@article{ReichertvonRottkayRothetal.2018, author = {Reichert, Johannes C. and von Rottkay, Eberhard and Roth, Franz and Renz, Tim and Hausmann, Johannes and Kranz, Julius and Rackwitz, Lars and N{\"o}th, Ulrich and Rudert, Maximilian}, title = {A prospective randomized comparison of the minimally invasive direct anterior and the transgluteal approach for primary total hip arthroplasty}, series = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders}, volume = {19}, journal = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders}, number = {241}, doi = {10.1186/s12891-018-2133-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-176072}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Background: The presented prospective randomized controlled single-centre study compares the clinical outcome up to 12 months after total hip arthroplasty using a minimally invasive single-incision direct anterior (DAA) and a direct transgluteal lateral approach. Methods: A total of 123 arthroplasties were evaluated utilizing the Harris Hip Score (HHS), the extra short musculoskeletal functional assessment questionnaire (XSFMA), the Short Form 36 (SF-36) health survey, a Stepwatch™ Activity Monitor (SAM), and a timed 25 m foot walk (T25-FW). Postoperative x-ray images after THA were reviewed to determine inclination and stem positioning. Results: At final follow-up, the XSFMA functional index scores were 10.3 (anterior) and 15.08 (lateral) while the bother index summed up to a score of 15.8 (anterior) and 21.66 (lateral) respectively, thus only differing significantly for the functional index (p = 0.040 and p = 0.056). The SF-36 physical component score (PCS) was 47.49 (anterior) and 42.91 (lateral) while the mental component score (MCS) summed up to 55.0 (anterior) and 56.23 (lateral) with a significant difference evident for the PCS (p = 0.017; p = 0.714). Patients undergoing THA through a DAA undertook a mean of 6402 cycles per day while those who had undergone THA through a transgluteal approach undertook a mean of 5340 cycles per day (p = 0.012). Furthermore, the obtained outcome for the T25-FW with 18.4 s (anterior) and 19.75 s (lateral) and the maximum walking distance (5932 m and 5125 m) differed significantly (p = 0.046 and p = 0.045). The average HHS showed no significant difference equaling 92.4 points in the anterior group and 91.43 in the lateral group (p = 0.477). The radiographic analysis revealed an average cup inclination of 38.6° (anterior) and 40.28° (lateral) without signs of migration. Conclusion: In summary, our outcomes show that after 1 year THA through the direct anterior approach results in a higher patient activity compared to THA utilizing a transgluteal lateral approach while no differences regarding hip function are evident.}, language = {en} } @article{BeierleSchobelVogeletal.2021, author = {Beierle, Felix and Schobel, Johannes and Vogel, Carsten and Allgaier, Johannes and Mulansky, Lena and Haug, Fabian and Haug, Julian and Schlee, Winfried and Holfelder, Marc and Stach, Michael and Schickler, Marc and Baumeister, Harald and Cohrdes, Caroline and Deckert, J{\"u}rgen and Deserno, Lorenz and Edler, Johanna-Sophie and Eichner, Felizitas A. and Greger, Helmut and Hein, Grit and Heuschmann, Peter and John, Dennis and Kestler, Hans A. and Krefting, Dagmar and Langguth, Berthold and Meybohm, Patrick and Probst, Thomas and Reichert, Manfred and Romanos, Marcel and St{\"o}rk, Stefan and Terhorst, Yannik and Weiß, Martin and Pryss, R{\"u}diger}, title = {Corona Health — A Study- and Sensor-Based Mobile App Platform Exploring Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic}, series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, volume = {18}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, number = {14}, issn = {1660-4601}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph18147395}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242658}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Physical and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic is typically assessed via surveys, which might make it difficult to conduct longitudinal studies and might lead to data suffering from recall bias. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) driven smartphone apps can help alleviate such issues, allowing for in situ recordings. Implementing such an app is not trivial, necessitates strict regulatory and legal requirements, and requires short development cycles to appropriately react to abrupt changes in the pandemic. Based on an existing app framework, we developed Corona Health, an app that serves as a platform for deploying questionnaire-based studies in combination with recordings of mobile sensors. In this paper, we present the technical details of Corona Health and provide first insights into the collected data. Through collaborative efforts from experts from public health, medicine, psychology, and computer science, we released Corona Health publicly on Google Play and the Apple App Store (in July 2020) in eight languages and attracted 7290 installations so far. Currently, five studies related to physical and mental well-being are deployed and 17,241 questionnaires have been filled out. Corona Health proves to be a viable tool for conducting research related to the COVID-19 pandemic and can serve as a blueprint for future EMA-based studies. The data we collected will substantially improve our knowledge on mental and physical health states, traits and trajectories as well as its risk and protective factors over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and its diverse prevention measures.}, language = {en} } @article{RackwitzEdenReppenhagenetal.2012, author = {Rackwitz, Lars and Eden, Lars and Reppenhagen, Stephan and Reichert, Johannes C. and Jakob, Franz and Walles, Heike and Pullig, Oliver and Tuan, Rocky S. and Rudert, Maximilian and N{\"o}th, Ulrich}, title = {Stem cell- and growth factor-based regenerative therapies for avascular necrosis of the femoral head}, series = {Stem Cell Research \& Therapy}, volume = {3}, journal = {Stem Cell Research \& Therapy}, number = {7}, doi = {10.1186/scrt98}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-135413}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a debilitating disease of multifactorial genesis, predominately affects young patients, and often leads to the development of secondary osteoarthritis. The evolving field of regenerative medicine offers promising treatment strategies using cells, biomaterial scaffolds, and bioactive factors, which might improve clinical outcome. Early stages of AVN with preserved structural integrity of the subchondral plate are accessible to retrograde surgical procedures, such as core decompression to reduce the intraosseous pressure and to induce bone remodeling. The additive application of concentrated bone marrow aspirates, ex vivo expanded mesenchymal stem cells, and osteogenic or angiogenic growth factors (or both) holds great potential to improve bone regeneration. In contrast, advanced stages of AVN with collapsed subchondral bone require an osteochondral reconstruction to preserve the physiological joint function. Analogously to strategies for osteochondral reconstruction in the knee, anterograde surgical techniques, such as osteochondral transplantation (mosaicplasty), matrix-based autologous chondrocyte implantation, or the use of acellular scaffolds alone, might preserve joint function and reduce the need for hip replacement. This review summarizes recent experimental accomplishments and initial clinical findings in the field of regenerative medicine which apply cells, growth factors, and matrices to address the clinical problem of AVN.}, language = {en} } @article{ReichertSchmalzlPrageretal.2013, author = {Reichert, Johannes and Schmalzl, Jonas and Prager, Patrick and Gilbert, Fabian and Quent, Verena M. C. and Steinert, Andre F. and Rudert, Maximilian and N{\"o}th, Ulrich}, title = {Synergistic effect of Indian hedgehog and bone morphogenetic protein-2 gene transfer to increase the osteogenic potential of human mesenchymal stem cells}, series = {Stem Cell Research \& Therapy}, journal = {Stem Cell Research \& Therapy}, doi = {10.1186/scrt316}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-97010}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Introduction To stimulate healing of large bone defects research has concentrated on the application of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Methods In the present study, we induced the overexpression of the growth factors bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and/or Indian hedgehog (IHH) in human MSCs by adenoviral transduction to increase their osteogenic potential. GFP and nontransduced MSCs served as controls. The influence of the respective genetic modification on cell metabolic activity, proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, mineralization in cell culture, and osteogenic marker gene expression was investigated. Results Transduction had no negative influence on cell metabolic activity or proliferation. ALP activity showed a typical rise-and-fall pattern with a maximal activity at day 14 and 21 after osteogenic induction. Enzyme activity was significantly higher in groups cultured with osteogenic media. The overexpression of BMP-2 and especially IHH + BMP-2 resulted in a significantly higher mineralization after 28 days. This was in line with obtained quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analyses, which showed a significant increase in osteopontin and osteocalcin expression for osteogenically induced BMP-2 and IHH + BMP-2 transduced cells when compared with the other groups. Moreover, an increase in runx2 expression was observed in all osteogenic groups toward day 21. It was again more pronounced for BMP-2 and IHH + BMP-2 transduced cells cultured in osteogenic media. Conclusions In summary, viral transduction did not negatively influence cell metabolic activity and proliferation. The overexpression of BMP-2 in combination with or without IHH resulted in an increased deposition of mineralized extracellular matrix, and expression of osteogenic marker genes. Viral transduction therefore represents a promising means to increase the osteogenic potential of MSCs and the combination of different transgenes may result in synergistic effects.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Reichert2007, author = {Reichert, Johannes Christian}, title = {Osteogene Differenzierung von mesenchymalen Stammzellen in Kollagen I Hydrogelen und Herstellung eines stammzellbasierten Polycaprolacton-Hydrogel Konstrukts f{\"u}r die Rekonstruktion segmentaler Knochendefekte}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-23274}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2007}, abstract = {Segmentale Knochendefekte, stellen ein bedeutendes, klinisches Problem mit bisher limitierten, therapeutischen M{\"o}glichkeiten dar. Sie schr{\"a}nken nicht nur die Gesundheit und Lebensqualit{\"a}t des Betroffenen ein sondern bringen bei steigender Inzidenz und kostenintensiver Behandlung auch eine gewaltige sozio{\"o}konomische Problematik mit sich. Die bisher zur Verf{\"u}gung stehenden, therapeutischen Mittel wie die Entnahme von autologer Spongiosa aus dem Beckenkamm bergen das Problem der Morbidit{\"a}t an der Entnahmestelle, von persistierender Schmerzsyndromen, von Hypersensitivit{\"a}t, Instabilit{\"a}t des Beckens und Infektionen. Zudem ist die Menge an Knochen, die gewonnen werden kann, limitiert. Allografts sind von einer bedeutend niedrigeren Zellularit{\"a}t, besitzen eine geringere Revaskularisierungsrate sowie eine h{\"o}here Resorptionsrate, f{\"u}hren zu einer niedrigeren Knochenformationsrate und gehen mit der Gefahr einer Abstoßungsreaktion einher. Zuk{\"u}nftig k{\"o}nnte das Tissue Engineering als interdisziplin{\"a}res Forschungskonzept hier eine entscheidende Rolle spielen. Insbesondere MSZ wird ein großes therapeutisches Potential f{\"u}r die Rekonstruktion von Knochengewebe zugeschrieben. Die vorliegende Studie besch{\"a}ftigte sich einerseits mit der Frage, ob unter dem Einfluss entsprechender Wachstumsfaktoren humane MSZ aus dem Knochenmark in Kollagen I Hydrogelen zu einer osteogenen Differenzierung und der Produktion mineralisierter, extrazellul{\"a}rer Matrix angeregt werden k{\"o}nnen. Zum andern wurde untersucht, ob es m{\"o}glich ist, ein Konstrukt aus MSZ, einem Kollagen Gel und einem geeigneten Scaffold herzustellen, das sich zur Rekonstruktion segmentaler Knochendefekte eignet. Zun{\"a}chst wurden MSZ aus dem Knochenmark isoliert und in Monolayerkulturen osteogen differenziert. Die histochemischen Untersuchungen zeigten, dass in osteogenem Differenzierungsmedium kultivierte MSZ in der prim{\"a}ren Zellkultur vermehrt mineralisierte Matrix bildeten und ALP exprimierten. In den RT-PCR Analysen konnte eine deutliche Mehrexpression sp{\"a}ter osteogener Markergene wie Osteokalzin nachgewiesen werden. MSZ, die leicht zu isolieren und zu 53 kultivieren sind, eignen sich demnach gut als Zellen zur Herstellung eines Konstruktes f{\"u}r die Rekonstruktion von segmentalen Knochendefekten. Eingebracht in Kollagen I Hydrogele zeigten die Zellen unter dem Einfluss verschiedener osteogener Differenzierungsbedingungen unterschiedliche Genexpressionsmuster. Nach 42 Tagen Kultur in SZM (Kontrollgruppe) konnte sowohl die Expression osteogener Markergene als auch eine chondrogene Differenzierung nachgewiesen werden. Es konnte eine deutliche Mehrexpression von AGN, Col II und SOX-9, gleichfalls der osteogenen Marker ALP und Cbfa1 gezeigt werden. Ein entsprechendes Bild hatte auch die histologische Aufarbeitung ergeben. Dies k{\"o}nnte auf die Eigenschaften des Kollagen Hydrogels zur{\"u}ckzuf{\"u}hren sein, dem aufgrund seiner Zusammensetzung und biologisch-induktiven Merkmale eine chondrogene Induktion, sogar ohne Wachstumsfaktoren, zugeschrieben wird. In der mit BMP- 2 differenzierten Gruppe zeigte sich eine deutliche Zunahme der Expression der chondrogenen Markergene, wie Col II und SOX-9. Auch die osteogenen Marker wie ALP, Cbfa1 und OC waren etwas st{\"a}rker exprimiert. Den Ergebnissen nach zu schließen beg{\"u}nstigte BMP-2 bei der Kultivierung von MSZ in Kollagen I Hydrogelen in vitro eine eher chondrogene Differenzierung. Zumindest in Kombination mit Kollagen I Hydrogelen scheint daher BMP-2 als osteogener Wachstumsfaktor bei der Herstellung stammzellbasierter Konstrukte f{\"u}r den Knochenersatz weniger geeignet. Nach Kultur in osteogenem Medium konnte gegen{\"u}ber der SZM Gruppe eine deutliche Mehrexpression aller getesteten, osteogenen Marker, insbesondere auch von Cbfa1 und OC, nachgewiesen werden. Allerdings zeigte sich auch bei den chondrogenen Markergenen wie Col II eine geringe Zunahme der Genexpression. Das osteogene Medium induzierte demnach MSZ in Kollagen I Gelen vorwiegend eine osteogene Differenzierung. Entsprechend konnte in den histologischen Untersuchungen die Bildung einer mineralisierten, extrazellul{\"a}ren Matrix nachgewiesen werden. Weiterhin konnte im Rahmen dieser Arbeit in vitro aus einem Kollagen I Gel, MSZ und einem PCL-Scaffold ein Konstrukt hergestellt werden, das die Regeneration segmentaler Knochendefekte positiv beeinflussen k{\"o}nnte. Es zeigte sich ein gutes Bonding an der Grenzfl{\"a}che zwischen Kollagen Gel und 54 PCL-Scaffold. Das Kollagen Gel hatte die makropor{\"o}sen und mikropor{\"o}sen Freir{\"a}ume des Scaffolds komplett ausgef{\"u}llt, wodurch eine homogene Verteilung der MSZ innerhalb des Scaffolds erreicht werden konnte.}, language = {de} } @article{SchobelProbstReichertetal.2020, author = {Schobel, Johannes and Probst, Thomas and Reichert, Manfred and Schlee, Winfried and Schickler, Marc and Kestler, Hans A. and Pryss, R{\"u}diger}, title = {Measuring mental effort for creating mobile data collection applications}, series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, volume = {17}, journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, number = {5}, issn = {1660-4601}, doi = {10.3390/ijerph17051649}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-203176}, year = {2020}, abstract = {To deal with drawbacks of paper-based data collection procedures, the QuestionSys approach empowers researchers with none or little programming knowledge to flexibly configure mobile data collection applications on demand. The mobile application approach of QuestionSys mainly pursues the goal to mitigate existing drawbacks of paper-based collection procedures in mHealth scenarios. Importantly, researchers shall be enabled to gather data in an efficient way. To evaluate the applicability of QuestionSys, several studies have been carried out to measure the efforts when using the framework in practice. In this work, the results of a study that investigated psychological insights on the required mental effort to configure the mobile applications are presented. Specifically, the mental effort for creating data collection instruments is validated in a study with N=80 participants across two sessions. Thereby, participants were categorized into novices and experts based on prior knowledge on process modeling, which is a fundamental pillar of the developed approach. Each participant modeled 10 instruments during the course of the study, while concurrently several performance measures are assessed (e.g., time needed or errors). The results of these measures are then compared to the self-reported mental effort with respect to the tasks that had to be modeled. On one hand, the obtained results reveal a strong correlation between mental effort and performance measures. On the other, the self-reported mental effort decreased significantly over the course of the study, and therefore had a positive impact on measured performance metrics. Altogether, this study indicates that novices with no prior knowledge gain enough experience over the short amount of time to successfully model data collection instruments on their own. Therefore, QuestionSys is a helpful instrument to properly deal with large-scale data collection scenarios like clinical trials.}, language = {en} } @article{KammererHoppenstedtPryssetal.2019, author = {Kammerer, Klaus and Hoppenstedt, Burkhard and Pryss, R{\"u}diger and St{\"o}kler, Steffen and Allgaier, Johannes and Reichert, Manfred}, title = {Anomaly Detections for Manufacturing Systems Based on Sensor Data—Insights into Two Challenging Real-World Production Settings}, series = {Sensors}, volume = {19}, journal = {Sensors}, number = {24}, issn = {1424-8220}, doi = {10.3390/s19245370}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-193885}, pages = {5370}, year = {2019}, abstract = {o build, run, and maintain reliable manufacturing machines, the condition of their components has to be continuously monitored. When following a fine-grained monitoring of these machines, challenges emerge pertaining to the (1) feeding procedure of large amounts of sensor data to downstream processing components and the (2) meaningful analysis of the produced data. Regarding the latter aspect, manifold purposes are addressed by practitioners and researchers. Two analyses of real-world datasets that were generated in production settings are discussed in this paper. More specifically, the analyses had the goals (1) to detect sensor data anomalies for further analyses of a pharma packaging scenario and (2) to predict unfavorable temperature values of a 3D printing machine environment. Based on the results of the analyses, it will be shown that a proper management of machines and their components in industrial manufacturing environments can be efficiently supported by the detection of anomalies. The latter shall help to support the technical evangelists of the production companies more properly.}, language = {en} }