Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Harald Tschan
Harald Tschan
T: +43-1-4277-48862

Consultation hours: by personal agreement


Rausch , L. K., Birklbauer, A., Federolf , P., Hecksteden, A., Hofmann, P., Niebauer, J., Reich, B., Rieder, F., Ruin, S., Scharhag, J., Seebacher, B., Treff, G., Tschan, H., Wessner, B., Würth, S., & Müller, E. (2024). Position statement regarding the current standing of exercise therapy in Austria. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS), 9(1).







Triska, C., Moitzi, A. M., Tschan, H., Mathy, A., & Wessner, B. (2022). A high dose of isomaltulose alters immune cells count after prolonged cycling exercise. In F. Dela, M. F. Piacentini, J. W. Helge, A. Calvo Lluch, E. Sáez, F. Pareja Blanco, & E. Tsokoladis (Eds.), 27th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science: Book of Abstracts ECSS.












Analyse der Olympischen Sommerspiele Tokio und die SPLISS Studie als Denkanstoß für eine zukünftige strategische Vorgehensweise.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

17 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Bilanz und Analyse der Olympischen Spiele in Tokio aus österreichischer Sicht.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

11 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Analysis of the decision-making times in repeated agility trials: a pilot study.

Gianmarco Ciocca (Speaker), Antonio Tessitore (Speaker) & Harald Tschan (Speaker)

Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Predicting the 1-RM from individualized load-velocity and strength-endurance relationships. ECSS Virtual Congress 2021

Benedikt Mitter (Speaker), Pascal Bauer (Speaker) & Harald Tschan (Speaker)

Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Training and Exercise Performance.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

13 Jul 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Educate and Integrate?! Intercultural Education in Physical Education and Sport Coaching.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

2 Mar 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Sense Wave Posturography

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

20 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Die Olympischen Spiele in Tokio 2021 – eine Herausforderung nicht nur wegen der Pandemie

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

17 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


The Systematic Training Process in Long-Term Athletic Development

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

30 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Training and Exercise Performance

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

28 Jul 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Akklimatisation und Wetter - Olympische Spiele Tokio 2021

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

19 Jun 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Aspekte der Lateral Rebound Trainings mit dem "Triple Trampoline"

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

21 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Reliable Methods to Assess Sport Performance

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

9 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Health Related Aspects of Endurance Exercise and Training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

8 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Locomotor Apparatus (Bones) Adaptation in Response to Health-Enhancing Physical Exercise

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

8 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


BSO TrainerInnen Fortbildung

Harald Tschan (Speaker), , Richard Hauer (Speaker) & Markus Scharner (Speaker)

31 Aug 20191 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Non-motorized treadmill sprinting power is related to over-ground sprinting performance in elite team sports athletes

Markus Scharner (Speaker), Christoph Triska (Speaker) & Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Die Entwicklung von Körpermasse, BMI und Hüftumfang von Österreichischen Stellungspflichtigen von 2007-2016

Horst Michael Stocker (Speaker) & Harald Tschan (Speaker)

25 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Zusammenhang zwischen vertikalen Sprungparametern und Sprintleistung unter Labor- und Feldbedingungen bei Sportstudenten/innen

Markus Scharner (Speaker), Klaus Wirth (Speaker), Christoph Triska (Speaker) & Harald Tschan (Speaker)

25 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Reliable methods to assess sports performance

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

30 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Physical Activity Patterns and Public Health Recommendations for the General Population

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

26 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Themenbereich Weltraumforschung - Der Mensch im All - Raumfahrtmedizin

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

29 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Prevalence of sarcopenia based on EWGSOP criteria and population specific cutpoints in adults aged 60 and above in Kosovo

Arben Boshnjaku (Speaker), Abedin Bahtiri (Contributor), Kaltrina Feka (Contributor), Ermira Krasniqi (Contributor), Harald Tschan (Contributor) & Barbara Wessner (Contributor)

4 Jul 20187 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Präsentation der Studienergebnisse „Climb High“

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker) & Christoph Triska (Invited speaker)

20 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Tschan H. Use it or lose it – Körperliche Aktivität und Gesundheitsförderung

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

20 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Trainingswissenschaftliche Aspekte der Verletzungs- und Überlastungsprävention im Fußball

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

27 Feb 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Körperliche Aktivität und Gesundheit: Von der Weltraumforschung zur Alltagswelt "Welche Schlüsse ziehen wir für unser alltägliches Leben?"

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

25 Jan 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


COMBINING STRENGTH AND POWER TRAINING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF FINDINGS FROM COMPLEX TRAINING STUDIES

Pascal Bauer (Speaker), Florian Übellacker (Contributor), Benedikt Mitter (Contributor), Laurent Seitz (Contributor) & Harald Tschan (Contributor)

1 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Mitarbeitervortrag - Bewegungsförderung am Arbeitsplatz

Pascal Bauer (Speaker), Moritz Zellinger (Contributor), Nicole Binder (Contributor) & Harald Tschan (Contributor)

1 Oct 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Bewegungsförderung am Arbeitsplatz

Pascal Bauer (Speaker), Moritz Zellinger (Contributor), Nicole Binder (Contributor) & Harald Tschan (Contributor)

26 Sept 201729 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public



Use it or lose it - Die Bedeutung der körperlichen Aktivität für Gesundheit und Fitness

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

8 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Elastic band resistance training induces extracellular matrix genes in skeletal muscle of older females as evaluated by RNA sequencing

Barbara Wessner (Speaker), Anela Tosevska (Contributor), Marlene Hofmann (Contributor), Bernhard Franzke (Contributor), Barbara Schober-Halper (Contributor), Stefan Oesen (Contributor), Harald Tschan (Contributor), Eva-Maria Strasser (Contributor) & Karl-Heinz Wagner (Contributor)

5 Jul 20178 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Reliability and validity of field-based strength tests for elderly to be used in younger Kosovan adults

Arben Boshnjaku (Speaker), Abedin Bahtiri (Contributor), Kaltrina Feka (Contributor), Ermira Krasniqi (Contributor), Harald Tschan (Contributor) & Barbara Wessner (Contributor)

5 Jul 20178 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"Und los!" - Bewegungszeiten und Bewegungsintensitäten im Sportunterricht mit Schwerpunkt Basketball, Fußball und Völkerball

Michael Kolb (Speaker), Annika-Maria Rath (Speaker), Martin Dobiasch (Speaker), Harald Tschan (Speaker) & Arnold Baca (Speaker)

16 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Technische Ausbildung von Spitzengeigern und Spitzensportlern

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker) & Boris Kuschnir (Invited speaker)

9 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Resistance Exercise Training to Counteract Strength Loss in Long-Term Spaceflight. From Space Station Mir Flights to Experiment Mars 500.

Harald Tschan (Keynote speaker)

28 May 20172 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Posturographie in der Leistungsdiagnostik und im Training

Harald Tschan (Invited speaker)

18 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Health Enhancing Physical Activity in Pre-School and School-Aged Children in Europe

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

11 Nov 201612 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Leben in Balance - Gleichgewichtstraining als Sturzprophylaxe

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

11 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Analyse der Ergebnisse des Team Austria bei den Olympischen Spielen 2016 Rio im internationalen Kontext

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

2016 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Essentials of Training Strength, Power and Speed

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

11 Dec 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Physical Activity Patterns and Public Health Recommendations for the General Population

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

21 Nov 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Methods of Fitness Assessment

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

19 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Principles of Fitness-Wellness: Health Benefits of Endurance Training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

19 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Locomotor apparatus (bones) adaptation in response to health anhancing physical exercise.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

16 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Influence of additional physical education hours on physical fitness and motor competence in children

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

10 Sept 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Injury incidence and injury patterns of elite-level male soccer players in Kosovo.

Ismet Shalaj (Speaker), Faton Tishukaj (Contributor), Faim Gashi (Contributor), Masar Gjaka (Contributor), Norbert Bachl (Contributor), Barbara Wessner (Contributor), Robert Csapo (Contributor) & Harald Tschan (Contributor)

24 Jun 201527 Jun 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Intermediate Progress Report Tempus Speed Project

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

17 May 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Use it or Lose it - Der ständige Kampf gegen Muskelabbau

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

18 Apr 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Resistance Exercise with Blood-Flow Restriction - An Effective Method to Induce Gains in Muscle Mass

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

10 Apr 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Exercise Assessment and Program Design for Fitness and Health

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

20 Mar 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Sport Professions in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia - Survey Report

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Feb 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Resistance Exercise Training: Health and Performance Effects

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

10 Jan 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Endurance and agility profile between male soccer players of different age categories.

Ismet Shalaj (Speaker), Faton Tishukaj (Contributor), Masar Gjaka (Contributor), Besim Ademi (Contributor), Agron Pllana (Contributor), Barbara Wessner (Contributor), Robert Csapo (Contributor) & Harald Tschan (Contributor)

2 Jul 20145 Jul 2014

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science




Wie abgehoben ist die Space-Forschung

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

17 Jun 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Resistance Exercise Modes and Cellular Signalling Pathways in Skeletal Muscle

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

28 Oct 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Resistance Exercise Training to Counteract Muscle Atrophy and Strength Loss in Long Term Spaceflight

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

28 Oct 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Einfluß von Alter und Training auf kardiale Biomarker

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

3 Dec 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Gentherapie und Gendoping

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

3 Dec 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Praxisseminar - Krafttraining

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

28 Nov 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Cardiac injury markers following strenuous endurance and strength exercise.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Nov 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Muscle Strength in Microgravity - Implications for Exercise Countermeasures in Space and their Earth Benefits.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Nov 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Endurance Training System with Human Parameter Biofeedback.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

27 Oct 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Health benefits of endurance training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

29 Sept 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Health benefits of strength training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

29 Sept 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Locomotor apparatus adaptation in response to health enhancing physical activity

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

29 Sept 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Research methods in fitness assessment

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

29 Sept 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Eccentric resistance training as a countermeasure in microgravity.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

1 Sept 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Age-Related Development of Biological - and Performance Indices of Austrian Soccer Players

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

24 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Influence of Competitive Lifting Tasks on Plasma Concentration of Biochemical Cardiac markers

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

24 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Urinary Excretion of 8-Hydroxy-2'Deoxyguanosine as a biomarker of Oxidative Stress in Ultra-Marathon Runners

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

24 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


MDS - Multifunctional Dynamometer for Use in Space - Training and Diagnostics in Microgravity

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

7 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Doping im Breitensport

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

12 May 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


ETS (Endurance Training System with Biofeedback for Ded Rest) : Bed Rest Strategy

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

8 Apr 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


From Performance Related Fitness of Elite Athletes to Health-Related Muscular Fitness throughout the Life Span.

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

2 Feb 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Principles of Fitness - Wellness. Health benefits of strength training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

3 Oct 2008

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Locomotor apparatur (bones) adaptation in response to health-enhancing physical exercise

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Oct 2007

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Principles of Fitness - Wellness. Health benefits of strength training : Health benefits of strength training

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Oct 2007

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Research methods in fitness assessment

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

5 Oct 2007

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Locomotor Apparatus (Bones) Adaptation in Response to Health-Enhancing Physical Exercise

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

27 Oct 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Locomotor Apparatus (Bones) Adaptation in Response to Health-Enhancing Physical Exercise

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

24 Oct 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Health Benefits of Strength Training - European Master in Health and Physical Activity

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

20 Oct 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Ist Langstreckenlauf wirklich gesund

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

1 Aug 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Influence of ultra-endurance exercise on plasma concentration of biochemical cardiac markers diseases

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

14 Jun 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Using genetics to promote sporting activities and thus help prevent diseases

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

14 Jun 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Krafttraining im Kindes- und Jugendalter

Harald Tschan (Speaker)

19 Apr 2006

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Department of Sport and Human Movement Science

Auf der Schmelz 6 (USZ I)
1150 Wien
Room: 2.I/05

T: +43-1-4277-48862

harald.tschan@univie.ac.at