Publicaties | Orthopaedic Research Foundation Genk

Post-cam mechanics and tibiofemoral kinematics: a dynamic in vitro analysis of eight posterior-stabilized total knee designs.

Aandoening(en): Knie

Datum: november 2015

Specialist(en): . Prof. Dr. Johan Bellemans, . Dr. Luc Vanlommel

PURPOSE:
Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)-substituting total knee arthroplasty (TKA) designs were introduced to avoid paradoxical roll forward of the femur and to optimize knee kinematics. The aim...

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Biomechanical gait features associated with hip osteoarthritis: Towards a better definition of clinical hallmarks.

Aandoening(en): Heup

Datum: oktober 2015

Specialist(en): . Prof. Dr. Kristoff Corten

Critical appraisal of the literature highlights that the discriminative power of gait-related features in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) has not been fully explored. We aimed to reduce the...

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Current opinions about coronal plane alignment in total knee arthroplasty: A survey article.

Aandoening(en): Knie

Datum: september 2015

Specialist(en): . Prof. Dr. Johan Bellemans

PURPOSE:
To survey an audience of international knee surgeons about their current opinions on the analysis of coronal knee alignment and their objectives for...

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Gait alterations to effectively reduce hip contact forces.

Aandoening(en): Heup

Datum: juli 2015

Specialist(en): . Prof. Dr. Kristoff Corten

Patients with hip pathology present alterations in gait which have an effect on joint moments and loading. In knee osteoarthritic patients, the relation between medial knee contact forces and the...

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Injuries in male versus female soccer players: epidemiology of a nationwide study.

Datum: juni 2015

Specialist(en): . Prof. Dr. Johan Bellemans, . Prof. Dr. Kristoff Corten, . Dr. Luc Vanlommel

The aim of this study is to analyse soccer injuries on a national scale over one decade and to compare injury rates by gender. Detailed injury data obtained from the Royal Belgian Football...

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