Thomas Riegler

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Lecturer
• Research Project Manager
• PhD student

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

Teaching

• BSc Physiotherapy
• MSc Physiotherapy, Focus Area Physical Activity
• Postgraduate Course Clinical Medicine in Physiotherapy
• Postgraduate Course Pulmonary Rehabilitation (SUPSI, Locarno)

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)
• 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+)

Projects

• Development and evaluation of a blended patient education and self-management program for patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease. / Project leader / Project ongoing

Publications

• Riegler, Thomas F.; Frei, Anja; Haile, Sarah R.; Radtke, Thomas,

  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), 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

• Buchkapitel "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.
• Presentation 'Advanced Practitioner Oxygen - Sauerstoffverordnungen durch Physiotherapeut:innen' at Swiss Congress for Health Professions, 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

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