MXL
Improving therapy planning for hip, shoulder and knee joint surgery
Description
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease, affecting the joints of 40% or more of the population over 60, resulting in a socioeconomic burden of approx. €6,000 million. per year in Germany alone. Joint surgery attempts to address the various disease stages, to either minimize the risk of early degeneration of the native joint, or to replace a fully degenerated joint. To prevent failures and improve surgery outcome, key facts on the mechanical conditions of the joint need to be available to the surgeon. By implementing refined image reconstruction, biomechanical modelling and analysis tools, MXL will make the dynamic joint loading and stability accessible for the planning of joint surgery in every case. Further information is available in the detailed project description.
Members
Responsible
Partners
Bioengineering Science Research Group, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Great Britain (Dr. Mark Taylor, Mr. David Barrett)
Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery/Julius Wolff Institut, Charité, University Medicine, Free and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (Prof. Georg Duda, Dr. biol. hum. Markus O. Heller)
BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (Prof. Frans C.T. van der Helm)
Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands (Dr. Edward Valstar, Dr. Rob Nelissen)
The Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy (Dr. Fulvia Taddei)
Medis medical imaging systems b.v., Leiden, Netherlands (Eric Garling)
SCS srl, Milano, Italy (Dr. Debora Testi)
ESI Group, Rungis, France (Dr. Argiris Kamoulakos)
Euram Ltd., Nottingham, Great Britain (Nigel Lambert)
Funding
Duration
01/2010-12/2012
Further Information