Staff Members

Contact

Management

Prof. Dr. med. Tania Zieschang

+49 (0)441 798-4644

 

Postal address

Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg Faculty VI - Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Geriatrics Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118 26129 Oldenburg

Visiting address

Campus Haarentor, Building V04 Ammerländer Heerstr. 140 26129 Oldenburg

Staff Members

Former colleagues from the geriatrics department

Research assistant

PhD student

Arber Gashi

Research Assistant / doctoral candidate

Publications

2023

  • Sandra Hellmers, Elias Krey, Arber Gashi, Jessica Koschate, Laura Schmidt, Tim Stuckenschneider, Andreas Hein, Tania Zieschang (2023) Comparison of machine learning approaches for near-fall detection using motion sensors. Frontiers in Digital Health https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1223845

Michel Hackbarth

Research Assistant / doctoral candidate

Publications

2026

  • Kastler, F., Himmelmann, L., Speckmann, EM. et al. Association of depressive symptoms, gait and dynamic balance with risk of falling in older adults discharged from the A&E department after a fall: a prospective observational study. BMC Geriatr 26, 726 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-07670-w
  • Feld L, Hackbarth M, Himmelmann L, Speckmann EM, Koschate-Storm J, Stuckenschneider T, Zieschang T. Quantifying reactive dynamic balance in older adults: an exploratory lag-plot-based approach towards fall risk estimation. Gerontology. 28 April 2026:1–18. https://doi.org/10.1159/000551583. Published online ahead of print. PMID: 42048290.

2025

  • Koschate-Storm J, Werner C, Bartel J, Bauer JM, Becker C, Drefs S, El-Seoud N, Giehl C, Hackbarth M, Hezel N, Klenk J, Trampisch U, Wirth R, Zieschang T, Schwenk M. Treadmill perturbation-based balance training to prevent unrecovered falls in fall-prone older adults with and without cognitive impairment: protocol for the multi-centre randomised controlled TRAIL study. BMC Geriatr. 23 December 2025. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06599-w
  • Hackbarth, M., Zieschang, T., Lau, S., & Koschate-Storm, J. (2025). Do older adults with and without a history of falls show different gait patterns in response to individualised treadmill perturbations?. Experimental Gerontology, 209, 112853. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2025.112853

2024

  • Büker L, Hackbarth M, Quinten V, Hein A, Hellmers S (2024) Towards comparable, quality-assured Azure Kinect body tracking results in a study setting—Influence of light. PLOS ONE 19(8): e0308416. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308416
  • Voß M, Zieschang T, Schmidt L, Hackbarth M, Koschate J, Stuckenschneider T (2024) Reduced adaptability to balance perturbations in older adults with probable cognitive impairment after a severe fall. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0305067. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305067

2023

  • Büker, L.; Quinten, V.; Hackbarth, M.; Hellmers, S.; Diekmann, R.; Hein, A.; How the processing mode influences Azure Kinect body tracking results; Sensors Basel: MDPI, 2001 23(2023), 2, Article ID 878, pp. 1–28 Online resource; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020878
  • Gehle, T.; Lau, S.; Hackbarth, M.; Zieschang, T.; Koschate, J. (2023): Physical performance and compensation strategies of older adults to maintain physical fitness and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. In: BMC Geriatr 23 (1), p. 239. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03952-9; https://doi.org.10.1186/s12877-023-03952-9

  • Michel Hackbarth, Jessica Koschate, Sandra Lau, Tania Zieschang (2023) Depth imaging for gait analysis on a treadmill in older adults at risk of falling.

    IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 19 May 2023:11:479–486. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2023.3277890.

  • Zieschang T, Otto-Sobotka F, Shakoor A, Lau S, Hackbarth M and Koschate J (2023) The impact of pandemic-related social distancing regulations on exercise performance—Objective data and training recommendations to mitigate losses in physical fitness. Front. Public Health 11:1099392.
    doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1099392

2022

  • Stuckenschneider, T., Koschate, J., Dunker, E. et al. Sentinel fall presenting to the emergency department (SeFallED) – protocol of a complex study including long-term observation of functional trajectories after a fall, exploration of specific fall risk factors, and patients’ views on fall prevention. BMC Geriatr 22, 594 (2022). doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03261-7

2019

  • Ferger, K., Hackbarth, M., Mylo, M. D., Müller, C. & Zentgraf, K. (2019). Measuring temporal and spatial accuracy in trampolining. Sports Engineering, 22 (3–4), 18. DOI: 10.1007/s12283-019-0310-9

2017

  • Ferger, K., & Hackbarth, M.(2017) A new method for determining horizontal displacement in competitive trampolining. Sci Gymnastics J. 9(2):303–310.

2016

  • Lenk C, Hackbarth M, Mylo M, Wiegand J, and Ferger K (2016) Evaluation of a measurement system for determining flight times in trampoline sports. In: Wiemeyer J, Seyfarth A, Kollegger G et al. (eds) Human Movement and Technology: Book of abstracts – 11th Joint Conference on Motor Control & Learning, Biomechanics & Training, Volume 1. Shaker Verlag GmbH, Aachen.

Medical colleagues from cooperating clinics

Dr Julia Schlotmann

Senior consultant for geriatrics at Oldenburg Hospital

 

Publications

Roigk P., Leonhardt R., Lindemann U., Abel B., Büchele G., Rothenbacher D., Koschate, J., Schlotmann, J., Elsayed M., Zieschang, T., Laurentius, T., Bollheimer, C., Becker, C., Rapp, K.(2024) Older patients with vertebral and pelvic fractures: Study protocol of a clinical cohort. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0306727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306727

Schlotmann, J.; Koschate, J.; Zieschang, T.; Geriatric assessment - a useful tool also for vascular surgery. Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, Gefässchirurgie 2022 - 27:491-497
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-022-00923-z

 

Dr med. Thea Laurentius

Senior consultant in geriatrics at Oldenburg Hospital

Publications

Roigk P., Leonhardt R., Lindemann U., Abel B., Büchele G., Rothenbacher D., Koschate, J., Schlotmann, J., Elsayed M., Zieschang, T., Laurentius, T., Bollheimer, C., Becker, C., Rapp, K.(2024) Older patients with vertebral and pelvic fractures: Study protocol of a clinical cohort. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0306727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306727

 

Linda-Maria Mack

Senior Consultant in Geriatrics at Oldenburg Hospital

Dr Fabian Fincke

Senior physician in geriatrics at the Oldenburg Rehabilitation Centre and the Oldenburg Clinic

-employed at the Rehabilitation Centre Oldenburg

Publications

1 Fincke F, Prediger S, Schick K, Fürstenberg S, Spychala N, Berberat PO, Harendza S, Kadmon M. Entrustable professional activities and facets of competence in a simulated workplace-based assessment for advanced medical students. Med Teach. 2020 Sep;42(9):1019-1026. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2020.1779204. PMID: 32579039.
2 Prediger S, Harendza S, Kadmon M, Fincke F, Schick K, Fürstenberg S, Spychala N, Berberat PO.Validation of a competence-based assessment of medical students' performance in the physician's role. BMC Med Educ. 2020 Jan 7;20(1):2. doi:10.1186/s12909-019-1911-5. PMID: 31910843.
3 Varges, D., Manthey, H., Heinemann, U., Ponto, C., Schmitz, M., Schulz-Schaeffer, W. J., Krasnianski, A., Breithaupt, M., Fincke, F., Kramer, K., Friede, T. & Zerr, I. (2017).Doxycycline in early CJD: a double-blinded randomised phase II and observational study.Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry,88(2), 119-125.
4. "The impact of the pandemic on neurologicalTeaching: Necessity is the mother of invention!", (Biesalski, A.S., Peters, L., T¨ onges, L., Klebe, S., Fincke, F., Bornkamm,
K., Brich, J. Schmidt-Graf, F.) DGNeurology Issue01/2022
5 "The Mini-Mental-State Examination (MMSE) in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"(F. Fincke, H. Achak, U. Heinemann, I. Zerr), Poster, Prion 2008, Madrid, Spain
6. clinical trial of doxycycline as a therapeutic approach in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"(F. Fincke, H. Achak, U. Heinemann, A. Krasnianski, I. Zerr), Poster, 60.Annual Conference of the German Society for Hygiene and ¨ Microbiology (DGHM), Dresden

 

 

Marco Scarano

Senior physician in geriatrics at the Oldenburg Rehabilitation Centre and the Oldenburg Clinic

-employed at the Rehabilitation Centre Oldenburg

Publications

  1. Schattschneider J, Scarano M, Binder A, Wasner G, Baron R. Modulation of sensitised C-fibers by adrenergic stimulation in human neuropathic pain. Eur J Pain. 2008 May;12(4):517-524. doi:10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.08.004.

 

Auxiliary staff of the department

Hendrik Lügering

Student assistants TRAIL

Jannis Leinweber

Student assistant

Medical student

Student Assistants SeFallED

Emma Dierlamm

Student assistant

Medical student

Imke Kramer

Student assistant

Bachelor programme Sports & Pedagogy

Leonie Sudholz

Student assistant

Bachelor programme Biology

Arne Vietig

Student assistant (Bachelor in Sports Science)
Medical student

Burak Uzun

Student assistant
Master's programme Applied Economics and Data Science

Niclas Langen

Student assistant

Medical student

Emily Walter

Student assistant

Medical student

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