Michael Brach
A5055888118- Physical Activity and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health and Medical Studies
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Sports Performance and Training
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
University of Münster
2012-2024
Universidade de São Paulo
2022
Institute for Sports Medicine
2011-2020
Ruhr University Bochum
2012-2013
Pennsylvania State University
2011
Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation
2005
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2005
University of Bonn
2005
Background: Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation home confinement. While these are imperative to abate spreading of COVID-19, impact behaviours lifestyles at is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched April 2020, seven languages, elucidate behavioural lifestyle consequences restrictions. This report presents results from first...
Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation, home confinement. While these are imperative to mitigate spreading of COVID-19, impact psychosocial is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020 elucidate behavioral lifestyle consequences COVID-19 restrictions. This report presents preliminary results...
AMA Ammar A, Trabelsi K, Brach M, et al. Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study. Biology Sport. 2021;38(1):9-21. doi:10.5114/biolsport.2020.96857. APA Ammar, A., Trabelsi, K., Brach, M., Chtourou, H., Boukhris, O., & Masmoudi, L. (2021). Sport, 38(1), 9-21. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2020.96857 Chicago Achraf, Khaled Michael Hamdi Omar Liwa Bassem Bouaziz 2021. "Effects study"....
Public health recommendations and government measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced restrictions on daily-living. While these are imperative to abate spreading of COVID-19, impact mental emotional wellbeing is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey (ECLB-COVID19) was launched April 6, 2020 in seven languages elucidate wellbeing.
Symptoms of psychological distress and disorder have been widely reported in people under quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic; addition to severe disruption peoples' daily activity sleep patterns. This study investigates association between physical-activity levels patterns quarantined individuals. An international Google online survey was launched April 6th, 2020 for 12-weeks. Forty-one research organizations from Europe, North-Africa, Western-Asia, Americas promoted through their...
The COVID-19 lockdown could engender disruption to lifestyle behaviors, thus impairing mental wellbeing in the general population. This study investigated whether sociodemographic variables, changes physical activity, and sleep quality from pre- during were predictors of change quarantined older adults.
Abstract Background Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation home confinement. While these are imperative to abate spreading of COVID-19, impact behaviours lifestyle at is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020 seven languages elucidate behavioral consequences restrictions. This report presents preliminary results from...
Abstract Background Due to home-confinement and social isolation of during the Covid-19 pandemic, reductions in performing physical activities were observed. A main consequence inactivity is a poorer general health higher mortality rate. Therefore, it important inform public about practical recommendations for staying physically active, especially current pandemic. Methods Through systematic review literature two databases (Pubmed/Medline; Web Science), studies analysed which include active...
Abstract Background Although recognised as effective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing and self-isolation, have been suggested generate burden throughout population. To provide scientific data help identify risk-factors for psychosocial strain during an international cross-disciplinary online survey was circulated in April 2020. This report outlines mental, emotional behavioural consequences home confinement. Method Thirty-five research organisations from...
With what has been known as the "triple-win effect", introducing information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health care of neurodegenerative diseases is beneficial delaying need for institutional care, reducing associated costs, caregiving burden, improving individuals' quality life. Nevertheless, mismatch between users' expectations their actual needs remains one main challenges that can reduce usability technology solutions. Therefore, European project Personalized Integrated...
Abstract Background Physical activity programmes can help to prevent functional decline in the elderly. Until now, such use target either on healthy community-dwelling seniors or elderly living special residences care institutions. Sedentary frail people, however, are difficult reach when they live their own homes. The general practitioner's (GP) practice offers a unique opportunity acquire these people for participation programmes. We conceptualised multidimensional home-based exercise...
Abstract Background Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation home confinement. While these are imperative to mitigate spreading of COVID-19, impact psychosocial is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched in April 2020 seven languages elucidate behavioral lifestyle consequences restrictions. This report presents preliminary results...
Background Dementias—including Alzheimer disease—and Parkinson disease profoundly impact the quality of life older population members and their families. PROCare4Life (Personalized Integrated Care Promoting Quality Life for Older Adults) is a European project that recognizes benefit technology-based integrated care models in improving coordination these target groups. This proposes an integrated, scalable, interactive platform targeting people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases,...
ABSTRACT Behavioral ecology is a field in which scientists try to predict behavioral choices, typically by estimating costs of alternatives even though those may involve different currencies. Researchers interested motor behavior often have similar concerns, the connections between these two fields been largely unnoticed. The authors pursued study behaviors involving currencies: walking over distances and reaching distances. They found that cost was much greater than walking. also paths took...
<ns3:p>PeRsOnalised Integrated CARE Solution for Elderly (PROCare4Life) was an EU-funded project that ran from January 2020 until June 2023, whose focus to further develop and integrate previous ICT solutions developed by several projects into a unique modular system able support the autonomy empowerment increase Quality of Life (QoL) elderly people living with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or similar dementia, having also tested comorbidities. This article focuses on methodology results used...
The management of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) in older populations is usually demanding and involves care provision by various health services, resulting a greater burden on systems terms costs resources. convergence services within integrated models, which are enabled adopted jointly with information communication technologies (ICTs), has been identified as an effective alternative solution. However, its widespread implementation faces formidable challenges. Both the development ICTs...
Abstract Background Public health recommendations and government measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have enforced restrictions on daily living, which may include social distancing, remote work/school, home confinement. While these are imperative to abate spreading of COVID-19, impact mental emotional wellbeing is undefined. Therefore, an international online survey was launched April 6, 2020 in seven languages elucidate well-being. This report presents preliminary results from first...
Exercise programmes can be administered successfully as therapeutic agents to patients with a number of chronic diseases and help improve physical functioning in older adults. Usually, such target either healthy mobile community-dwelling seniors or elderly individuals living nursing institutions special residences. Chronically ill mobility-restricted individuals, however, are difficult reach when they live their own homes.A pilot study has shown good feasibility home-based exercise programme...
Since its existence, the European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (EURAPA) used different forms contents editorial articles.Beside referencing summarizing current issue, introductory overviews on research subjects are presented, thus drawing attention to fields considered in EURAPA, stimulate potential submission manuscripts journal.Such topics were, e.g.peak exercise [16], socioeconomic perspectives [14], or theory-driven evaluation [4].The present addresses technical assistance for...
Objectives To evaluate the effects a home‐based exercise program delivered to ill and mobility‐limited elderly individuals on physical function, activity, quality of life, fall‐related self‐efficacy, self‐efficacy. Design Randomized controlled trial ( ISRCTN Registry, Reg.‐No. 17727272). Setting Fifteen general practitioner GP ) practices participants' homes. Participants Chronically aged 70 older (N = 209). Interventions An therapist experimental intervention—a 12‐week multidimensional...