Area of research
Surgery · Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.
Fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with changes of back shape and function
Objective and subjective assessment of back shape and function in persons with and without low back pain
Practice variations in indication, timing and outcome of Multiple Myeloma patients undergoing surgery for vertebral lesions – results from the European M2Spine study group
ILOBONE: A phase I/IIa randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and feasibility of local iloprost therapy for enhancing proximal humerus fracture healing– a pilot study design
Diagnostic accuracy of dual energy computed tomography for suspected pyogenic spondylodiscitis
Georg Schmorl Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2023: the influence of sarcopenia and paraspinal muscle composition on patient-reported outcomes: a prospective investigation of lumbar spinal fusion patients with 12-month follow-up
Schober test is not a valid assessment tool for lumbar mobility
Feature Engineering for the Prediction of Scoliosis in 5q‐Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Impact of fixation method on femoral bone loss: a retrospective evaluation of stem loosening in first-time revision total hip arthroplasty among two hundred and fifty five patients
Untreated Osteoporosis in Lumbar Fusion Surgery Patients
An interpretable data-driven prediction model to anticipate scoliosis in spinal muscular atrophy in the era of (gene-) therapies
NOS inhibition reverses TLR2-induced chondrocyte dysfunction and attenuates age-related osteoarthritis
Association of age and spinopelvic function in patients receiving a total hip arthroplasty
Changes of the posterior paraspinal and psoas muscle in patients with low back pain: a 3-year longitudinal study
Fat infiltration of the posterior paraspinal muscles is inversely associated with the fat infiltration of the psoas muscle: a potential compensatory mechanism in the lumbar spine
Effect of Coronal and Sagittal Spinal Malalignment on Spinopelvic Mobility in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement
Spinopelvic mobility is influenced by pre-existing contralateral hip arthroplasty: a matched-pair analysis in patients undergoing hip replacement
Optimization of chondrocyte isolation from human articular cartilage to preserve the chondrocyte transcriptome
Hip replacement improves lumbar flexibility and intervertebral disc height — a prospective observational investigation with standing and sitting assessment of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty
Total Hip Replacement Influences Spinopelvic Mobility: A Prospective Observational Study
Does obesity affect acetabular cup position, spinopelvic function and sagittal spinal alignment? A prospective investigation with standing and sitting assessment of primary hip arthroplasty patients
Acetabular cup position differs in spinopelvic mobility types: a prospective observational study of primary total hip arthroplasty patients
Future Perspectives in Spinal Cord Repair: Brain as Saviour? TSCI with Concurrent TBI: Pathophysiological Interaction and Impact on MSC Treatment
Age-dependent microstructural changes of the intervertebral disc: a validation of proteoglycan-sensitive spectral CT
Visualizing patterns of intervertebral disc damage with dual-energy computed tomography: assessment of diagnostic accuracy in an ex vivo spine biophantom
Kyphoplasty Restores the Global Sagittal Balance of the Spine Independently from Pain Reduction
Influence of operative timing on the early post-operative radiological and clinical outcome after kyphoplasty
Unexpected positive cultures in presumed aseptic revision spine surgery using sonication
Disk injury in patients with vertebral fractures—a prospective diagnostic accuracy study using dual-energy computed tomography
Association Between Lumbar Spinal Degeneration and Anatomic Pelvic Parameters