Coppers, Birte

Birte Coppers, M. Sc.

doctoral candidate

Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology
Institute of Applied Dynamics

Room 01.013
Immerwahrstrasse 1
91058 Erlangen
Germany

Phone number: +49091318561013

2014 – 2018 B.A. in Sports Science, Profil: Sport and Movement Therapy, University of Konstanz
2017- 2018 Sport therapist, Rehabilitation Clinic Zihlschlacht, Switzerland
2018 – 2021 M.Sc. in Sports Science; Profil: Movement and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2021 – doctoral candidate, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

reviewed journal publications

2025

Coppers B., Heinrich S., Tascilar K., Phutane U., Kleyer A., Simon D., Bräunig J., Penner J., Vossiek M., Schönau V., Bayat S., Schett G., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
Sensor-assessed grasping time as a biomarker of functional impairment in rheumatoid arthritis
In: Scientific Reports 15 (2025), Article No.: 6018
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90295-7
Port H., Coppers B., Tragl S., Manger E., Niemiec LM., Bayat S., Simon D., Fagni F., Corte G., Bay-Jensen AC., Tascilar K., Hueber A., Schmidt K., Schönau V., Sticherling M., Heinrich S., Leyendecker S., Bohr D., Schett G., Kleyer A., Nielsen SH., Liphardt AM.:
Serum extracellular matrix biomarkers in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis and their association with hand function
In: Scientific Reports 15 (2025), Article No.: 13656
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-98395-0

2024

Auth J., Müller F., Völkl S., Bayerl N., Distler JH., Tur C., Raimondo MG., Chenguiti Fakhouri S., Atzinger A., Coppers B., Eckstein M., Liphardt AM., Bäuerle T., Tascilar K., Aigner M., Kretschmann S., Wirsching A., Taubmann J., Hagen M., Györfi AH., Kharboutli S., Krickau T., Dees C., Spörl S., Rothe T., Harrer T., Bozec A., Grieshaber Bouyer R., Fuchs F., Kuwert T., Berking C., Horch RE., Uder M., Mackensen A., Schett G., Bergmann C.:
CD19-targeting CAR T-cell therapy in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis: a case series
In: The Lancet Rheumatology (2024)
ISSN: 2665-9913
DOI: 10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00282-0
Blazek V., Loy N., Jukic E., Coppers B., Fleischmann ME., Hübner J., Iqbal M., Heinrich S., Scheiterer E., Leyendecker S., Greenfield J., Labinski H., Raimondo MG., Ramming A., Schönau V., Schett G., Knitza J., Liphardt AM.:
AB0930 Towards Objective Measurement Of Spinal Mobility In Axial Spondyloarthritis – Benchmarking An Inertial Measurement Unit System With An Optical Measurement System
In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2024), p. 1774-1775
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.5778
Bräunig J., Heinrich S., Coppers B., Kammel C., Wirth V., Stamminger M., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM., Ullmann I., Vossiek M.:
A Radar-Based Concept for Simultaneous High-Resolution Imaging and Pixel-Wise Velocity Analysis for Tracking Human Motion
In: IEEE Journal of Microwaves 4 (2024), p. 639-652
ISSN: 2692-8388
DOI: 10.1109/JMW.2024.3453570
Coppers B., Heinrich S., Bayat S., Tascilar K., Kleyer A., Simon D., Minopoulou I., Corte G., Fagni F., Schönau V., Bohr D., Leyendecker S., Schett G., Liphardt AM.:
AB0208 Reduced Hand Function Indicates Higher Disease Activity In Patients With Rheumatoid And Psoriatic Arthritis
In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2024), p. 1342.1-1342
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.1112
Heinrich S., Michaelis J., Reiher I., Coppers B., Lohmayer M., Fleischmann ME., Kleyer A., Schett G., De Craemer AS., Elewaut D., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
Comparison and Improvement of CyberGlove III calibration methods
In: IEEE Sensors 24 (2024)
ISSN: 2168-9229
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2024.3376606
Loy N., Blazek V., Jukic E., Fleischmann ME., Coppers B., Hübner J., Iqbal M., Heinrich S., Scheiterer E., Leyendecker S., Greenfield J., Labinski H., Raimondo MG., Ramming A., Schönau V., Schett G., Knitza J., Liphardt AM.:
POS0494 Fear Of Movement Affects Range Of Motion During Repeated Basmi Exercises Assessed By State-Of-The-Art Motion Capture Techniques
In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2024), p. 936.3-937
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.5298
Palm von Alten Blaskowitz PA., Liphardt AM., Bouzas C., Coppers B., Petit P., Vuillerme N., Bundle V., Rudolf S., Knitza J., Raimondo MG., Labinsky H., Hatscher L., Wirsching A., Bohr D., Araujo E., Ramming A., Ramming A., Schett G., Morf H.:
Impact of the digital health application ViViRA on spinal mobility, physical function, quality of life and pain perception in spondyloarthritides patients: a randomized controlled trial
In: Arthritis Research & Therapy 26 (2024), Article No.: 208
ISSN: 1478-6354
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-024-03443-1
Schweiger I., Koschinsky J., Elie-Tino G., Tascilar K., Coppers B., Kleyer A., Morf H., Simon D., Bayat S., Bohr D., Valor L., Raimondo MG., Ramming A., Schönau V., Knitza J., Schett G., Liphardt AM.:
AB0929 THE IMPACT OF KINESIOPHOBIA ON GAIT KINEMATICS IN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES
In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2024), p. 1773.2-1774
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.5381

2023

Bayat S., Coppers B., Kleyer A., Elie-Tino G., Valor L., Simon D., Fagni F., Corte G., Schönau V., Tascilar K., Hueber A., Sticherling M., Schett G., Liphardt AM.:
CHRONIC TENOSYNOVITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOSS OF GRIP STRENGTH IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS AND PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (OP0069)
In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2023), p. 47-47
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2023-eular.886

2021

Müller S., Bühl L., Coppers B., Nüesch C., Mündermann A., Egloff C.:
Surgical therapy of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: reconstruction or primary repair and InternalBraceTM augmentation? - a narrative review
In: Orthopedics and Traumatology (2021)
ISSN: 0941-2530
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthtr.2021.01.010

conferences and proceedings

2024

Fleischmann S., Holzwarth Correa V., Coppers B., Sadeghi M., Richer R., Kleyer A., Simon D., Bräunig J., Vossiek M., Schönau V., Schett G., Koelewijn A., Leyendecker S., Eskofier B., Liphardt AM.:
Classification of rheumatoid arthritis from hand motion capture data using machine learning
13. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik (DGfB) (Heidelberg, 2024-04-24 - 2024-04-26)
Heinrich S., Coppers B., Liphardt AM., Leyendecker S.:
Optimal Control Simulation of Full Hand Flexion MovementsExploiting Optical Marker Tracking
conference, Scientific Meetings of ANZSB & ANZORS (Melbourne, 2024-12-01 - 2024-12-04)

2023

Coppers B., Bayat S., Elie-Tino G., Valor-Mendez L., Fagni F., Corte G., Tascilar K., Hueber A., Schönau V., Sticherling M., Schett G., Kleyer A., Liphardt AM.:
Does Subjectively Perceived Loss Of Hand Function Sufficiently Represent Ultrasonography-Detected Synovitis And Tenosynovitis In Patients With Psoriasis And Psoriatic Arthritis?
poster, European Alliance of Association for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress (Mailand, 2023-05-31 - 2023-06-06)
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2023-eular.2286
Coppers B., Bayat S., Elie-Tino G., Valor-Mendez L., Simon D., Corte G., Tascilar K., Hueber A., Bohr D., Schönau V., Sticherling M., Schett G., Kleyer A., Liphardt AM.:
Objective and subjective hand function reflect grade of tenosynovitis in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
poster, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie Kongress (Leipzig, 2023-08-30 - 2023-09-02)
Heinrich S., Coppers B., Liphardt AM., Leyendecker S.:
Inclusion of optical marker position data in optimal control simulations of a rigid body model of the human hand
conference, ECCOMAS - 11th Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics (Lisboa, 2023-07-24 - 2023-07-28)
Heinrich S., Coppers B., Liphardt AM., Leyendecker S.:
On the inclusion of motion capture data in optimal control simulations of the human hand
conference, 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (Paris, 2023-05-03 - 2023-05-05)
Heinrich S., Coppers B., Liphardt AM., Leyendecker S.:
Why and How to Include Data in Biomechanical Optimal Control Simulations
conference, Interdisciplinary Handsymposium 2023 (Erlangen, 2023-10-04 - 2023-10-05)
Port Linares H., Coppers B., Bayat S., Elie-Tino G., Fagni F., Corte G., Bay-Jensen AC., Tascilar K., Hueber A., Schönau V., Sticherling M., Heinrich S., Bohr C., Schett G., Kleyer A., Leyendecker S., Nielsen SH., Liphardt AM.:
Blood-Based Biomarkers of Inflammation and Tissue Remodeling Can Discriminate Between Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Psoriatic Arthritis and Are Associated with Hand Function
poster, American College of Rheumatology Convergence (San Diego, 2023-11-14 - 2023-11-19)
Wirth V., Liphardt AM., Coppers B., Bräunig J., Heinrich S., Leyendecker S., Kleyer A., Schett G., Vossiek M., Egger B., Stamminger M.:
Markerless RGB-D Hand Pose Estimation for Activity Monitoring of Musculoskeletal Diseases
IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI’23) (Pittsburgh, USA, 2023-10-15 - 2023-10-18)
Wirth V., Liphardt AM., Coppers B., Bräunig J., Heinrich S., Leyendecker S., Kleyer A., Schett G., Vossiek M., Egger B., Stamminger M.:
ShaRPy: Shape Reconstruction and Hand Pose Estimation from RGB-D with Uncertainty
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops (Paris, 2023-10-02 - 2023-10-06)
In: Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops 2023
Open Access: https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content/ICCV2023W/CVAMD/html/Wirth_ShaRPy_Shape_Reconstruction_and_Hand_Pose_Estimation_from_RGB-D_with_ICCVW_2023_paper.html

2022

Coppers B., Heinrich S., Phutane U., Berisha D., Tascilar K., Kleyer A., Simon D., Bräunig J., Penner J., Vossiek M., Schönau J., Bayat S., Schett G., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
Feasibility of using optoelectronic measurement of hand movement for characterizing hand function in rheumatoid arthritis
75th EULAR (European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology), European Congress of Rheumatology 2022 (Copenhagen, 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-04)
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.1741
Coppers B., Heinrich S., Phutane U., Berisha D., Tascilar K., Kleyer A., Simon D., Bräunig J., Penner J., Vossiek M., Schönau V., Bayat S., Schett G., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
Evaluation of marker-based motion capturing to charactherize basic hand movements in rheumatic patients
27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (Porto, 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-29)
Coppers B., Phutane U., Berisha D., Tascilar K., Kleyer A., Simon D., Bräunig J., Penner J., Vossiek M., Schönau V., Heinrich S., Bayat S., Schett G., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
Establishment and evaluation of a sensor-based method to assess hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
conference, World Biomechanics Congress 2022 (Taipei (online), 2022-07-10 - 2022-07-14)
Heinrich S., Phutane U., Penner J., Coppers B., Liphardt AM., Leyendecker S.:
Comparison of different approaches for the personalization of a kinematic hand model
conference, World Biomechanics Congress 2022 (Taipei (Online), 2022-07-10 - 2022-07-14)
URL: https://www.wcb2022.com
Liphardt AM., Tascilar K., Coppers B., Manger E., Liehr S., Bieniek LM., Bayat S., Simon D., Sticherling M., Rech J., Hueber A., Schett G., Kleyer A.:
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL FUNCTION DOES NOT SUFFICIENTLY EXPLAIN VARIANCE OF MEASURED HAND FUNCTION AND GRIP STRENGTH IN ARTHRITIS PATIENTS AND NON-ARTHRITIS CONTROLS
In: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, LONDON: 2022
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.2240

2021

Coppers B., Bühl L., Müller S., Nüesch C., Mündermann A., Egloff C.:
Knee biomechanics of single leg hop landings after primary anterior cruciate ligament repair and InternalBraceTM augmentation
28th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics - ISB (Stockholm, 2021-07-25 - 2021-07-29)
Michaelis J., Reiher I., Heinrich S., Coppers B., Schett G., Kleyer A., Elewaut D., De Craemer M., Leyendecker S., Liphardt AM.:
CyberGlove for clinical use?
FAU-Networking Night Medizintechnik (Erlangen, 2021-10-27 - 2021-10-27)

further publications

Bewegungsmuster der Hand aus empathokinästhetischen Sensordaten als diagnostische Größe für Krankheitsaktivität bei Patienten mit rheumatischen Erkrankungen

(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)

Overall project: Empathokinästhetische Sensorik
Term: 2021-07-01 - 2025-06-30
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)
URL: https://www.empkins.de/

Abstract

Unter standardisierten Bedingungen wird in D01 ein umfassender Datensatz zum aktuellen Erkrankungsstatus von Patienten (N = 150) mit RA und PsA in Kombination mit einer umfangreichen klinischen Testbatterie von Handfunktion sowie auch Vergleichsdaten einer gesunden Kohorte (N = 75) erhoben. Die parallele Erfassung von Handfunktion mittels „state-of-the-art“ Motion-Capture-Sensorik bietet eine kritische Grundlage für die experimentelle Evaluation und integrierte Dateninterpretation der neuartigen Sensordaten (TPe A01, A02 und A03), die bei der Erfassung von Handfunktion mittels EmpkinS in der 2. Hälfte der 1. Förderperiode erfasst werden.

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Coppers, Birte

Birte Coppers, M. Sc.

curriculum vitae

publications

2025

2024

2023

2021

2024

2023

2022

2021

research

Bewegungsmuster der Hand aus empathokinästhetischen Sensordaten als diagnostische Größe für Krankheitsaktivität bei Patienten mit rheumatischen Erkrankungen

teaching