TY - THES A1 - Brede, Alexander Elmar Hans Oskar T1 - Ganganalyse des oberen Sprunggelenks rheumaerkrankter Kinder mittels mobiler Videoaufnahme T1 - Gait analysis of the ankle of children with rheumatic disease using a mobile videostation N2 - Ziel unserer Arbeit war es, von Rheuma betroffene Kinder und Jugendliche auf Veränderungen in ihrem Gangbild zu untersuchen. Gefilmt wurden Probanden im Normalgang, Zehenspitzen- und Fersengang mit einer digitalen Videokamera auf einem mobilen Stativ. Die Probanden wurden nach Schwerdegrad des Rheumas anhand der Ergebnisse der klinischen Untersuchung, nach Geschlecht und nach Alter in verschiedene Gruppen sortiert und untereinander verglichen. Es wurde herausgefunden, dass Patienten mit rheumatisch affektiertem oberen Sprunggelenk in der Plantarflexion geringere Winkelwerte in der Plantarflexion, dagegen höhere Winkelwerte in der Dorsalextension aufweisen als Patienten ohne Sprunggelenksbeteiligung. Viele Faktoren wie unter anderem morphologische und strukturelle Veränderungen des Bewegungsapparates wurden verantwortliche gemacht. Außerem wurden Trends für ein alters- und geschlechstsspezifisches Gangbild - allerdings nur bei Patienten ohne Sprunggelenksaffektion - erkannt. N2 - The aim of this doctoral thesis was to examine gait changes in children with rheumatic affection of the ankle compared to healthy children. They were filmed performing normal gait, gait on toes and gait on heels using a digital camcorder fixed on a mobile tripod. The children were sorted into groups according to the severeness of the rheumatic affection of their ankle as wells as gender and age. Comparing these groups led to the conclusion that patients with rheumatic affection of the ankle had a lower plantarflexion but a higher dorsiflexion than children with a healthy ankle. Several factors like changes in morphology and structure of skeleton, muscle, ligaments etc. due to rheumatic affection were found to be the cause. Different characteristic gait patterns were discovered in the diverse groups of different age and gender but only in healthy children. Although our gait change analysis is not suitable for the long term evaluation of individual patients, it appears to be a suitable basis for establishing an internationally valid gait analysis in rheumatic pediatrics. KW - Ganganalyse KW - Sprunggelenk KW - rheumatisch KW - Plantarflexion KW - Dorsalextension KW - Gait KW - ankle KW - rheumatic KW - plantarflexion KW - dorsiflexion Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-16437 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jordan, Martin C. A1 - Hufnagel, Lukas A1 - McDonogh, Miriam A1 - Paul, Mila M. A1 - Schmalzl, Jonas A1 - Kupczyk, Eva A1 - Jansen, Hendrik A1 - Heilig, Philipp A1 - Meffert, Rainer H. A1 - Hoelscher-Doht, Stefanie T1 - Surgical fixation of calcaneal beak fractures — biomechanical analysis of different osteosynthesis techniques JF - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology N2 - The calcaneal beak fracture is a rare avulsion fracture of the tuber calcanei characterized by a solid bony fragment at the Achilles tendon insertion. Treatment usually requires osteosynthesis. However, lack of biomechanical understanding of the ideal fixation technique persists. A beak fracture was simulated in synthetic bones and assigned to five different groups of fixation: A) 6.5-mm partial threaded cannulated screws, B) 4.0-mm partial threaded cannulated screws, C) 5.0-mm headless cannulated compression screws, D) 2.3-mm locking plate, and E) 2.8-mm locking plate. Different traction force levels were applied through an Achilles tendon surrogate in a material-testing machine on all stabilized synthetic bones. Outcome measures were peak-to-peak displacement, total displacement, plastic deformation, stiffness, visual-fracture-line displacement, and mode of implant failure. The 2.3- and 2.8-mm plating groups showed a high drop-out rate at 100 N tension force and failed under higher tension levels of 200 N. The fracture fixation using 4.0-mm partial threaded screws showed a significantly higher repair strength and was able to withhold cyclic loading up to 300 N. The lowest peak-to-peak displacement and the highest load-to-failure and stiffness were provided by fracture fixation using 6.5-mm partial threaded cannulated screws or 5.0-mm headless cannulated compression screws. As anticipated, large 6.5-mm screw diameters provide the best biomechanical fixation. Surprisingly, the 5.0-mm headless cannulated compression screws yield reliable stability despite the absent screw head and washer. When such large screws cannot be applied, 4.0-mm screws also allow reasonable fixation strength. Plate fixation should be implemented with precaution and in combination with a restrictive postoperative motion protocol. Finally, clinical cases about the surgical application and recovery are included. KW - foot KW - ankle KW - Achilles KW - tendon KW - fracture Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-282792 SN - 2296-4185 VL - 10 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kreische, Gunda T1 - Stabilisierung zur Verletzungsprävention am Sprunggelenk - eine Metaanalyse T1 - Prevention of ankle injuries - a metha-analysis N2 - In der vorliegenden Arbeit sollte im Rahmen einer Metaanalyse die Effektivität der verschiedenen präventiven Stabilisierungshilfen auf das Sprunggelenk bewertet werden. Dazu wurde in den medizinischen Datenbanken Medline und Pubmed nach relevanten Studien recherchiert. Nach der Literaturselektion entsprechend festgelegter Auswahlkriterien konnten 44 Studien im Zeitraum von 1962 bis 2005 in die Bewertung einfließen. Diese wurden der Evidenzhierarchie nach der Cochrane Collaboration zugeordnet. Entsprechend der Evidenzstärken und der kritischen Beurteilung der externen und internen Validität wurden die einzelnen Stabilisierungshilfen bewertet. Dabei zeigt sich, dass ältere, weit verbreitete und langzeiterprobte Maßnahmen wie der adhäsive Tape- Verband innovativeren und ausbaufähigen Methoden wie dem propriozeptiven Training weichen. In diesem sensomotorischen Bereich konnten übereinstimmend positive und größtenteils signifikante Ergebnisse ermittelt werden. Auch die Anwendung semirigider und rigider Orthesen zeigte bei der Mehrzahl der Studien einen signifikanten Supinationsschutz. Der präventive Effekt von (Schnür-) Bandagen äußerte sich vornehmlich in der Verbesserung der propriozeptiven Fähigkeiten vor allem instabiler Sprunggelenke. Beim Tape-Verband steht die initiale signifikante Supinationsrestriktion im Vordergrund, was unter anderem mit den Materialeigenschaften sowie vielfältigen und eingeschränkt reproduzierbaren Techniken begründet wird. Die Untersuchungen zu Schuhen unterschiedlicher Schafthöhen konnten keine übereinstimmend signifikanten Ergebnisse liefern. N2 - In the submitted paper, the purpose was to assess the effectivity of different external stabilizers (taping, orthesis, bandage and shoes) to prevent ankle injuriers doing a metha-analysis. From the medical databases Medline and Pubmed 44 studies werer chosen between 1962-2005 and were assessed following the evidence-criteria of the Cochrane Collaboration. This has shown that the older more common and longterm-proven methods, such as adhesive taping are now slowly being replaced by more innovative and improving methods. One of these is proprioceptive training. The preventive effect of bandages was mainly characterized by the improvement of proprioceptive abilities, above all for unstable ankles. Where semirigid and rigid braces have been used, a significant supination protection was shown in the majority of the studies as well. KW - Sprunggelenkverletzung KW - ankle KW - sprain KW - injury KW - prevention KW - shoes KW - taping KW - orthesis KW - bandage Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-25229 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Luetkens, Karsten Sebastian A1 - Grunz, Jan-Peter A1 - Kunz, Andreas Steven A1 - Huflage, Henner A1 - Weißenberger, Manuel A1 - Hartung, Viktor A1 - Patzer, Theresa Sophie A1 - Gruschwitz, Philipp A1 - Ergün, Süleyman A1 - Bley, Thorsten Alexander A1 - Feldle, Philipp T1 - Ultra-high-resolution photon-counting detector CT arthrography of the ankle: a feasibility study JF - Diagnostics N2 - This study was designed to investigate the image quality of ultra-high-resolution ankle arthrography employing a photon-counting detector CT. Bilateral arthrograms were acquired in four cadaveric specimens with full-dose (10 mGy) and low-dose (3 mGy) scan protocols. Three convolution kernels with different spatial frequencies were utilized for image reconstruction (ρ\(_{50}\); Br98: 39.0, Br84: 22.6, Br76: 16.5 lp/cm). Seven radiologists subjectively assessed the image quality regarding the depiction of bone, hyaline cartilage, and ligaments. An additional quantitative assessment comprised the measurement of noise and the computation of contrast-to-noise ratios (CNR). While an optimal depiction of bone tissue was achieved with the ultra-sharp Br98 kernel (S ≤ 0.043), the visualization of cartilage improved with lower modulation transfer functions at each dose level (p ≤ 0.014). The interrater reliability ranged from good to excellent for all assessed tissues (intraclass correlation coefficient ≥ 0.805). The noise levels in subcutaneous fat decreased with reduced spatial frequency (p < 0.001). Notably, the low-dose Br76 matched the CNR of the full-dose Br84 (p 0.999) and superseded Br98 (p < 0.001) in all tissues. Based on the reported results, a photon-counting detector CT arthrography of the ankle with an ultra-high-resolution collimation offers stellar image quality and tissue assessability, improving the evaluation of miniscule anatomical structures. While bone depiction was superior in combination with an ultra-sharp convolution kernel, soft tissue evaluation benefited from employing a lower spatial frequency. KW - photon-counting CT KW - arthrography KW - ankle KW - cartilage KW - radiation dosage Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-362622 SN - 2075-4418 VL - 13 IS - 13 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Szymski, Dominik A1 - Achenbach, Leonard A1 - Siebentritt, Martin A1 - Simoni, Karola A1 - Kuner, Norbert A1 - Pfeifer, Christian A1 - Krutsch, Werner A1 - Alt, Volker A1 - Meffert, Rainer A1 - Fehske, Kai T1 - Injury epidemiology of 626 athletes in surfing, wind surfing and kite surfing JF - Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine N2 - Introduction/Background Surfing, wind surfing and kite surfing enjoy a growing popularity with a large number of athletes worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify and compare the injury profiles and compare the injury profiles of these three extreme water sports. Materials and Methods These data for this retrospective cohort study were collected through an online standardised questionnaire during the 2017–18 season. The questionnaire included questions about anthropometry, skill level, injury diagnosis, injury mechanism, environmental conditions and training regimes. Results The 626 athletes included reported 2584 injuries. On average, each athlete sustained 4.12 injuries during the season. The most frequent injury location was in the lower extremity, in particular the foot, with 49 (16.4%) injuries in surfing, 344 (18.3%) in wind surfing and 79 (19.7%) in kite surfing. Surfing demonstrated a particularly high rate of head injuries (n = 37; 12.4%). Other frequent injury types were skin lesions (up to 42.1%) and contusions (up to 40.5%). The most common injury across all surfing sports was skin lesions of the foot (wind surfing: 11.7%; kite surfing: 13.2%; surfing: 12.7%). In surfing, skin lesions of the head were frequently observed (n = 24; 8.0%). In surfing, a ‘too large wave’ (n = 18; 24.7%) was main cause of the injury, while in wind surfing (n = 189; 34.5%) and kite surfing (n = 65; 36.7%) ‘own incompetence’ led to the most injuries. Conclusion This unique study compares injury epidemiology and mechanism in the three most popular surfing sports: wind surfing, kite surfing and surfing. Overall, injuries were sustained mainly in the lower extremity, while surfing also demonstrated a high rate of head injuries. KW - water sports KW - injury KW - training KW - ankle KW - foot KW - epidemiology Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-261545 VL - 12 ER -