Wolfgang Potthast

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Wolfgang Potthast (* 1967 in Möhnesee ) is a German sports scientist and university professor .

Life

Potthast went to school in Soest and passed his Abitur in 1986 . He studied until 1999 at the German Sport University Cologne (DSHS) and until 2000 physics at the University of Cologne . In 1998 he became a research assistant at the Institute for Biomechanics and Orthopedics of the German Sport University Cologne, where he completed his doctoral thesis in 2005 (title: "Shock transmission via the knee and muscular joint coupling").

Potthast, who has a coaching license in soccer and alpine skiing , held a teaching position for biomechanics and movement science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2012 . In January 2012 he completed his habilitation at the DSHS  (title of the habilitation thesis: "Control of load and tension distribution in the joints of the human body"). In August 2012 he took up a professorship for clinical biomechanics at the Institute for Biomechanics and Orthopedics at the DSHS.

In 2015 he also took over the position of chairman of the international scientific society for the biomechanics of foot and shoe. In 2017 he was elected chairman of the German Society for Biomechanics.

His main research interests include load and resilience of the spine, measurement methodology, musculoskeletal biomechanics, sports shoe development and typical indoor sports injuries. Potthast also became known as the head of a study that examined whether long jumper Markus Rehm had a competitive advantage through his prosthesis.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c WHO IS WHO. In: German Sport University Cologne. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b M.Sc. Sports Physiotherapy: Lecturers & Module Managers - German Sport University Cologne. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ W. Potthast: shock transmission over the knee joint and muscular coupling. In: hds.hebis.de. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ German Sport University Cologne: Potthast is the new CEO of the Footwear Biomechanics Group (FBG). Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  5. ^ German Sport University Cologne: New tasks for Cologne biomechanics. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Potthast: Dynamic and kinematic variables as predictors for injuries typical of indoor sports. 2002, accessed March 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ German Sport University Cologne: Study Markus Rehm - Prof. Potthast explains the results. May 31, 2016, accessed March 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Potthast, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Möhnesee