant
  ZHAW
  04 / 2020 - 04 / 2022
• Research Assistant
  Heidelberg University
  02 / 2019 - 10 / 2019
• Physiotherapist in varous settings in outpatient and inpatient geriatric rehabilitation
  -
  01 / 2017 - 01 / 2019

Education and Continuing education

Education

• M. Med. Sc. / Public Health Science with Health Economics
  University of Gothenburg
  09 / 2017 - 01 / 2020
• B.Sc. / Physiotherapy
  Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
  09 / 2013 - 09 / 2017

Continuing Education

• Good Clinical Practice Training
  TRREE Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation
  11 / 2022
• Weiterbildung "Wirkungsvoll kommunizieren"
  Business Tools AG
  06 / 2022
• Project Management
  ZHAW School of Management and Law
  09 / 2021
• Data Science: Visualization
  HarvardX
  07 / 2021

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0351-0968

Projects

• Ethical dimensions of digital technology-assisted physiotherapy: fundamentals for ethics education of physiotherapists / Team member / laufend
• Autonomous Ageing at home in the digital age: A mixed method evaluation of assistive apps and wearables / Team member / laufend
• The Course and Neuroplasticity in Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders in the General Population / Team member / laufend
• SUPER-B: Supervised preoperative rehabilitation in patients scheduled for lumbar spinal surgery – A scoping review / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Definition and validation of use cases for the application of the MyoSuit / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Evaluation of the Professionals' and Patients’ Perceptions and Practices of Remote, Digital Physiotherapy during the Corona Pandemic / Team member / abgeschlossen
• T-Chair II – Assistive therapy concept for trunk balance & stability after stroke / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Krygowski, Jaroslaw; Reicherzer, Leah; Marcin, Thimo,

  2024.

  Clinical reasoning for the continuation or discontinuation of hip precautions after total hip arthroplasty in Switzerland : a qualitative study.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  154(1), pp. 3536.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3536

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

  2024.

  Barriers and facilitators to the use of wearable robots as assistive devices : qualitative study with older adults and physiotherapists.

  JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies.

  11(e52676).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/52676

• Reicherzer, Leah; Wirz, Markus; Nast, Irina,

  2023.

  Die berufliche Situation von Physiotherapeut*innen im Schweizer Gesundheitswesen : eine Analyse der Strukturerhebungsdaten 2016–2018.

  Physioscience.

  19(04), pp. 180-189.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2001-4705

• Reicherzer, Leah; Wirz, Markus; Wieber, Frank; Graf, Eveline,

  2022.

  Facilitators and barriers to health enhancing physical activity in individuals with severe functional limitations after stroke: A qualitative study.

  Frontiers in Psychology.

  13(982302).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.982302

• Schuster-Amft, Corina; Kool, Jan; Möller, J. Carsten; Schweinfurther, Raoul; Ernst, Markus; Reicherzer, Leah; Ziller, Carina; Schwab, Martin E.; Wieser, Simon; Wirz, Markus; Menig, Alexandra; Paredes, Liliana P.; Rosemeier, Heike,

  2022.

  Feasibility and cost description of highly intensive rehabilitation involving new technologies in patients with post-acute stroke : a trial of the Swiss RehabTech Initiative.

  Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

  8(1).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01086-0

• 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

• Rausch, Anne-Kathrin; Baur, Heiner; Reicherzer, Leah; Wirz, Markus; Keller, Fabienne; Opsommer, Emmanuelle; Schoeb, Veronika; Vercelli, Stefano; Barbero, Marco,

  2021.

  Physiotherapists' use and perceptions of digital remote physiotherapy during COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland : an online cross-sectional survey.

  Archives of Physiotherapy.

  11(18).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-021-00112-3

• 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

• 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

Reicherzer, L., Kramer-Gmeiner, F., Labudek, S. et al. Group or individual lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability. BMC Geriatr 21, 93 (2021).

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