FH-Prof.in Mag.a Sabine Dielacher
FH-Prof.in Mag.a Sabine Dielacher

Ongoing research projects
Completed research projects
aktiChron ꟷ “fully active despite chronic illness”
DetailsPatients with chronic diseases require specific skills for managing their symptoms. Therefore, an education programme for chronically ill people will be developed at the University of Applied Sciences for Health Professionals Upper Austria. The programme will comprise six workshops, individual coaching sessions, and regular group meetings.
The programme will be implemented in a primary care centre. Experiences, effectiveness, and acceptance will be evaluated in a study.
Health Education for People with Non-Communicable Diseases
DetailsAccording to the WHO, non-communicable diseases such as chronic heart and lung diseases, insult, cancer, diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis, accounted for around 40 million deaths worldwide in 2015, which is around 70% of the total number of deaths.
Effective post-stroke rehabilitation through Virtual Reality Assisted Therapy
DetailsThe aim of stroke rehabilitation is to significantly increase the patient’s quality of life. In addition to traditional therapy, the use of more widespread consumer electronics (e.g. smart phones, tablets, gesture-controlled devices or virtual reality devices) can help to support the rehabilitation.
fun.tast.tisch. – development of an innovative training software for Microsoft® PixelSense™ in neuro-rehabilitation
DetailsThe project’s aim was to develop a training software based on PixelSense technology that is suitable for patients with acquired brain injury. One of our special concerns was to motivate patients using a clear and attractive design (making it “fun”), the use of multi-touch and the integration of objects (“tast”, German for touch) as well as the possibility to use the table (“tisch”, German for table) from different angles. In total, we developed 14 modules for application in neuro-rehabilitation.