Project task
Planning and implementation of the exergame „Keep On Keep Up“ (M2)
Expertise
Physical activity in older age; motor assessments; exergaming; fall prevention
Biography
Biography
Katharina Gordt-Oesterwind graduated as a state-certified physiotherapist in 2010. She then studied physiotherapy (B.Sc.) at Philipps University Marburg and Fulda University of Applied Sciences from 2010 to 2013 and completed her master's degree in biomechanics-motor movement analysis at Justus Liebig University Gießen in 2016. Subsequently, she completed her PhD on "Balance abilities in older people: Development and validation of a target group specific, everyday life assessment paradigm for young seniors" at the Network Aging Research at Heidelberg University. After successfully completing her doctorate in 2020, Katharina Gordt-Oesterwind worked as a project coordinator in the project "PROfit" – Prevention, Orientation, Training ", which was funded by the Techniker Krankenkasse. Sice march 2021 she is working in smart age as a research assistant in the area of "exergaming".
Relevant publications
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Gordt K., Nerz C., Mikolaizak A.S., Taraldsen K., Pijnappels M., Helbostad J.L., Vereijken B., Becker C., Schwenk M. (2021) Sensitivity to Change and Responsiveness of the Original and the Shortened Version of the Community Balance & Mobility Scale for Young Seniors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.03.036
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Gordt, K., Mikolaizak, A. S., Taraldsen, K., Bergquist, R., Van Ancum, J. M., Nerz, C., Pijnappels, M., Maier, A. B., Helbostad, J. L., & Vereijken, B. (2020). Creating and validating a shortened version of the community balance and mobility scale for application in people who are 61 to 70 years of age. 100(1), 180-191, doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzz132
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Gordt, K., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Mikolaizak, A. S., Taraldsen, K., Mellone, S., Bergquist, R., ... & Helbostad, J. L. (2020). The Association of Basic and Challenging Motor Capacity with Mobility Performance and Falls in Young Seniors. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 104134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104134
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Gordt, K., Mikolaizak, A. S., Nerz, C., Barz, C., Gerhardy, T., Weber, M., Becker, C., & Schwenk, M. (2019). German version of the community balance and mobility scale. 52(1), 28-36.
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Gordt, K., Gerhardy, T., Najafi, B., & Schwenk, M. (2018). Effects of wearable sensor-based balance and gait training on balance, gait, and functional performance in healthy and patient populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 64(1), 74-89.