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Purpose: is there a rotational disability after Prevotnailing of forearm fractures in children and is this caused by a bony deficit.
The aim of this project is to assess objective impairment and arm-specific disability (DASH scores) in long-term follow-up of patients with diaphyseal fractures of both bones of the forearm treated with open reduction and plate and screw fixation,…
The objective of this study is to investigate, in patients with closed subcapital fractures of the fifth metacarpal, whether functional treatment leads to better or equal results compared to splinting, regarding handfunction, fracture healing,…
To find out whether surgical treatment of acute Rockwood type 3 AC dislocations, by anatomic reconstruction using the arthroscopic TightRope technique, will give a better functional outcome then conservative treatment.
Primairy aim:To determine the AOFAS Midfoot functional outcome score after operative or non-operative treatment of patients whou sustained a Lisfranc luxation fracture, with a minimum follow-up of 2 years.Secundairy aims:1. To determine the effect…
The aim of this study is to assess biomechanical properties after a calcaneal fracture, and compare these data tot the radiological and functional outcome parameters. Hereby comparing healthy subjects to patients who were treated with ORIF (open…
The aim of this study: - To determine the amount of pressure of PCCDs on the skin. The Pelvic Binder, SAM Sling and T-POD will be compared.- To determine the influence of body mass index on the pressure characteristics of these 3 types of PCCDs.The…
We propose a protocol to invite patients with olecranon fractures identified from the AMC database to return for evaluation and radiographs in order to collect long term (>10 years) data regarding the outcomes of these fractures.
The objective is to see what part of the conservative treated patients has rest complaints, and the quality of live.
The aim of this pilot study is to investigate in a Dutch psycho geriatric nursing home population whether weekly half body UVB irradiation after showering is an efficient and in daily practice feasible method for the supplementation of vitamin D.
The research is set up to investigate three primary questions.1. Is there a difference between bone resorbing capacity between postmenopausal women with a vertebral fracture and postmenopausal women without a vertebral fracture and high bone mineral…
This study aims to gain insight into the effect of inflammatory factors on bone metabolism. For this purpose we formulated the following research questions:1. Which circulating inflammatory factors play a central role in the pathogenesis of general…
This pilot study will be performed to investigate whether the cantharidin-induced blister method is a useful alternative for the vacuum blister method in patients with acute or chronic CRPS.Replacement of the vacuum blister method by the filter disc…
Amount of new fractures in this study population, divided in 4 different groups:group 1 MVF (+) osteoporosis (+)group 2 MVF (+) osteoporosis (-)group 3 MVF (-) osteoporosis (+)group 4 MVF (-) osteoporosis (-) (control group/less risk factors)The…
To show that there is a significant difference in satisfaction between both reduction techniques of the doctor (difficulty) and patient (pain, duration and contence). Expected is that the technique according to Caldwell has better satisfaction than…
We propose a protocol to invite patients with isolated radius fractures identified from the AMC database to return for evaluation and radiographs in order to collect long term (>10 years) data regarding the outcomes of these fractures.
Primary objective:The primary objective of this observational study is evaluate the use of a plasteraid splint to gain and hold the desired 90-0-0 protective position in the conservative treatment of patients with metacarpal fractures of the second…
The objective of this study is to compare the cost and effectiveness of standard non surgical management alone to balloon kyphoplasty using the KyphX-system for the treatment of acute vertebral body compression fractures.
To collect data regarding the prevalence of:I) - osteoporosis in SCI patients and the relation to characteristics of SCI. - fractures in SCI patients and the relation to characteristics of SCI. - active treatment of osteoporosis in SCI patients.II…