Sebastian Fuchs

Project Title

Behavioural and patient-individual determinants of quality of life, functioning and physical activity in older adults
(MobilE-TRA2)

Research Interest

In my current project, MobilE-TRA 2, my research group investigates the impact of vertigo, dizziness and balance disorders (VDB), as well as lower limb osteoarthritis (OA) on patients in primary care. Both diseases have a similar impact on mobility, social participation and quality of life. Treatments as vestibular rehabilitation therapy for VDB and total hip or knee replacement for OA can effectively improve the symptoms of these conditions. We assess patients over the course of their treatment to determine mechanisms, variables, and specifically the role of behavioral economic concepts for treatment success. As I am employed at the Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM) of the LMU clinic, the majority of my work is centered on the OA branch of the study.

Areas of interest: Musculoskeletal conditions, health care research, health economics, behavioral economics, quantitative research.

Supervisor(s)

PD Dr. med. Martin Weigl, MPH

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Since 10/2021 Ph.D. candidate Medical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health

2017 – 2019: M.Sc. Public Health, LMU Munich

2014 – 2017: B.Sc. Economics, LMU Munich

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since 2020: Research associate at Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM), University Hospital, LMU Munich

2019: Research assistant at the Helmholtz Zentrum München - Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)

Publication(s):

Katzenberger B, Schwettmann L, Weigl M, Paulus A, Pedron S, Fuchs S, Koller D, Grill E. Behavioural and patient-individual determinants of quality of life, functioning and physical activity in older adults (MobilE-TRA 2): study protocol of an observational cohort study in a tertiary care setting. BMJ Open 2021;11:e051915. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051915