#Digital Health

Information and communication technology plays an increasingly important role in the healthcare system. Digital Health research takes place at the interface between healthcare, social sciences and digitalisation – among the results are healthcare apps and improved methods for research, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation.

Projects

MODEL-CP

A multidisciplinary approach to minimize the need for surgical interventions in children with cerebral palsy.

IMPROVE

Framework to IMPROVE the Integration of Patient Generated Health Data to Facilitate Value Based Healthcare.

MMOVE

A method to use the smartphone to check whether rehabilitation exercises are performed correctly.

ADAL

AI server for large-scale data driven research.

DIHOST 2.0

A platform that brings digital innovations to small and medium-sized companies in Eastern Austria.

Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies

PROGRESS

Validation of a Cost-Effective Smartphone-Based 3D Gait and Motion Analysis System for Capturing Movement Kinematics in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

ACCESS

Assessing clinically relevant biomechanical biomarkers in the field to predict physical functioning and health in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a nation-wide citizen science approach.

E³UDRES² 2.0

Promoting Smart and Sustainable Regions as an Engaged and Entrepreneurial European University.

SIMNPACT

Simulation-based Learning Environments in Healthcare.

Institute of Health Sciences

XR2Resilience

An Extended Reality training program to improve the resilience of health care workers.

Publications

Westfahl, S. (2025, September 26). XR für Ergotherapie und Planetare Gesundheit [Demo & Poster]. European Researchers" Night, Graz. https://www.lifeisscience.at/

Feilacher, D., Girsule, B., Lehner, S., Heller, M., Smith, H., & Jakl, A. (2025). Smart Companion: An Audio-visual Lying Person Detection System Integrated in a Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA" 2025), 57–62. https://www.seia-conference.com/seia_2025_proceedings.html

Westfahl, S. (2025, May 19). GreenTouch: Co-Creating XR for Planetary Health in Occupational Therapy. IAFeS Netties Conference on Innovation & Impact, St. Pölten.

Bibtex

Jakl, A., Feilacher, D., Lehner, S., Girsule, B., & Heller, M. (2025). From Lab to Living Room: The Smart Companion"s Journey in Real-World Fall Detection and User Engagement Powered by an AI-Driven Vacuum Cleaning Robot. Abstractband: 18. Forschungsforum Der Österreichischen Fachhochschulen : 7. - 8. Mai 2025, 59–60. https://doi.org/10.34895/hcw.0027

Lehner, S. (2025). The design and discursive construction of a ‘speaking’ vacuum cleaning robot for assistive purposes: Findings on communication ideologies from a current research and development project. AI-Linguistica. Linguistic Studies on AI-Generated Texts and Discourses, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.62408/ai-ling.v2i1.16

Engelmann, B., Dumphart, B., Nehrer, S., Neubauer, M., Nowak, C., Wondrasch, B., & Horsak, B. (2025). ACCESS: Markerlose Bewegungsanalyse für die alltägliche Praxis – Neue Perspektiven bei Kniearthrose? Abstractband: 18. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen : 7. - 8. Mai 2025, 38–40. https://doi.org/10.34895/hcw.0027

Feilacher, D., Lehner, S., Heller, M., Girsule, B., & Jakl, A. (2024, November 27). Robust Dialog Design for Emergency Situations with AI-Based Voice Assistants. Proceedings of the International Conference on Creative\Media/Technologies (IConCMT) 2023 and 2024. IConCMT 2024: International Conference on Creative\Media/Technologies. https://doi.org/10.60522/o:7211

Horst, F., Hoitz, F., Slijepcevic, D., Schons, N., Beckmann, H., Nigg, B. M., & Schöllhorn, W. I. (2023). Identification of subject-specific responses to footwear during running. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 11284. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38090-0

Slijepcevic, D., Zeppelzauer, M., Unglaube, F., Kranzl, A., Breiteneder, C., & Horsak, B. (2023). Towards more transparency: The utility of Grad-CAM in tracing back deep learning based classification decisions in children with cerebral palsy. Gait & Posture, 100, 32–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.11.045

Durstberger, S., Kranzl, A., & Horsak, B. (2023). Effects of three different regression-based hip joint center localization methods in adolescents with obesity on kinematics and kinetics - preliminary results of the HIPstar study. Gait & Posture, 100, 42–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.11.056

News

10/15/2025