Projects
Projects
Current research projects
- Influence of patients' pre-operative expectations on postoperative outcomes after total knee or hip arthroplasty - A systematic Review (Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic.Seeber)
- Influence of patient and healthcare system characteristics on outcomes after hip replacement in the border region between Oldenburg and Groningen
(Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- FInGK Functionality and utilisation of healthcare services after a knee TEP
(Contact persons: Dr. Dr. Seeber, Prof Hoffmann (VF UOL))
- Preoperative Expectations of German Patients on the Implantation of a Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty; including validation and reliability testing of the SER scale
(Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- Quality of Life and Functional Outcome after Endoscopic Total Extra-Peritoneal Inguinal Groin Hernia Repair with Double Mesh Technique(Contact person:in: Dr. Dr rer. medic. Seeber, Prof. Wehye, Dr. rer. nat. Uslar)
- A prospective, multi-centre study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of REAL INTELLIGENCE CORI in unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures
(Contact person: Laura-Lee Linngrön, Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- Functional and psychosocial needs of patients of working age during rehabilitation after periprosthetic joint infection - development of a cross-border supportive rehabilitation programme (Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- Data register for conservative and surgical therapies on the musculoskeletal system (shoulder, hip, knee, foot and ankle) (Contact person: Dr. Dr. Seeber / Prof Ettinger)
- Retrospective investigation of the systemic vancomycin level after intra-articular vancomycin application in the primary implantation of total knee and hip joint endoprostheses (contact person: Dr. Ricarda Stauss)
- Retrospective investigation of the early infection rate after local vancomycin application in the primary implantation of total knee and hip joint prostheses (contact person: Alexander Darup)
- The effect of a ceramic-coated (hypoallergenic) total knee implant on physical functioning, pain, and health-related quality of life in patients with metal hypersensitivity(Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- Attitudes Towards Physical Activity After Knee or Hip Replacement - An Online Survey Amongst German, Norwegian, and Dutch Physical Therapists (Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
End of projects planned for 2024/2025
- Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Hip Osteoarthritis Outcome Scale (HOAKS) and Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Scale (KOAKS) (Contact person: Dr. Dr. rer. medic. Seeber)
- Research Unit Understanding Intervention-Induced Fibrosis (Inter-Fib)(contact person: Dr. med. Savov / Prof. Ettinger)
- Health, trajectories and aging in place in a rural border region: The Dörpen Study on Health and Aging in Place in a Rural and Border Community (Dörtthe) (Contact person: Dr. Gesine Seeber)
- "Sarcoma - overcoming the threat of inadequate patient care in Germany by disease understanding and sophisticated patient recruitment (SARCOMA)" (contact person: Prof. Ettinger)