#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.

NextGen Nurse – Preparing Future Nursing Professionals Through XR-Enhanced Education

Tackling nursing education challenges by utilising a modern, digital, and scalable extended reality approach.

IMPROVE

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

BorderVis

Improving Information Sharing and Collaborative Emergency Management through Data Visualization in Border Regions.

MMOVE

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

CARING-AI

Culturally Adaptive and Responsive AI-Driven Social Assistive Robots for Inclusive Care

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

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.

PROGRESS

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

Publications

Rind, A., Killian, S., & Westfahl, S. (2026, April 24). XR in der Ergotherapie für den ökologischen Handabdruck [Demo & Poster]. Lange Nacht der Forschung 2026. https://langenachtderforschung.at/station/6509

Rind, A., Weber-Stallecker, R., Killian, S., Spevak-Grossi, C., Schweiger, H., Prinz-Buchberger, B., & Westfahl, S. (2026). GreenTouch: Co-Kreation eines Extended Reality (XR)-Prototypen zur Vermittlung von Klimakompetenzen in der Ergotherapie. Proc. Forschungsforum Der Österreichischen Fachhochschulen. https://ffhoarep.fh-ooe.at/handle/123456789/1849

Uhl, J. C., Huber, M., Gurel, A., Westfahl, S., Killian, S., Schweiger, H., Rind, A., Regal, G., & Tscheligi, M. (2026). Branching Foresight - A Novel Interaction Concept for AI-generated Scenario Exploration. Proc. CHI Conf. Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1272:1-1272:24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3793527

Westfahl, S., Rind, A., Killian, S., Schweiger, H., Uhl, J., & Regal, G. (2026). GreenTouch: Co-Creating XR Micro-Interventions for Last-Mile Climate Resilience in Occupational Therapy. Proc. CHI 2026 Workshop Designing for ``Last Mile"" Climate Resilience with Communities. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.31813759

Feilacher, D., Jakl, A., Girsule, B., Lehner, S., Smith, H., Dominka, S., & Heller, M. (2025). Enhancing Home Safety through Multisensory Robotic Detection of Fallen Persons and Fall Hazard Warning. Sensors & Transducers, 271(4), 13–23. https://sensorsportal.com/p_3384.html

Höld, E., Rathmanner, T., & Heller, M. (2025). Teenage Body Image Perception, Body-shaping Behavior, and Body Composition With Respect to Use of “Fitspiration”: Exploratory Investigation Study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e70964. https://doi.org/10.2196/70964

Westfahl, S. (2025, September 26). XR für Ergotherapie und Planetare Gesundheit [Demo & Poster]. European Researchers" Night. 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

Krondorfer, P., Slijepčević, D., Kranzl, A., Zeppelzauer, M., & Horsak, B. (2025). Predicting joint contact forces using a combination of kinematics, anthropometrics, and demographics with explainable artificial intelligence. Gait & Posture, ESMAC 2025 Abstract, 121, 126–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.07.139

Slijepčević, D., Ladner, S., Judmaier, P., Zeppelzauer, M., Kranzl, A., & Horsak, B. (2025). AI applications and data annotation practices in clinical gait analysis: Initial insights from a survey of ESMAC and GAMMA members. Gait & Posture, ESMAC 2025 Abstract, 121, 229–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.07.246

News

06/09/2026