Background The demands of the younger and more active current total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
patients are not in line with the current outcome assessments. Therefore, new …

Background and purpose Bones used in mechanical studies are frequently harvested from
human cadavers that have been embalmed in a buffered formaldehyde solution. It has been …

… Ide C Heyligers The Dutch Orthopaedic Association … Crownninshield R, Maloney W,
Humphrey S, Blanchard C. Biomechanics of large femoral heads. What they do and do not …

Wear particle-induced osteolysis is a major cause of aseptic loosening in THA. Increasing
wear resistance of polyethylene (PE) occurs by increasing the cross-link density and early …

Background Malnutrition after hip fracture is associated with increased rehabilitation time,
complications, and mortality. We assessed the effect of intensive 3 month nutritional …

Hip fracture patients can benefit from nutritional supplementation during their recovery. Up to
now, cost-effectiveness evaluation of nutritional intervention in these patients has not been …

In clinical practice, it is increasingly important to assess patients' daily functionality routinely
and objectively. Acceleration-based gait analysis (AGA) has shown to be reliable and …

Background: Soccer has a high injury rate, with lateral ankle sprains being a common injury.
Therefore, an approach to prevent or at least reduce the occurrence is warranted. Injury …

Hydroxyapatite coatings for THA promote bone ongrowth, but bone and coating are
exposed to stress shielding-driven osteoclastic resorption. We asked: (1) if the resorption of …

Background More and more female residents enter postgraduate medical training (PGMT).
Meanwhile, women are still underrepresented in academic medicine, in leadership positions …