Thomas Riegler
Thomas Riegler
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Physiotherapy
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Focus
- Expertise: Diseases of internal organs, respiratory diseases (pulmonary fibrosis, COPD, Long/Covid), examination of organ systems (clinical differential processes of viscerogenic and musculoskeletal origins), differential diagnosis and screening in physiotherapy, diagnostic ultrasound in physiotherapy, non-invasive ventilation, oxygen therapy, blended-/eLearning and multimedia design in higher education
- Research Focus: Lung Fibrosis, COPD, Advanced Practice in Physiotherapy, Implementation Science in Healthcare
Teaching
- BSc Physiotherapy
- MSc Physiotherapy, Focus Area Physical Activity
- Postgraduate Course Clinical Medicine in Physiotherapy
- Postgraduate Course Pulmonary Rehabilitation (SUPSI, Manno)
Experience
- Project manager 'Development and evaluation of a blended education and selfmanagement program for patients with interstitial lung disease'
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
09 / 2022 - today - Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences for internal medicine, professional responsibility for problem-based learning in internal medicine
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
11 / 2019 - today - Head of Pulmonary Therapy
Berner Reha Zentrum
03 / 2017 - 08 / 2022 - Clinical Specialist for Pulmonary Therapy
Berner Reha Zentrum
03 / 2015 - 02 / 2017 - Physiotherapist
Berner Reha Zentrum
09 / 2014 - 02 / 2015
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Master of Science in Physiotherapy / Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences & BFH Berner Fachhochschule
09 / 2017 - 07 / 2020 - Bachelor of Science / Physiotherapy
FH Gesundheitsberufe Oberösterreich
09 / 2011 - 07 / 2014
Continuing Education
- Certificate of Advanced Studies for Higher and Professional Education
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
07 / 2021 - Diploma in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (OMT)
Swiss Association for Orthopaedic Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (svomp)
06 / 2020 - Diploma of Dry Needling Association Switzerland (DVS)
David G. Simons Academy (DGSA)
08 / 2018 - Certificate of Advanced Studies Swiss Working Group for Manual Therapy Basic
BFH Berner Fachhochschule
06 / 2016 - Certificate in Respiratory Physiotherapy
BFH Berner Fachhochschule
06 / 2015
Network
Membership of networks
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- Audit Expert, Commission of Prevention and Rehabilitation - Swiss Society of Pulmonology (SSP)
- Interessengemeinschaft Physiotherapie Rehabilitation in der Pneumologie (IGPTR-P)
- Swiss Association for Musculoskeletal and Orthopaedic Physiotherapy (svomp)
- Swiss Dry Needling Association (DVS)
- Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)
ORCID digital identifier
Awards
PhD grant
Foundation for Physiotherapy Science
08 / 2024
Social media
Media presence
Projects
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
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Riegler, Thomas F.; Frei, Anja; Haile, Sarah R.; Radtke, Thomas,
2021.
ERJ Open Research.
7(3), pp. 921-2020.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00921-2020
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Frei, A., Radtke, T., Dalla Lana, K., Brun, P., Sigrist, T., Spielmanns, M., Beyer, S., Riegler, T. F., Büsching, G., Spielmanns, S., Kunz, R., Cerini, T., Braun, J., Tomonaga, Y., Serra-Burriel, M., Polhemus, A., & Puhan, M. A. (2022). Effectiveness of a Long-term Home-Based Exercise Training Program in Patients With COPD After Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Chest, 162(6), 1277–1286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2022.07.026
- Cerini, T., Hilfiker, R., Riegler, T. F., & Felsch, Q. T. M. (2022). 12 weeks high intensity interval training versus moderate intensity continuous training in chronic low back pain subjects: A randomised single-blinded feasibility study. Archives of Physiotherapy, 12(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40945-022-00136-3
- Zumbrunnen, V., Riegler, T. F., Haile, S. R., & Radtke, T. (2022). The impact of seat height on 1-min sit-to-stand test performance in COPD: A randomised crossover trial. ERJ Open Research, 8(3), 00033–02022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00033-2022
- Riegler, T. F., Frei, A., Haile, S. R., & Radtke, T. (2021). Accompanied versus unaccompanied walking for continuous oxygen saturation measurement during 6-min walk test in COPD: A randomised crossover study. ERJ Open Research, 7(3), 00921–02020. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00921-2020.
Other publications
- Poster ‘Specific content for a patient education and self-management program for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease: a patient-healthcare expert co-creation and international Delphi consensus approach’ at the International Colloquium for Lung and Airway Fibrosis (ICLAF), Athens, 2024
- Poster ‘Patient education and self-management content in fibrotic interstitial lung disease – results of an international multiphase Delphi consensus process with patient involvement’, at the European Respiratory Society Congress (ERS), Veinna, 2024
- Presenter on the topic ‘The Know-Do Gap – and how to address it with implementation science’ at Physioswiss Cadre Forum, Bern, 2024
- Presenter on the topic ‘Patient Education & Self-Management in Lung Fibrosis’ at the Congress of the Swiss Society of Pneumology (SSP), Baden, 2024
- Book Chapters "Sauerstoff (O2) und Säure-Basen-Haushalt" und "Herz- und Lungenauskultation, Perkussion und Stimmfremitus" in Physiotherapie bei chronisch-obstruktiven Atemwegs- und Lungenerkrankungen: Evidenzbasierte Praxis. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63613-8.
- Presenter on the topic 'Advanced Practitioner Oxygen - Oxygen Prescriptions by Physiotherapists' at Swiss Congress for Health Professions (SCHP), Neuchatel, 2022
- Poster 'The Impact of Walking Behind the Patient on Six-Minute Walk Test Distance in COPD: A Randomised Cross-over Study' am international European Respiratory Society Congress, 2020