Hand Research
Within this line of research, the 'Orthopaedics and Traumatology Research Group' strives to understand the underlying mechanisms of hand and wrist pain and to develop optimal treatment methods in order to control them.
Research projects
Research on the osteoarthritis of the wrist and the distal radio-ulnar joint (prevalence and radiological patterns)
- researchers: Nadine Hollevoet
Research on the surgical therapy of osteoarthritis of the trapeziometacarpal, radiocarpal and distal radioulnar joints
- researcher: Nadine Hollevoet
Evaluation of the surgical treatment for malunion of distal radius fractures
- researcher: Nadine Hollevoet
Research into the correlation between synovial pulse cysts and carpal instability
- researcher: Nadine Hollevoet
Follow-up of tetraplegic patients who had surgery to improve hand function
- researcher: Nadine Hollevoet
Aptis prosthesis: clinical evaluations
- researchers: Nadine Hollevoet, Wim Vanhove
Evaluation of the treatment of arm and thumb amputations with osseointegrated prostheses and prostheses that can be controlled electronically (targeted muscle memory)
- researcher: Wim Vanhove
Research into the rehabilitation of disorders after surgery for lesions of the brachial plexus
- researcher: Wim Vanhove
Publications