Lena Sauerzopf

ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Institute of Occupational Therapy
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 44 56
lena.sauerzopf@zhaw.ch

Projects

Empowering Clinicians: A MOOC Initiative in Rehabilitation Technology / Co-project leader / laufend
Transforming clinical assessments: Explicitly articulating implicit clinical decision-making to train AI / Project leader / laufend
Technologies for Therapy at a Distance for Individuals With Stroke / Team member / laufend
Tele-Assessment: Leveraging Deep Learning to Assess Upper Limb Kinematics after Stroke with Off-the-shelf Webcams / Team member / abgeschlossen
Practical considerations for the application of occupational therapy at a physical distance / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas; Maeusli, Valeria; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Sy, Michael; Spiess, Martina,

2024.

Technology use for home-based stroke rehabilitation in Switzerland from the perspectives of persons living with stroke, informal caregivers, and therapists : qualitative interview and focus group study.

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies.

2024(11), pp. e59781.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/59781
Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas R.; Baldissera, Anna; Frey, Sara; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Spiess, Martina R.,

2024.

Remotely assessing motor function and activity of the upper extremity after stroke : a systematic review of validity and clinical utility of tele-assessments.

Clinical Rehabilitation.

38(9), pp. 1214-1225.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155241258867
Unger, T.; de Sousa Ribeiro, R.; Mokni, M.; Weikert, T.; Pohl, J.; Schwarz, A.; Held, J.P.O.; Sauerzopf, L.; Kühnis, B.; Gavagnin, E.; Luft, A.R.; Gassert, R.; Lambercy, O.; Awai Easthope, C.; Schönhammer, J.G.,

2024.

Upper limb movement quality measures : comparing IMUs and optical motion capture in stroke patients performing a drinking task.

Frontiers in Digital Health.

6(1359776).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1359776
Egger, Selina Marita; Frey, Sara; Sauerzopf, Lena; Meidert, Ursula,

2023.

A literature review to identify effective web- and app-based mHealth interventions for stress management at work.

Workplace Health & Safety.

71(10), pp. 452-463.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799231170872

Conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Sauerzopf, Lena; Spiess, Martina,

2024.

Empowering clinicians : an educational initiative to create a MOOC in rehabilitation technology [poster].

In:

6th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 3 September 2024.

Winterthur:

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas; Baldissera, Anna; Frey, Sara; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Spiess, Martina,

2024.

Are we ready for the use of tele-assessments? : insights for occupational therapists from a systematic review [poster].

In:

6. Kongress der Ergotherapie, Fribourg, Schweiz, 24.-25. Mai 2024.
Chavez Panduro, Celina Gabriela; Spiess, Martina; Gavagnin, Elena; Kühnis, Benjamin; Unger, Tim; Schönhammer, Josef; Sauerzopf, Lena,

2024.

Movement analysis through videos in occupational therapy : insights from an ongoing research project for clinical practice [poster].

In:

6. Kongress der Ergotherapie, Fribourg, Schweiz, 24.-25. Mai 2024.
Unger, Tim; Weikert, Thomas; Mokni, Marwen; Luft, Andreas; Gassert, Roger; Lambercy, Olivier; Sauerzopf, Lena; Gavagnin, Elena; Kühnis, Benjamin; Spiess, Martina; Schönhammer, Josef; Awai Easthope, Chris,

2024.

Quantifying upper limb movement quality after stroke with a webcam [poster].

In:

13th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation, Vancouver, Canada, 22-25 May 2024.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Spörri, Joshua Jeremias; Krieg, Michael; Baldissera, Anna; Spiess, Martina,

2023.

Meaning of the use of technology in everyday life after stroke [poster].

In:

Occupational Science Europe Conference, Odense, Denmark, 24-26 August 2023.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas; Klamroth-Marganska, Verena; Spörri, Joshua Jeremias; Krieg, Michael; Spiess, Martina,

2023.

Use of technology-supported home exercise program in stroke rehabilitation : therapist’s perspectives [poster].

In:

RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Sauerzopf, Lena; Chavez Panduro, Celina G.; Luft, Andreas R.; Kühnis, Benjamin; Gavagnin, Elena; Unger, Tim; Easthope Awai, Chris; Schönhammer, Josef G.; Degenfellner, Jürgen; Spiess, Martina,

2024.

Transforming clinical assessments : rater reliability in video-based evaluation of upper extremity after stroke.

In:

Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5 September 2024.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Spiess, Martina,

2024.

Auf Distanz reliable Assessments durchführen? : Erkenntnisse aus einem aktuellen Forschungsprojekt.

In:

7. Winterthurer Ergo-Gipfel, Winterthur, Schweiz, 2. März 2024.
Graf, Eveline; Spiess, Martina; Sauerzopf, Lena; Schneider Stingelin, Colette; Zemlyanska, Yaroslava; Greimler, Gernot,

2023.

Holistic development and implementation of rehabilitation technologies.

In:

RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Sy, Michael; Sarmiento, Raymond Francis R.; Spiess, Martina,

2023.

Boosting the implementation of tele-assessments for individuals with stroke.

In:

RehabWeek, Singapore, 24-28 September 2023.
Sauerzopf, Lena,

2022.

Promoting telerehabilitation after stroke : applications of assessments and intervention in occupational therapy.

In:

26th European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education Annual Meeting (ENOTHE), Tbilisi, Georgia,14-16 October 2022.
Sauerzopf, Lena; Luft, Andreas; Spiess, Martina,

2022.

Implementation of tools for technology-based teleassessment of sensorimotor recovery after stroke.

In:

19th International Medical Ph.D. Conference, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, 24-25 November 2022.

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