Dieter Leyk

Dieter Leyk (* 1957 in Minden ) is a German sports physician and sports scientist, senior physician and head of the Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr , head of the research group for performance epidemiology and professor at the German Sport University in Cologne .

Career

After high school and military service in Minden, Dieter Leyk studied sports science and medicine in Cologne and received his doctorate in both subjects. As a handball player (including at Eintracht Minden, TuS 04 Bayer Leverkusen, Bayer Dormagen, TSG Lennestadt) and trainer, he was particularly interested in performance and training physiology. After completing his medical degree, Leyk worked as a scientific assistant at the Physiological Institute of the German Sport University Cologne under the internationally renowned performance physiologist Professor Jürgen Stegemann. In 1995 he became a specialist in physiology and received the additional title of sports medicine. In 1998 Dieter Leyk completed his habilitation in the subject “Physiology with special consideration of performance and training physiology”. From 1998 to 2001 he worked as an academic advisor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt , Department of Sports Medicine. In 2001 he became head of the departmental research department “Defense Medical Ergonomics and Performance Physiology” at the Central Institute of the Medical Service of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz . Leyk was appointed professor at the German Sport University Cologne in 2006. In 2007, the Austrian Federal Minister for National Defense was appointed a member of the Science Commission for National Defense and Sport, and in 2008 he was appointed to the medical and scientific editorial team of Deutsches Ärzteblatt for sports medicine. Since 2010 he has headed the research group Performance Epidemiology at the German Sport University Cologne. Dieter Leyk was head of the Central Institute of the Medical Service of the German Armed Forces in Koblenz, to which around 250 employees from 5 departments (medicine, veterinary medicine, food chemistry and ecochemistry, the blood donation service of the German Armed Forces and the departmental research department Ergonomics and Performance Physiology) belonged and due to the realignment of the German Armed Forces September 30, 2017 was disbanded. Since October 1, 2017, Dieter Leyk has been head of the new Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr , which with around 200 employees is the Bundeswehr's central research facility for prevention, health and performance promotion and health information.

Research areas

At the German Sports University Cologne and the University of Frankfurt, Leyk dealt with the adjustment of circulation, breathing and metabolism and carried out numerous performance-diagnostic and physiological examinations with different collectives (from professional athletes and astronauts to non-athletes and patients).

In Koblenz, an interdisciplinary departmental research facility (with doctors, psychologists, biologists, sports scientists and engineers) was established under the direction of Leyk, which conducts application-oriented prevention research in the context of health, work and performance. The Science Council evaluated the Koblenz facility and certified good to very good quality.

The main focuses of the Koblenz-Cologne research group around Leyk include the development of test procedures (e.g. basic fitness test , soldiers basic fitness tool), investigations into the influence of everyday habits or risk factors (sport, inactivity, obesity, Smoking etc.) on health, resilience and performance, age- and gender-related differences as well as the development of efficient health and fitness campaigns. Here the accessibility of target groups, barriers and attractors for healthy and active lifestyles are increasingly coming into focus.

Sports medicine Koblenz (SpoMediKo)

Leyk conducts advanced training in sports medicine for the Sports Medical Association of Rhineland-Palatinate and the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention . Together with Frank Uwe Heinze (long-time physiotherapist of the women's judo national team) he set up a sports medicine training and exchange forum for interested physicians, physiotherapists and trainers in Koblenz under SpoMediKo .

Functions and offices

• Head of the "Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr"
• Head of Research Department A "Health and Performance Promotion"
• Head of the “Research Group Performance Epidemiology” at the German Sport University Cologne
• Member of the medical and scientific editorial team of Deutsches Ärzteblatt
• Member of the Austrian Science Commission for Sport and National Defense
• Responsible for the prevention department on the board of the Sports Medical Association of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Member of the Scientific College of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention
• Initiator of the sports medicine advanced training and exchange forum Koblenz "SpoMediKo"

Awards

• Silver Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr (2013)

Web links

• Vita on the website of the German Sport University Cologne
• Website Research Group Performance Epidemiology
• Sports Medicine Koblenz website (SpoMediKo)
• Website Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr (InstPrävMedBw)

Publications (selection)

• Glitz KJ, Rohde U, Piekarski C, et al .: Prevention of heat stress caused by exertion. Military Medical Monthly 2020; 64 (1): 42-43.
• Leyk D, Hoitz J, Becker C, et al .: Health hazards and interventions for exercise-related overheating. Deutsches Ärzteblatt; 2019; 116 (31-32): 537-544.
• Leyk D, Hoitz J, Becker C, et al .: Health risks and interventions in exertional heat stress. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International 2019; 116 (31-21): 537-544.
• Nestler K, Rohde U, Becker B, et al .: Reliability and validity of the finger flexor dynamometer. Hand Therapy 2019; 24 (3): 82-90.
• Leyk, D .; Richter, P .: Department research and evidence-based knowledge transfer to promote health, fitness and readiness for action. Opportunities from the Bundeswehr Institute for Preventive Medicine. In: Military Medical Monthly; 62 (10), 351-352, 2018.
• Leyk, D .; Rohde, U .; Harbaum, T., et al .: Physical Requirements in Military Uses: Vote for a "Fitness Register Training and Use". In: Military Medical Monthly; 62 (1-2), 2-6, 2018.
• Löllgen, H .; Leyk, D .: Ergometric exercise tests in sports medicine. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt; 115 (24), 409-416, 2018.
• Löllgen, H .; Leyk, D .: Exercise testing in sports medicine. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International; 115 (24), 409-416, 2018.
• Nestler, K .; Witzki, A .; Rohde, U., et al .: Strength training for women as a preventive factor in everyday work: A systematic review of the literature. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt; 114 (26), 439-446, 2017.
• Nestler, K .; Witzki, A .; Rohde, U., et al .: Strength training for women as a vehicle for health promotion at work: A systematic literature review. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International; 114 (26), 439-446, 2017.
• Friedl, KE; Breivik, TJ; Carter, R., et al .: Soldier health habits and the metabolically optimized brain. In: Military Medicine; 181 (11), e1499-e1507, 2016.
• Glitz, KJ; Seibel, U .; Gorges, W., et al .: Reducing heat stress under thermal insulation in protective clothing: microclimate cooling by a 'physiological' method. In: Ergonomics; 58 (8), 1461-1469, 2015.
• Leyk, D .; Witzki, A .; Willi, G., et al .: Even one is too much: Sole presence of one of the risk factors overweight, lack of exercise, and smoking reduces physical fitness of young soldiers. In: The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research; 29 (11 Supplement), S199-S203, 2015.
• Leyk, D .; Rohde, U .; Mödl, A., et al .: Physical performance and resilience of soldiers: A strength-load dilemma. [Physical Performance and Resilience of Female Soldiers: A Strength - Load Dilemma?] In: Military Medical Monthly; 59 (1), 2-7, 2015.
• Rohde, U .; Rüther, T .; Hackfort, D., et al .: Development of the Soldier Basic Fitness Tool (SGT) - performance physiological instrument of a test concept for deployment preparation In: BMVg. Defense science research. Annual report 2014. Bonn, 80–81, 2015.
• Leyk, D .; Rohde, U .; Hartmann, ND, et al .: Results of a workplace health campaign. What can be achieved? In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International; 111 (18), 320-327, 2014.
• Leyk, D .; Rohde, U .; Hartmann, ND, et al .: Results of a company health campaign: How much can you achieve? In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt; 111 (18), 320-327, 2014.
• Leyk, D .; Rohde, U .; Sievert, A., et al .: Physical fitness of young soldiers: Number of risk factors reduces endurance, agility and strength performances In: US Army RIEM. Final Program and Abstracts of the 3rd International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance, 63, 2014.
• Leyk, D .; Rüther, T .; Witzki, A., et al .: Physical fitness, weight, smoking, and exercise patterns in young adults. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt International; 109 (44), 737-745, 2012 .
• Leyk, D .; Rüther, T .; Witzki, A., et al .: Physical performance, weight status, smoking rate and frequency of sport in young adults. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt; 109 (44), 737-745, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Change at the top of an institute steeped in tradition . In: Blick aktuell . ( blick-aktuell.de [accessed on October 25, 2018]).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The Bundeswehr's new institute for preventive medicine is being built in Andernach: A sign of the location . ( rhein-zeitung.de [accessed on October 25, 2018]).
3. ^ ^{A b} Uwe Henning: The hour of birth with a solemn roll call. Federal Ministry of Defense, September 13, 2017, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Dieter Leyk: New Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr in Andernach . In: German magazine for sports medicine . tape 68 , no. 10 , 2017, p. 244 .
5. ^ ^{A b} PIZ Sanitätsdienst: New institute for preventive medicine of the Bundeswehr in Andernach . In: Military Medical Monthly . tape 61 , no. 12 , 2017, p. 333 .
6. ^ Head of the Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr. In: https://www.instpraevmedbw.de . Institute for Preventive Medicine of the Bundeswehr, accessed on February 6, 2020 . 
7. ^ Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln: Website of the research group performance epidemiology - research group performance epidemiology. Retrieved October 26, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Change of staff in Koblenz: Oberstarzt Dieter Leyk now heads the Central Institute of the Medical Service. In: rhein-zeitung.de. Retrieved September 20, 2016 . 
9. ^ Bundeswehr Medical Service: The Central Institute has a new head. In: sanitaetsdienst-bundeswehr.de. Retrieved September 14, 2016 . 
10. ↑ http://www.sanitaetsdienst-bundeswehr.de/portal/a/sanitaetsdienst/start/ueberuns/institut/!ut/p/z1/hVDBboMwDP0artjA1qa7gdgkKtSNtRuQy-RCBlRpgrIUTdM-fkHVelo1Hyz5Pfv52cChAq5oGjqyg1YkXV3zxVvC8l0ersJwFxQMs-JlxRbZ4_omjuAVyv9auKPxSsQI21ZA7TSWVzWKELbAgbfCb7QSds5W
11. ↑ Willi Gorges, Thomas Rüther, Marco Haupert, Hans-Ulrich Holtherm, Dieter Leyk: Five years of basic fitness test: Findings and possibilities for optimization . In: Military Medical Monthly . tape 59 , no. 12 , 2015, p. 390-395 ( wehrmed.de ).
12. ↑ Dieter Leyk; Alexander Witzki, Willi Gorges, A. Schlattmann, Harald Dobmeier, Max Wunderlich, Thomas Rüther: The Basis-Fitness-Test (BFT) and it's data-management system: A new tool to monitor physical fitness and to analyze performance predictors . In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Soldiers' Physical Performance . Jyväskylä 2011, p. 221 (05/04/2011 - 05/07/2011).
13. ↑ The recruits: The BASIS FITNESS TEST | Day 06. In: Youtube. Federal Ministry of Defense, November 8, 2016, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
14. ↑ BFT - basic fitness test in the armed forces. In: youtube. Federal Ministry of Defense, November 7, 2016, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Ulrich Rohde; Thomas Rüther; Dieter Hackfort; Dieter Leyk: Ulrich Rohde; Thomas Rüther; Dieter Hackfort; Dieter Leyk . In: Federal Ministry of Defense (Ed.): Military Research Annual Report 2014 . Bonn 2015 ( blau-bund.de ).
16. ↑ Uwe Henning: Fit for action? Test helps with targeted training. Federal Ministry of Defense, January 2, 2018, accessed on October 25, 2018 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} initiators Prof. Dieter Leyk & Frank Uwe Heinze. SpoMediKo, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
18. ^ New institute for preventive medicine of the Bundeswehr in Andernach. Federal Ministry of Defense, September 22, 2017, accessed on October 25, 2018 .