Raschner Christian
Name: ao. Univ.-Prof. Ing. Dr. Christian Raschner
Email: Christian.Raschner[at]uibk.ac.at
Phone number: +43 512 507 45900
Office location: OLZ-36 (Leichtathletik-Tribüne)
Tutorial hours: by appointment
Address: Fürstenweg 185, 6020, Innsbruck
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1025-734X
Research area: Training science
Training Centre located at the Campus sport. He is responsible for the fitness training, performance diagnostics, consultation and supervision of about 80 elite and junior athletes in various sports. His staff consists of an interdisciplinary team of about 15 experts (see homepage Olympiazentrum). Working together different sports federations for the past 25 years, most of his scientific work aimed to analyse and optimise performance for elite and junior athletes, including talent development and injury prevention. His research work as first author or as co-author (project manager) has received several national and international awards. He has given numerous lectures at national and international conferences, advisory boards and specialist seminars. As an engineer, one of his interests is also the development of training and test equipment. He was or is a consultant in training science issues in elite sports such as ski racing, Formula 1, tennis, luge, and many more. Christian Raschner is a state-certified ski instructor and a ski trainer.
Christian Raschner studied in Innsbruck and Salzburg, is married and has two sons.
- Elite sport
- Talent development
- Training and testing
- Injury prevention in alpine ski racing
- Development of training and test devices
Teaching (ongoing):
- VO Trainingswissenschaft
- VO Einführung in den Leistungssport
- VO Aktuelle Forschung in der Trainingswissenschaft
- SE Seminar mit Bachelorarbeit sportwissenschaft
- VU sportwissenschaftliche Aspekte von sportstätten und -geräten
- UE Fitnesstraining
- UE Krafttraining
- PR Begleitlehrveranstaltung zur Trainingspraxis im Leistungssport
- AG Planung des Dissertationsprojekts
Highlighted publications:
Raschner C, Hildebrandt C, Mohr J, Müller L. Sex Differences in Balance Among Alpine Ski Racers: Cross-Sectional Age Comparisons. Percept Mot Skills. 2017 Dec;124(6):1134-1150. doi: 10.1177/0031512517730730.
Raschner C, Müller L, Patterson C, Platzer H.P, Ebenbichler C, Luchner R, Lembert S, Hildebrandt C. Current performance testing trends in junior and elite Austrian alpine ski, snowboard and ski cross racers. sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 2013 Sept;29(3):193-202. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orthtr.2013.07.016.
Raschner C, Platzer HP, Patterson C, Werner I, Huber R, Hildebrandt C. The relationship between ACL injuries and physical fitness in young competitive ski racers: a 10-year longitudinal study. Br J sports Med. 2012 Dec;46(15):1065-71. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091050.
Raschner C, Müller L, Hildebrandt C. The role of a relative age effect in the first winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012. Br J sports Med. 2012 Dec;46(15):1038-43. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091535.
Raschner C, Platzer HP, Patterson C. Physical characteristics of experienced and junior open-wheel car drivers. J sports Sci. 2013;31(1):58-65. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2012.720703.
Raschner C, Platzer HP, Patterson C, Zeppetzauer M, Del Frari B, Estermann D, Piza-Katzer H. An isometric hand tester: quantifying motor function in the hand. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2010 Jul;35(6):486-93. doi: 10.1177/1753193410363532.
Raschner C, Lembert S, Platzer HP, Patterson C, Hilden T, Lutz M. S3-Check--Evaluierung und Normwerteerhebung eines Tests zur Erfassung der Gleichgewichtsfähigkeit und Körperstabilität [S3-Check--evaluation and generation of normal values of a test for balance ability and postural stability]. sportverletz sportschaden. 2008 Jun;22(2):100-5. German. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1027239.
Steidl-Müller L, Hildebrandt C, Ebenbichler C, Luchner R, Patterson C, Müller E, Gonaus C, Raschner C. Changes in Anthropometric and Fitness Characteristics Over a Decade of Young Elite Alpine Ski Racers. Int J sports Physiol Perform. 2020 Dec 2:1-11. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2019-0889.
Hollaus B, Stabinger S, Mehrle A, Raschner C. Using Wearable Sensors and a Convolutional Neural Network for Catch Detection in American Football. Sensors (Basel). 2020 Nov 24;20(23):E6722. doi: 10.3390/s20236722.
Barth M, Güllich A, Raschner C, Emrich E. The path to international medals: A supervised machine learning approach to explore the impact of coach-led sport-specific and non-specific practice. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 25;15(9):e0239378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239378.
Hildebrandt C, Oberhoffer R, Raschner C, Müller E, Fink C, Steidl-Müller L. Training load characteristics and injury and illness risk identification in elite youth ski racing: A prospective study. J sport Health Sci. 2020 May 16:S2095-2546(20)30054-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.03.009.
Csapo R, Pointner H, Hoser C, Gföller P, Raschner C, Fink C. Physical Fitness after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Influence of Graft, Age, and Sex. sports (Basel). 2020 Mar 6;8(3):30. doi: 10.3390/sports8030030.
Steidl-Müller L, Hildebrandt C, Müller E, Raschner C. Relationship of Changes in Physical Fitness and Anthropometric Characteristics over One Season, Biological Maturity Status and Injury Risk in Elite Youth Ski Racers: A Prospective Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jan 5;17(1):364. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010364.
Morawetz D, Dünnwald T, Faulhaber M, Gatterer H, Höllrigl L, Raschner C, Schobersberger W. Can Hyperoxic Preconditioning in Normobaric Hypoxia (3500 m) Improve All-Out Exercise Performance in Highly Skilled Skiers? A Randomized Crossover Study. Int J sports Physiol Perform. 2019 Oct 10:1-8. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2019-0016.
Patterson C, Platzer HP, Raschner C. The 2 Minute Loaded Repeated Jump Test: Longitudinal Anaerobic Testing in Elite Alpine Ski Racers. J sports Sci Med. 2019 Feb 11;18(1):128-136.
Gilgien M, Reid R, Raschner C, Supej M, Holmberg HC. The Training of Olympic Alpine Ski Racers. Front Physiol. 2018 Dec 21;9:1772. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01772.
Steidl-Müller L, Hildebrandt C, Müller E, Fink C, Raschner C. Limb symmetry index in competitive alpine ski racers: Reference values and injury risk identification according to age-related performance levels. J sport Health Sci. 2018 Oct;7(4):405-415. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2018.09.002.
Müller L, Hildebrandt C, Müller E, Fink C, Raschner C. Long-Term Athletic Development in Youth Alpine Ski Racing: The Effect of Physical Fitness, Ski Racing Technique, Anthropometrics and Biological Maturity Status on Injuries. Front Physiol. 2017 Aug 31;8:656. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00656.
Müller L, Gonaus C, Perner C, Müller E, Raschner C. Maturity status influences the relative age effect in national top level youth alpine ski racing and soccer. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 31;12(7):e0181810. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181810.
Hildebrandt C, Müller L, Heisse C, Raschner C. Trunk Strength Characteristics of Elite Alpine Skiers - a Comparison with Physically Active Controls. J Hum Kinet. 2017 Jun 22;57:51-59. doi: 10.1515/hukin-2017-0046.
Müller L, Müller E, Hildebrandt C, Raschner C. Biological Maturity Status Strongly Intensifies the Relative Age Effect in Alpine Ski Racing. PLoS One. 2016 Aug 9;11(8):e0160969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160969.
Müller L, Müller E, Hildebrandt C, Kornexl E, Raschner C. Influential Factors on the Relative Age Effect in Alpine Ski Racing. PLoS One. 2015 Aug 7;10(8):e0134744. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134744.
Müller L, Hildebrandt C, Raschner C. The relative age effect and the influence on performance in youth alpine ski racing. J sports Sci Med. 2015 Mar 1;14(1):16-22.
Müller L, Müller E, Hildebrandt C, Kapelari K, Raschner C. Die Erhebung des biologischen Entwicklungsstandes für die Talentselektion - welche Methode eignet sich? [The assessment of biological maturation for talent selection - which method can be used?]. sportverletz sportschaden. 2015 Mar;29(1):56-63. German. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1399043.
Liebensteiner MC, Platzer HP, Burtscher M, Hanser F, Raschner C. The effect of gender on force, muscle activity, and frontal plane knee alignment during maximum eccentric leg-press exercise. Knee Surg sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Mar;20(3):510-6. doi: 10.1007/s00167-011-1567-0.
Lembert S, Schachner O, Raschner C. Development of a measurement and feedback training tool for the arm strokes of high-performance luge athletes. J sports Sci. 2011 Dec;29(15):1593-601. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2011.608433.
Gstoettner M, Raschner C, Dirnberger E, Leimser H, Krismer M. Preoperative proprioceptive training in patients with total knee arthroplasty. Knee. 2011 Aug;18(4):265-70. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.05.012. Epub 2010 Aug 30.
Hildebrandt C, Mildner E, Hotter B, Kirschner W, Höbenreich C, Raschner C. Accident prevention on ski slopes - Perceptions of safety and knowledge of existing rules. Accid Anal Prev. 2011 Jul;43(4):1421-6. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.018.
Hildebrandt C, Raschner C, Ammer K. An overview of recent application of medical infrared thermography in sports medicine in Austria. Sensors (Basel). 2010;10(5):4700-15. doi: 10.3390/s100504700. Epub 2010 May 7.
Gstöttner M, Neher A, Scholtz A, Millonig M, Lembert S, Raschner C. Balance ability and muscle response of the preferred and nonpreferred leg in soccer players. Motor Control. 2009 Apr;13(2):218-31. doi: 10.1123/mcj.13.2.218.
Gardetto A, Raschner Ch, Schoeller T, Pavelka ML, Wechselberger G. Rectus femoris muscle flap donor-site morbidity. Br J Plast Surg. 2005 Mar;58(2):175-82. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.08.001.
Müller E, Benko U, Raschner C, Schwameder H. Specific fitness training and testing in competitive sports. Med Sci sports Exerc. 2000 Jan;32(1):216-20. doi: 10.1097/00005768-200001000-00032.