2026

• 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. 2026 Apr 28:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1159/000551583. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42048290.
   
• 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 emergency department after a fall: a prospective observational study. BMC Geriatr 26, 726 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-026-07670-w 
   
• Stuckenschneider T, Oswald F, Grenz A, Himmelmann L, Schmidt NM, Speckmann E-M, Zieschang T and Boerner K (2026) Neighbourhood-level age-friendliness in urban environments: associations with functional independence and physical activity in older adults after a fall. Front. Public Health 14:1839024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1839024  
   
• Speckmann, E-M., Schwettmann, L., Himmelmann, L., Zieschang, T. & Stuckenschneider, T.  How socioeconomic status shapes health outcomes following severe falls: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Geriatr 25, 533 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06198-9
   
• Zieschang, T., Himmelmann, L., Schmidt, N.M. Speckmann, E.M., Feld, L., Klenk, J., Laurentius, T., Boerner, K., Diekmann, R., Hein, A., Koschate-Storm, J., Schwettmann, L., von Kutzleben, M., Stuckenschneider, T. Tailored interventions to prevent functional decline after a Sentinel Fall presenting to the Emergency Department (iSeFallED) – protocol for a pragmatic mixed-methods implementation study. BMC Geriatr (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06943-0 

2025

• Laura Himmelmann, Tania Zieschang, Elisa-Marie Speckmann, Nina Marie Schmidt, Tim Stuckenschneider; From the Emergency Department to Daily Life: A 12-Month Comparison of Fall Risk and Physical Function in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment. Gerontology 2025; https://doi.org/10.1159/000549207 
   
• Speckmann, E-M., Schwettmann, L., Himmelmann, L., Zieschang, T. & Stuckenschneider, T.  How socioeconomic status shapes health outcomes following severe falls: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Geriatr 25, 533 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06198-9

2023

• Stuckenschneider, Tim; Schmidt, Laura; Speckmann, Elisa-Marie; Koschate, Jessica; Zieschang, Tania (2023): Recruiting patients for falls prevention in the emergency department – worth the challenge. In: BMC Geriatrics 23 (1). DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04607-5; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04607-5