Heidi Sveistrup

Heidi Sveistrup is a full professor at the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa. She is also an adjunct research professor at the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering of Carleton University and a senior investigator at the Bruyère Health Research Institute. Her research currently focuses on rehabilitation and the use of technologies to support wellness, engagement and long life.

• Digital literacy
• Supportive smart homes
• Head injury
• Virtual reality

See Heidi Sveistrup’s publications. 

• Sloan W, Wallace B, Goubran, Sveistrup H (2025). Cross-body transfer learning for human activity recognition. IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) doi: 10.1109/I2MTC62753.2025.11079034
• Barnes, K, Sveistrup H, Karimijashni M, Bayley M, Marshall S (2025). Psychometric properties of vestibular and ocular measures used for concussion assessments: A scoping review. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000985
• Sveistrup H, DeHaan IE, Pepe A, Tenenbaum HC, Svendrovski A, Turgeon B, Perry R (2025). Feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of non-invasive application of chlorhexidine dental coating for seniors in the community: a randomized controlled study. Acta Odontol Scand. doi: 10.2340/aos.v84.44126. PMCID: PMC12340612.
• Barnes K, Sveistrup H, Bayley M, Rathbone M, Taljaard M, Egan M, Bilodeau M, Karimijashni M, Marshall S (2025). Application of commonly used physical tests in a virtual environment in patients with concussion to patients with various types and severities of acquired brain injury: Prospective cohort method comparison study. J Med Internet Res doi: 10.2196/76995
• Knoefel F, Wallace B, Thomas N, Sveistrup H, Goubran R (2024). Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place. Springer Nature.
• Barnes K, Sveistrup H, Karimijashni M, Bayley M, Egan M, Bilodeau M, Rathbone M, Taljaard M, Marshall S (2024). Barriers and Facilitators Associated With Remote Concussion Physical Assessments From the Perspectives of Clinicians and People Living With Workplace Concussions: Focus Group Study. J Med Internet Res.
• O'Neil J, Pelletier L, Bilodeau M, Egan M, Marshall S, Sveistrup H (2022). A physiotherapist’s perception of their own behavior compared to the perception of their behavior by persons with TBI within the context of telerehabilitation: A self-determination theory perspective. Physiotherapy Theory & Practice.