Dr. Ursula Hohenauer-Küng

Beruflicher Abschluss

• 2000 - 2002 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2002 - 2005 Master of Science (MSc) in Human Movement Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2005 - 2009 PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Berufspraxis

• 2005 – 2009 PhD student at the Laboratory of experimental Neuro-Otology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Siwitzerland
• 2009–2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, Neural Control of Posture and Movement Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• 2011–2016 Lecturer, Department of Health, BSc Program in Physiotherapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur, Switzerland
• 2011–2025 Senior Lecturer, Research Project Manager and Head of Quality Management, THIM University of Applied Sciences in Physiotherapy, Landquart, Switzerland
• 2021–2023 Lecturer, Department of Health, BSc Program in Physiotherapy, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2024 – Lecturer, Department of Health, BSc Programm Occupational Therapy, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), St. Gallen, Switzerland

Fachliche Schwerpunkte

• Human Movement Sciences and Physiology
• Postural Control and Sensorimotor Function
• Research Methodology & Movement Analysis
• Teaching and Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses

Fachzeitschrift

• Hohenauer E, Costello JT, Stoop R, Küng UM, Clarys P, Deliens T, Clijsen R (2018) Cold-water or partial-body cryotherapy? Comparison of physiological responses and recovery following muscle damage. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 28(3):1252-1262
• Hohenauer E, Costello JT, Stoop R, Küng UM, Clarys P, Deliens T, Clijsen R. (2018) Cold-water or partial-body cryotherapy? Comparison of physiological responses and recovery following muscle damage. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Mar;28(3):1252-1262
• Hohenauer E, Rucker AM, Clarys P, Küng UM, Stoop R, Clijsen R (2017) Anthropometric and performance characteristics oft he German rugby union 7s team. J Sports MEdPhys Fitness. 57(12):1633-1641
• Serrien B, Hohenauer E, Clijsen R, Taube W, Baeyens JP, Küng U (2017) Changes in Balance coordination and transfer to an unlearned balance task after slackline training: a self-organuzung map analysis. Exp Brain Res 235(11):3427-3436
• Hohenauer E, Rucker AM, Clarys P, Küng UM, Stoop R, Clijsen R (2017) Anthropometric and performance characteristics of the German rugby union 7s team. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 57(12):1633-1641
• Küng UM, Horlings CGC, Honegger F, Allum JHJ (2010). The effect of voluntary lateral trunk bending on balance recovery following multi-directional stance perturbations. Experimental Brain Research. 202:851-65
• Goutier KM, Jansen SL, Horlings CG, Küng UM, Allum JH (2010). The influence of walking speed and gender on trunk sway for the healthy young and older adults. Age Ageing. 39:647-50
• Küng UM, Horlings CGC, Honegger F, Kremer HPH, Bloem BR, Van de Warrenburg BPC, Allum JHJ (2009) Postural Instability in Cerebellar Ataxia: Correlations of Knee, Arm and Trunk Movements to COM velocity. Neuroscience 159:390-404.
• Küng UM, Horlings CGC, Honegger F, Duysens JEJ, Allum JHJ (2009) Control of Roll and Pitch Motion during multi-directional Balance Perturbations. Experimental Brain Research 194:631-45
• Küng UM, Horlings CG, Honegger F, Allum JH (2009) Incorporating voluntary unilateral knee flexion into balance corrections elicited by multi-directinal perturbations to stance. Neuroscience 163:466-81
• Horlings CG, Carpenter MG, Küng UM, Honegger F, Wiederhold B, Allum JH (2009) Influence of virtual Reality on postural Stability during Movements of quiet Stance. Neuroscience Lettre 451:227-31
• Horlings CG, Küng UM, Honegger F, Engelen BG, Van Alfen N, Bloem BR, Allum JH (2009). Vestibular and proprioceptive influences on trunk movement strategies during quiet standing. Neuroscience 161:904-14
• Horlings CG, Küng UM, van Engelen BG, Voremans NC, Hengstman GJ, van der Kooi AJ, Bloem BR, Allum JH (2009). Balance control in patients with distal versus proximal muscle weakness. Neuroscience. 164:1876-86
• Horlings CGC, Küng UM, Bleom BR, Honegger F, Van Alfen N, Van Engelen BGM, Allum JHJ (2008) Identifying Deficits in Balance Control following vestibular or proprioceptive loss using posturographic Analysis of Stance Tasks. Clinical Neurophysilogy 119:2338-46
• Küng UM, Horlings GC, Honegger F, Duysens JEJ, Allum JHJ (2008). Can voluntary unilateral knee bending be combined with responses to lateral rotations of die stance surface? Parkinsonism & Relatdes Disorders. 14:178-180
• Horlings GC, Küng UM, Zappata A, Honegger F, Kressig RW, Bridenbough S, Allum JH (2008). Clinical gait analysis in elderly and yound subjects. Parkinsonism & Relatdes Disorders. 14:170-176