Musculoskeletal growth and development

The growing musculoskeletal system in children is prone to specific disorders that affects function and quality of life during childhood and throughout life. Prevention, early recognition and personalized treatment of congenital, (post)traumatic, infectious and neuromuscular pediatric musculoskeletal disorders can have lifelong positive effects on activity, mobility, and quality of life and will decrease the burden on in-hospital care capacity.
This research line focuses on: 
•    complex upper limb pathology:  preventing invasive and costly interventions for (post)traumatic and congenital pathology by innovative technical advancements through a close partnership with the Technical University (TU) of Delft, actively promoting personalized care, highlighting the influential role of global BIG data collection in developing predictive models. 
•    complex spine deformities: introduction of early home-based detection of complex scoliosis and optimizing and accelerating perioperative care. 
•    identifying the processes that take place during normal and pathologic musculoskeletal development. Pathological development and treatment effects will be analyzed in prospective cohort (e.g., Generation R) and intervention studies in specific patient subgroups.  
•    reducing treatment morbidity and optimizing outcomes by early recognition and personalized treatment in patients with complex lower- limb deformities including neuromuscular pathology. 
 

Projects

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from 20/11/2023

@t home screening for scoliosis

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from 01/05/2023

TXA-RCT

Effect of tranexamic acid on intraoperative blood loss in paediatric osteotomies around the hip: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial
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from 01/01/2023

POSITION study

Remodeling after in situ pinning for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: The influence of initial slip and transphyseal screw position
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from 01/01/2023

FIXIT study

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from 01/01/2023

CT elbow fat pad

Computed Tomography (CT) voor occulte fracturen van de elleboog in kinderen
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from 01/01/2023

RETURN trial

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from 01/01/2023

Pediatric septic arthritis

The long-term clinical outcomes and radiological sequelae of acute septic arthritis in children
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from 01/01/2023

PROOF validation

Translation and validation of the Dutch version of the patient reported outcome of fracture (PROOF) questionnaire for pediatric fractures
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from 01/08/2023

GUIDANCE

GUIDed growth of the proximal femur to prevent further hip migrAtion iN CErebral palsy patients
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from 06/01/2020

CAST-study

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from 01/08/2023

CHIP-IN

Adductor tenotomy in Cerebral palsy patients for prevention of HIP migration – outcome and predictors of treatment success In the Netherlands.
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10/01/2020 - 30/09/2024

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Orthopedic Surgery

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from 31/07/2023

Healthy Joints

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