Michael Herz
Research Assistant, PhD Student

Tel.: +49.89.289.24526
Uptown München-Campus D, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62, Room R 202 (2nd floor)
Office hours: by arrangement (Email)
E-Mail: mi.herz(at)tum.de
Vita
Since 02/2022 | Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich |
10/2020 – 01/2022 | Student Assistant at Private Institute for Applied Care Research, Berlin |
04/2019 – 03/2022 | Master of Science „Integrated Sports, Movement and Health Sciences” at the University of Potsdam |
09/2015 – 09/2020 | Student Assistant at the department of Training and Movement Sciences at the University of Potsdam |
10/2014 – 03/2019 | Bachelor of Arts „Sports therapy & prevention“ at the University of Potsdam |
Research Activites
- Project CaResource: designing long-term care, promoting health, and empowering people
- Project EMMA: Health promotion and prevention in outpatient care workers
Publications
Herz, M., Bösl, S., & Gebhard, D. (2024). Individual and organizational interventions to promote staff health and well-being in residential long-term care: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials over the past 20 years. BMC nursing, 23(1), 195. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01855-7
Gebhard, D. & Herz, M. (2022). How to Address the Health of Home Care Workers: A Systematic Review of the Last Two Decades. Journal of Applied Gerontology, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221141084
Chaabene, H., Prieske, O., Herz, M., Moran, J., Höhne, J., Kliegl, R., ... & Granacher, U. (2021). Home-based exercise programmes improve physical fitness of healthy older adults: A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis with relevance for COVID-19. Ageing research reviews, 67, 101265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101265
Lesinski, M., Herz, M., Schmelcher, A., & Granacher, U. (2020). Effects of resistance training on physical fitness in healthy children and adolescents: an umbrella review. Sports Medicine, 50(11), 1901-1928. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01327-3
Lesinski, M., Schmelcher, A., Herz, M., Puta, C., Gabriel, H., Arampatzis, A., ... & Granacher, U. (2020). Maturation-, age-, and sex-specific anthropometric and physical fitness percentiles of German elite young athletes. Plos one, 15(8), e0237423. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237423
Prieske, O., Chaabene, H., Gäbler, M., Herz, M., Helm, N., Markov, A., & Granacher, U. (2020). Seasonal Changes in Anthropometry, Body Composition, and Physical Fitness and the Relationships with Sporting Success in Young Sub-Elite Judo Athletes: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7169. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197169
Prieske, O., Dalager, T., Herz, M., Hortobagyi, T., Sjøgaard, G., Søgaard, K., & Granacher, U. (2019). Effects of physical exercise training in the workplace on physical fitness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 49(12), 1903-1921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01179-6