A5072540951- Sports injuries and prevention
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Sports Performance and Training
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Sleep and related disorders
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Physical Activity and Health
- Health and Medical Studies
- Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Sports Science and Education
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Heidelberg University
2020-2024
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2012-2021
Technical University of Munich
2019-2020
Institute for Sports Medicine
2010-2015
Universität Hamburg
2012
Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft
2011
University of Calgary
2009
Context: Sensorimotor control is impaired after ankle injury and in fatigued conditions. However, little known about fatigue-induced alterations of postural athletes who have experienced an sprain the past. Objective: To investigate effect fatiguing exercise on static dynamic balance abilities successfully returned to preinjury levels sport activity sprain. Design: Cohort study. Setting: University science research laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: 30 active athletes, 14 with a...
In team sports, sensorimotor impairments resulting from previous injuries or muscular fatigue have been suggested to be factors contributing an increased injury risk. Although it has widely shown that physical affects static postural sway, is still questionable as what extent these adaptations are relevant for dynamic, sports-related situations. The objective of this study was determine the effects whole-body and localized on control in stable unstable conditions. Nineteen male handball...
Background: Youth athletes with intensive sports participation are at an increased risk of sustaining injuries. Neuromuscular training programs reduce sports-related injury in this population, however, the dose-response relationship is largely unknown. Thus, aim meta-analysis was to identify optimal frequency, volume, duration, and period neuromuscular prevent injuries youth athletes. Methods: Computerized database searches (PubMed, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, The Cochrane Library, PEDro) were...
Background. Gait and balance dysfunction are major symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Treadmill training improves gait characteristics this population but does not reflect the dynamic nature of controlling during ambulation everyday life contexts. Objective. To evaluate whether postural perturbations treadmill walking lead to superior effects on performance compared with standard training. Methods. In single-blind randomized controlled trial, 43 PD patients (Hoehn & Yahr stage 1-3.5)...
The importance of sleep for memory consolidation has been extensively studied, but its role encoding remains less well characterized. At the molecular and cellular level, renormalization synaptic weights during received substantial support, which is thought to free capacity encode new information at behavioral level. However, systems level behaviorally, support this process playing a major function scarce. In current study, we investigated utility moderate- high-intensity evening exercise as...
Introduction: Cognitive and gait deficits are common symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). Motor-cognitive dual tasks (DT) used to explore the interplay between cognition. However, it is unclear if DT performance indicative for cognitive impairment. Therefore, aim of this study was investigate reflected by costs spatio-temporal parameters. Methods: function, single (ST) task were investigated 67 PD patients. Cognition assessed Montreal Assessment (MoCA) followed a standardized, sensor-based...
Background: Motor learning is impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD), with patients demonstrating deficits skill acquisition (online learning) and consolidation (offline compared to healthy adults of similar age. Recent studies young suggest that single bouts aerobic exercise (AEX), performed close temporal proximity practicing a new motor task, may facilitate learning. Thus, we aimed at investigating the effects bout cycling on online offline PD patients. Methods: 17 (Hoehn Yahr 1 - 2.5, age:...
Background:Impaired gait and postural stability are cardinal motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). Treadmill training improves characteristics PD. Objective:This study investigates if perturbations during treadmill improve performance particularly Methods:This work presents secondary outcome measures of a pilot randomized controlled trial. PD patients (n = 43) recruited at the University Hospital Erlangen were randomly allocated to experimental (perturbation training, PTT, n 21) or...
Force enhancement following muscle stretching and force depression shortening are well-accepted properties of skeletal contraction. However, the factors contributing to enhancement/depression remain a matter debate. In addition on fiber or sarcomere level, length angle pennation affect during voluntary isometric contractions in whole muscles. Therefore, we hypothesized that differences lengths angles between force-enhanced/depressed reference states may contribute contractions. The purpose...
Female handball athletes are at a particular risk of sustaining lower extremity injuries. The study examines time-dependent adaptations static and dynamic balance as potential injury factors to specific warm-up program focusing on neuromuscular control.Fourty one (24.0 ± 5.9 years) female were randomized an intervention or control group. group implemented 15-min program, three times per week for eleven weeks, whereas the continued with their regular warm-up. Balance was assessed five time...
Recommendations for assessing motor performance in individuals with dementia (IWD) are rare, and most existing assessment tools previously applied IWD were initially developed healthy older adults. However, their counterparts differ cognitive capabilities, which needs to be considered when designing studies this population. This article aims give recommendations assessments promote standardisation based on a structured discussion of identified used previous trials.Appropriateness intensively...
ABSTRACT The aim of this retrospective cohort study is to investigate the association between different subjective and objective assessments ankle function in a population athletes with or without functional instability (FAI). 29 history spraining were divided into two groups according their status: 16 FAI (initial sprain residual instability) (age 24.6 ± 3.1 years), 13 COPERS 25.3 4.4 years). assessment each individual's was based on three approaches: “functional‐ankle‐ability‐measure”...
Background and Purpose: Perturbation training is a promising approach to reduce fall incidence in persons with Parkinson disease (PwPD). This study aimed evaluate interindividual differences balance adaptations response perturbation treadmill (PTT) identify potential outcome predictors. Methods: PwPD (n = 43, Hoehn & Yahr stage 1-3.5) were randomly assigned either 8 weeks of PTT or conventional (CTT) without perturbations. At baseline following intervention, data from 4 domains function...