The Department of Health is currently working on the following third-party funded projects:
PROGRESS
Validation of a Cost-Effective Smartphone-Based 3D Gait and Motion Analysis System for Capturing Movement Kinematics in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
E³UDRES² 2.0
Promoting Smart and Sustainable Regions as an Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University.
VReeze
Developing an Open-Source Virtual Reality for improving treatment of Freezing of Gait.
DICHTE - Digitised Interprofessional Collaboration of Health Teams in Education
Digitised methods that support academic staff in organising person-centred, interprofessional health care education.
Applied Biomechanics in Rehabilitation Research
Endowed professorship of the province of Lower Austria to strengthen and expand the research focus on motor rehabilitation
ULTRASKEL3D
Ultrasound-Based Skeletal 3D scans for Personalized Musculoskeletal Modelling.
3WinPA
Socio-technical solution for a healthy and climate-competent life of nursing relatives in caring communities.
deepForce - Pushing the limits of rapid estimation of knee joint contact force estimation in clinical gait analysis by Machine and Deep Learning
Machine learning methods to enable more clinicians to use data obtained by gait analyses for diagnosis.
National Reserve
National Reserve for Ensuring the Food Supply of the Population in Crises
NSUPH – Nursing science studies of unplanned perioperative hypothermia
Identifying decreased body temperature occurring before, during and after medical operations.
NUMOQUA - Nutrition and movement to improve quality of life with knee osteoarthritis
Combining exercise therapy with nutritional therapy to improve the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis.
E+DIETing_LAB- Digital Lab for Education in Dietetics combining Experiential Learning and Community Service
New ways of educating and upskilling teachers, students and experts in the field of dietetics.
O3DGA – The Use of Machine Learning as a Supportive Measure in Clinical Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis
Optimisation of time-consuming and error-prone processes in three-dimensional gait analysis.
FIVE - #Fitspiration Image VErification
Proof of Concept of an interdisciplinary online-course offering guidance on how to deal critically with information provided by social media sites.
PRO RESILIENZ
Promotion of Psychological Resilience for Prevention and Organisational Change at the Workplace.
Sonigait II InnoScheck
Assessing whether a sensor-equipped insole for detecting changes in gait patterns can be used for preventive therapeutic purposes.
VeRgonomiX III
Education and training of ergonomics in health and safety.
ELSA- Evaluation of simple gait analysis devices
Evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using simplified gait analysis
INPRO - ¡nterprofessionalism in action!
Aligning interprofessional education and collaboration in practice, using promising regional experiences for international exchange
HIPstar
Evaluation of the accuracy of non-invasive hip joint centre estimation methods for clinical gait analysis in children and adolescents
Eat, Move, Stay Motivated
Im September 2022 konnte das 10monatige Programm "eat, move, stay motivated", ein Multimodales Programm zu Therapie von Übergewicht und Adipositas für die Zielgruppe der 15 bis 18-jährigen, starten...
DIRENE - Competences for the new era of user-driven digital innovation in rehabilitation
Addresses the need for furthering digital rehabilitation and the competences it requires
Evaluation of Motion Variability Using Portable Acceleration Sensors
An Examination of Human Gait Patterns with the Help of a Portable Measuring System (IMU)
VeRgonomiX II –practical applications of virtual reality in ergonomics
A virtual environment in which processes from everyday work can be simulated and trained.
IntelliGait 3D- Gait Data Mining
Establishing advanced analysis methods for modelling, classification and similarity retrieval of gait patterns to enable novel data-driven ways to access 3D gait databases
ReMoCap-Lab
The „Laboratory for Capturing Motion and Augmenting Environment in Motor Rehabilitation“ will enable innovative projects and excellent research in Austria
CR-Bootcamp - Bootcamp Cyber-Resilience for Medical Applications
A bootcamp teaching knowledge on how to implement and operate resilient IT-systems
MLKOA- Motor Learning in Knee Osteoarthritis Therapy
Investigating a new treatment approach for patients with knee osteoarthritis
EFFECTS - Active mobility, its potential and intersectoral effects
Development of an evaluation tool to quantify the impact of pedestrian and bicycle traffic on health and economy.
AVATAR
Augmented and virtual reality to support prosthetic rehabilitation
RANCARE
Förderung des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Austauschs über die Konzeptualisierung der Rationierung von Pflegepersonal.
SONIGAIT II
Using a sensor-equipped insole to detect changes in gait pattern of elderly people for preventive therapeutic use
VeRgonomiX: virtual reality in ergonomics
Using Virtual Reality for the ergonomic workplace design as well as for consulting and training about ergonomic work processes
Consultation material for nutrition counselling – by dieticians for dieticians
Illustrated and comprehensive advisory material to support dieticians in their daily work.
External Evaluation of the project "SENaktiv - Sicher im Alter bewegen"
Evaluation of a project concerning fall prevention for senior citizens
External evaluation of the project "Bewegungs-Champion"
External evaluation of the “Bewegungs-Champion” initiative
IntelliGait – Intelligent Gait Analysis
Automatic gait pattern analysis for robust classification of functional deficits. Intelligait aims at developing automated methods to analyze and classify gait patterns.
Multimodal Therapy Programme for Overweight and Obese Adolescents (Intervention against overweight and obesity)
Developing an intervention concept for overweight and obesity in adolescents in Lower Austria
Evaluating technical measuring accuracy
Evaluating the technical measuring accuracy of a 3D monitoring system for the continuous tracking of lumbar spine movements
Umbrello
The interdisciplinary project UmBrello investigates the feasibility of a communications- and service platform for elderly citizens in rural areas.
IMPECD - Improvement of Education and Competences in Dietetics
Networking and further development of training and teaching programmes in dietetics/dietology
Train & Win - "FitDaheim"
“FitDaheim” is a new training programme, based on physiotherapy and ergotherapy. The programme is supposed to promote movement within the target group of senior citizens and function as a prophyla...
Reliability of a monitoring system
Reliability of a monitoring system for continuous tracking of sagittal lumbar spine movements
GAAS - Health literacy amongst teenagers
Gaas aims at developing health literacy of teenagers not in education, employment or training (NEET).
The Children's KNEEs Study
The aim of the Children’s KNEEs Study is to analyze altered biomechanical movement strategies in obese children during walking and stair climbing and to develop a specific training program for them.
GEKO: Generationsübergreifende Ernährungskompetenz
Förderung der generationsübergreifenden Kommunikation von Ernährungskompetenzen
AlertnessControl
The goal of the AlertnessControl is to develop occupational psychologically relevant and technical organizational measures to enhance the attention and to warn in case demanded.
smartBOX
By the conception of an intelligent and integral approach the project smartBOX wants to revolutionize the growing needs of transport in the field of freight mobility in a time of resource scarcity.
CARMA -Center for Applied Research in Media Assisted Healthcare for Motion and Activity
Establishing and sustainably positioning a centre for applied research into media-supported healthcare with a focus on exercise and activity
External Evaluation of the project "Babycouch"
Babycouch offers support for pregnant women, nursing mothers and young families. The St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences conducts a scientific evaluation of the project.
GAIT-Score II
The goal is the development of a prototypic interactive learning software that helps students learn to perform observational clinical gate analysis.
Usability-Study for MFT Challenge Disc
Usability of the MFT Challenge Disc for senior citizens and basic concept for developing a target group-oriented training device
GenSiSys
In the course of this project a set of methods has been developed for evaluating gender and diversity aspects of workplace ergonomics and usability for workers in safety-critical system settings.
External Evaluation of the „Bewegungskaiser“ initiative
Evaluating Motion 21`s innovative health initiative “Bewegungskaiser”
Brochure "Feeling good for a lifetime"
Information brochure about nutrition and exercise with special attention to age-related changes in the body
Gepäcklos
Luggage logistics system to support sustainable, active and equal mobility
BewusstMobil
The goal of this project is to use social media and games in a manner appropriate to people’s age to promote sustainable mobility behaviours and to stimulate people to reflect on their own behaviour...
Diabetescoach
The goal is the development of an electronic food shopping counselor for senior citizens with type 2 diabetes mellitus, focusing on alternative products, usability for senior citizens and flexibility.
Innoscheck Game based Learning
Kinder und Jugendliche setzen sich spielerisch mit gesunder Ernährung und Bewegung auseinander.
GAIT Score
GAIT Score: educational software for observational gait analysis
SOS Health
The care provided to children and young people in the youth centre “SOS Kinderdorf” (in Hinterbrühl) is addressed at helping them learn an independent and healthy lifestyle.
Querschnittsstudie zum gesundheitsbezogenen Verhalten der St. PöltnerInnen
Im Rahmen des Projektes „St. Pölten auf gesundem Weg!“ führte das Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften der Fachhochschule St. Pölten eine Querschnittstudie durch. Ziel dieser Erhebung ist es...
„Involve yourself“ - „Sicher ist sicher“ Evaluierung eines Pilotprojektes
Das Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften kooperiert mit der Plattform Patientensicherheit und der NÖ Patientenanwaltschaft im Rahmen des Pilot-Projektes „involve yourself“. Die Kooperation umf...