Our medical team

Main activities:
Neurological rehabilitation of motor and neuropsychological disorders, Parkinson’s disease and other motor disorders, acute or chronic consequences of stroke, multiple sclerosis, tumors of the brain, meninges, and spinal cord

Research areas:
Movement rehabilitation, Parkinson’s disease, post-stroke depression, nutrition and stroke, workplace fears, movement analysis

Activities and membership in professional associations:
First Chairman of the German Society for Neurotraumatology and Clinical Neurorehabilitation, Member of the German Society of Neurology and the German Society for Neurological Rehabilitation, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Bobath Therapists in Germany

Publications:
Let’s do this together: Bi-Manu-Interact, a novel device for studying human haptic interactive behavior. Ivanova E, Krause A, Schalicke M, Schellhardt F, Jankowski N, Achner J, Schmidt H, Joebges M, Kruger J. IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot. 2017 Jul;2017:708-713. doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2017.8009331.

Rehab-Net: Deep Learning framework for Arm Movement Classification using Wearable Sensors for Stroke Rehabilitation. Panwar M, Biswas D, Bajaj H, Jobges M, Turk R, Maharatna K, Acharyya A. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2019 Feb 18. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2899927. [Epub ahead of print]

Decannulation of tracheotomized patients after long-term mechanical ventilation – results of a prospective multicentric study in German neurological early rehabilitation hospitals. Heidler MD, Salzwedel A, Jöbges M, Lück O, Dohle C, Seifert M, von Helden A, Hollweg W, Völler H. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 Jun 13;18(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s12871-018-0527-3.

Factors influencing weaning from mechanical ventilation in neurological and neurosurgical early rehabilitation patients. Schmidt SB, Boltzmann M, Bertram M, Bucka C, Hartwich M, Jöbges M, Ketter G, Leineweber B, Mertl-Rötzer M, Nowak DA, Platz T, Scheidtmann K, Thomas R, Rosen FV, Wallesch CW, Woldag H, Peschel P, Mehrholz J, Pohl M, Rollnik JD. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Dec;54(6):939-946. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.18.05100-6. Epub 2018 Jun 11.

Prevalence and Characteristics of Work Anxiety in Medical Rehabilitation Patients: A Cross-Sectional Observation Study. Muschalla B, Jöbges M. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Jan;99(1):57-64. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.06.017. Epub 2017 Jul 20.

Outcome of neurological early rehabilitation patients carrying multi-drug resistant bacteria: results from a German multi-center study. Rollnik JD, Bertram M, Bucka C, Hartwich M, Jöbges M, Ketter G, Leineweber B, Mertl-Rötzer M, Nowak DA, Platz T, Scheidtmann K, Thomas R, von Rosen F, Wallesch CW, Woldag H, Peschel P, Mehrholz J, Pohl M. BMC Neurol. 2017 Mar 20;17(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0833-2.

Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in employable patients after acute coronary event in cardiac rehabilitation. Salzwedel A, Heidler MD, Haubold K, Schikora M, Reibis R, Wegscheider K, Jöbges M, Völler H. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2017 Feb 23;13:55-60. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S121086. eCollection 2017.

Intensive speech and language therapy in patients with chronic aphasia after stroke: a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled trial in a health-care setting. Breitenstein C, Grewe T, Flöel A, Ziegler W, Springer L, Martus P, Huber W, Willmes K, Ringelstein EB, Haeusler KG, Abel S, Glindemann R, Domahs F, Regenbrecht F, Schlenck KJ, Thomas M, Obrig H, de Langen E, Rocker R, Wigbers F, Rühmkorf C, Hempen I, List J, Baumgaertner A; FCET2EC study group. Lancet. 2017 Apr 15;389(10078):1528-1538. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30067-3. Epub 2017 Mar 1. Erratum in: Lancet. 2017 Apr 15;389(10078):1518.

[Medical rehabilitation from a lifespan perspective]. Linden M, Bernert S, Funke A, Dreinhöfer KE, Jöbges M, von Kardorff E, Riedel-Heller SG, Spyra K, Völler H, Warschburger P, Wippert PM. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2017 Apr;60(4):445-452. doi: 10.1007/s00103-017-2520-2. Review. German.

ActiGait implantable drop foot stimulator in multiple sclerosis: a new indication. Martin KD, Polanski WH, Schulz AK, Jöbges M, Ziemssen T, Schackert G, Pinzer T, Sobottka SB. J Neurosurg. 2017 May;126(5):1685-1690. doi: 10.3171/2016.4.JNS1660. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

Main activities:
Rehabilitation of patients with ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, head injuries, cerebral inflammation, and brain tumors after their removal; Promoting holistic aspects of rehabilitation and development of motor rehabilitation according to evidence-based criteria.

Research areas:
The focus is on functional imaging studies in rehabilitation, their application and use; Studies of neuroplasticity after cerebral infarction, therapeutic effects on the functional organization of the brain (for example, after training for the deaf or after video therapy); Research on the brain’s organic correlate with fatigue in multiple sclerosis

Activities and membership in professional associations:
Member of the Board of the German Society for Neurological Rehabilitation (DGNR), Head of the DGNR Recommendation Committee, Editor of the Specialized Journal Neurology and Rehabilitation, AMSEL Medical Advisory Board

Publications:
Marquardt MK, Cohen A-L, Gollwitzer PM, Dettmers C: If-Then Planning Helps Using of the Impaired Arm in Patients with Hemiparesis. Neural Repair and Neurorehabilitation, 2017, DOI 10.3233/RNN-170748

Braun N, Kranczioch C, Liepert J, Dettmers C, Zich C, Büsching I, Debener S : Motor imagery impairment in post-acute stroke patients. Neuroplasticity, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4653256

Spiteri S, Hassa T, Claros-Salinas D, Dettmers C, Schoenfeld MA: Neural correlates of task-dependent and independent fatigue components in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. MSJ, 2017, doi.org/10.1177/1352458517743090

Hoffmann, J, Bareuther L, Schmidt R, Dettmers C: The relation between memory and decision-making competence in multiple sclerosis patients. MSJ, 2019, accepted

Schueler J, Wolff W, Dettmers C: Exercise in MS: Knowing is not enough – The crucial role of intention formation and intention realization. Frontiers in Neurology, 2018

Broscheid KC1 Dettmers C, Vieten M: Is the Limit-Cycle-Attractor an (almost) invariable characteristic in human walking? Gait Posture. 2018 Jun;63:242-247. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.05.015.

Schmidt R, Piliavska K , Maier-Ring D, Klaasen van Husen D, Dettmers C: Psychotherapie in der neurologischen Rehabilitation. Akt. Neurologie; 2017; 44: 578-585

Gütler R, Claros-Salinas D, Nutz D, Dettmers C: Rehabilitation ist ein essentieller Bestandteil in der Versorgung von MS-Patienten. Neurotransmitter, 2017; 28: 22-28

Spiteri S, Sehle A, Claros-Salinas D, Broscheid K-C, Vieten M, Dettmers C: Objektivierung von Fatigability bei Patienten mit Multipler Sklerose. Ärztliche Praxis Neurologie Psychiatrie. 2017 (2): 24-27

Dettmers C, Sehle A, Broscheid K-C, Vieten M: Laufbandanalyse zur Objektivierung motorischer Erschöpfbarkeit (Fatigability) bei Multipler Sklerose. Neuro aktuell 8/2017: 12-16

Schmidt R, Piliavska K, Trier C, Dettmers C: Die integrierte Behandlung funktioneller neurologischer Lähmungen. neuroreha 2018; 10: 77-82

Dettmers C, DeLuca J: Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis. Frontiers in Neurology. 2016: DOI 10.3389/978-2-88919-763-7.

Ludwig L, Kuderer B, Dettmers C: Volitionale Schulungsstrategien in der neurologischen Rehabilitation zur Förderung des Walking-Trainings – eine Pilotstudie. In: Neurol Rehabil. 2016, 22: 43-53.

Dettmers C, Riegger M, Müller O, Vieten M: Fatigability assessment using the fatigue index Kliniken Schmieder (FKS) is not compromised by depression. In: Health. 2016, 8: 1485-1494.

Dettmers C, Braun N, Büsching I, Hassa T, Debener S, Liepert J: Neurofeedback-gestütztes Bewegungsvorstellungstraining zur Rehabilitation nach einem Schlaganfall. In: Der Nervenarzt. 2016, 87: 1074-1081.