Institute of Sports Science

David Victor Fiedler

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Institute of Sports Science
Wächterstraße 67,
2nd Floor, Room 203
  07071 29-76547
david-victor.fiedlerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
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Main research

  • Exercise and mental health/mental disorders
  • Exercise therapy in rehabilitation and health services research

Current projects

Short vita

2023
dvs Hochschultag Bochum - Science Slam (1st Prize)

German Society of Sport Science (dvs)

Since 2021
PhD student and research assistant

Institute of Sports Science,

University of Tübingen

2019 - 2022
Research assistant

Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology,

University of Tübingen

2018 - 2019
Management assistant

LEAD Graduate School & Research Network,

University of Tübingen

2016
Master’s degree Sports Science and Health Promotion

University of Tübingen

2014
Bachelor’s degree Sports Science and Health Promotion

University of Tübingen

Selected publications

Journal articles

  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Peters, S., … Sudeck, G. (2025). Exercise therapy innovations in outpatient mental health care - First insights into the role of exercise therapists' attitude towards evidence-based practice for real-world implementation settings. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-025-01060-x
  • Fiedler, D. V., Peters, D. H., Moore, L., Estabrooks, P. & Nigg, C. R. (2025) Successfull implementation of evidence-based interventions - Factors to be considered.Translational Behavioral Medicine 15, 1. doi: 10.1098/tbm/ibaf025
  • Grüne, E., Carl, J., Geidl, W., Popp, J., Fiedler, D. V., … Pfeifer, K. (2025) Modifying exercise and physical therapy in medical rehabilitation to promote a physically active lifestyle: Protocol for a multicenter controlled hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation study in three German rehabilitation centers. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 17, 132. doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01179-2
  • Sudeck, G., Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S. & Peters, S. (2024). Evidenzbasierte Sport- und Bewegungsprogramme für Menschen mit depressiven Erkrankungen. Aktuelle Empfehlungen und Versorgungsinnovationen. Bewegungstherapie und Gesundheitssport, 40(06), 250-260. doi: 10.1055/a-2427-2519  
  • Wolf, S., Seiffer, B., Zeibig, J.-M., Frei, A. K., Studnitz, T., Welkerling, J., Meinzinger, E., Bauer, L. L., Baur, J., Rosenstiel, S., Fiedler, D. V., . . . Ehring, T. (2024). A transdiagnostic group exercise intervention for mental health outpatients in Germany (ImPuls): results of a pragmatic, multisite, block-randomised, phase 3 controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00069-5
  • Fiedler, D. V.*, Rosenstiel, S.*, Zeibig, J. M., …, Wolf, S. (2023) Concept and study protocol of the process evaluation of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity in outpatients with heterogeneous mental disorders—the ImPuls study. Trials, 24, 330. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07331-y
  • Wolf, S., Seiffer, B., Zeibig, J.-M., Welkerling, J. Bauer, L. L., Frei, A. K., Studnitz, T., Rosenstiel, S., Fiedler, D. V., ... Ehring, T. (2021). Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic Group-Based Exercise Intervention: Study Protocol for a Pragmatic Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial, BMC Psychiatry, 21, 540. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03541-3

Book chapters

  • Christ*, A., Fiedler, D. V.*, Fehr, J., Bauer, P., Bohl, T., Stürmer, K. & Weinhardt, K. (2024). Unsicherheit bei der Berufswahl? Das Projekt Tübingen Master of Education Assessment (TüMAS) bietet Reflexion und Unterstützung für Lehramtsstudierende über ein Online-Self-Assessment und individuelle Beratung. In S. Schnebel, R. Grassinger, M. S. Visotschnig, T. Wiedenhorn & Markus Janssen (Hrsg.), Begleitung und Beratung, Konzepte zur Unterstützung professioneller Entwicklung im Lehramtsstudium. Münster: Waxmann. https://www.waxmann.com/index.php?eID=download&buchnr=4782

Presentations

  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Peters, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2024) Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen: ImPuls - Starke Psyche durch Motivation und Bewegung [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls) - Strong mind through motivation and physical activity]. Keynote at Bundesfachtagung des Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises für Bewegungstherapie bei psychischen Erkrankungen, 25th - 26th September 2025 in Reichenau.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Peters, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2024) Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls) - Mixed-Methods Analyse zu Einstellungen beteiligter Sport-/Bewegungstherapeut*innen. [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls) - Mixed-methods analysis of the attitudes of participating exercise therapists]. Presentation at the 27th Sportwissenschaftlichen Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs), 25th - 27th September 2024 in Bayreuth, Germany.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Peters, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2024) Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls). [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls)]. Guest Lecture February 7th 2024 in Münster, Institute of Sport Science.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Peters, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2023) Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls) - Implementationsprozesse aus Sicht von Sport-/Bewegungstherapeut*innen und Zentrumsverantwortlichen [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls) - Implementation processes from the perspective of exercise therapists and center managers]. Presentation at the 26th Sportwissenschaftlichen Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs),  20th - 22nd September 2023 in Bochum, Germany.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Peters, S., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2023) Process evaluation of an exercise intervention promoting physical activity for patients with mental disorders (ImPuls). Presentation at the 17th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine 24th - 26th August 2023 in Vancouver, Canada.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Peters, S., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2023) Prozessevaluation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls) [Process evaluation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls)]. Guestlecture February 23rd 2023 in Bern, Institute of Sport Science.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Peters, S., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2022). Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls) [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls)] Presentation at the 21st Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung October 05th - 07th 2022 in Potsdam, Germany.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Peters, S., Rosenstiel, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Zwanzleitner, L., Flagmeier, A. L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2022). Rekrutierungsstrategien der ImPuls-Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen [Recruitement strategies of the ImPuls-exercise intervention for people with mental disorders]. Presentation at the annual conference of the DVS-Kommission Gesundheit, September 14th -16th 2022 in Tübingen, Germany.
  • Fiedler, D. V., Rosenstiel, S., Zeibig, J., Seiffer, B., Peters, S., Zwanzleitner, L., El-Kurd, N., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Sundmacher, L., Herzog, E., Ehring, T., Wolf, S. & Sudeck, G. (2022). Implementation einer Bewegungsintervention für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen (ImPuls) [Implementation of an exercise intervention for people with mental disorders (ImPuls)]. Presentation at the 25th Sportwissenschaftlichen Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs), March 29th -31st 2022 in Kiel, Germany (online).

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