Chair of Human Movement Science

The Sports and Sports Science Handbook offers a complete overview, including sports medicine, in the volume Sports Motor Skills, Movement and Training. With their own chapter on motor disorders, Nina Rohrbach and Joachim Hermsdörfer provide insights into the most common forms and consequences of… [read more]

The Chair of Human Movement Science currently recruits young subjects to participate in the study “Cortical Representation of Novel Tool Use” (10€/h). The attached flyer includes all relevant information. We are looking forward to hearing from you! Contact: Thabea Kampe (M. Sc.) thabea.kampe@tum.de… [read more]

Multiple sclerosis counts as one of the most frequent autoimmune mediated, chronic progressive neurological diseases that can, already in young adulthood, cause severe neurological symptoms. In close cooperation of the Chair of Human Movement Science and the Center for clinical Neuroplasticity,… [read more]

Philipp Gulde is rejoining the Chair of Human Movement Science. After finishing his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Joachim Hermsdörfer, he spent three post-doc years at the Center for Clinical Neuroplasticity, Medical Park Loipl (Medical Park SE), a neurorehabilitation facility. [read more]

Seckler, E., Regauer, V., Krüger, M., Gabriel, A., Hermsdörfer, J., Niemietz, C., Bauer, P., Müller, M. (2021). Improving mobility and participation of older people with vertigo, dizziness and balance disorders in primary care using a care pathway: feasibility study and process evaluation. BMC Fam… [read more]

Frailty is a distinctive health state related to the ageing process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their resience. It is essential that frailty is identified to enable health and social care professionals to prevent negative outcomes and start a pathway of care. However, current… [read more]

Rohrbach, N., Hermsdörfer, J., Huber, L-M, Thierfelder, A., Buckingham, G. (2021). Fooling the size-weight illusion – Using augmented reality to eliminate the effect of size on perceptions of heaviness and sensorimotor prediction. [read more]

Wais, J., Geidl, W., Rohrbach, N., Sudeck, G., & Pfeifer, K. (2021). Exercise therapy teamwork in German rehabilitation settings: Results of a national survey using mixed methods design. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3).… [read more]

Dr. Anke Karabanov (Integrative Physiology, Department of nutrition, exercise and sports, University of Copenhagen, DK) " Cortical Networks Related to Fine Motor Skills" [read more]

Dr. Fabian Just (Volkswagen AG, past: Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich) "Fusing Conventional and Robotic Rehabilitation Therapy" [read more]