2024 EPOS Research Grants – Selected Projects

  • Annemieke Buizer, Marjolein van der Krogt, Lynn Bar-On & Melinda Witbreuk (Netherlands)
    Calf muscle morphology after orthopaedic surgery in children with cerebral palsy

  • Frederike Mulder, Nina Mathijssen & Adhiambo Witlox (Netherlands)
    Active monitoring versus an abduction device for the treatment of infants with centred dysplastic hips – a comprehensive cohort study (TRAM-Trial)

2023 EPOS Research Grants – Selected Projects

€10,000 Grantees

  • Sophie Moerman (Netherlands)
    Evaluation of feasibility and clinical validity of biofeedback gait training on the GRAIL in clubfoot patients over four years of age with a mild relapse – a pilot study

  • María Galán Olleros (Spain)
    Guided Growth in Spastic Hip Multicentre Study (GGSH-MC Study)

€5,000 Grantees

  • Björn Vogt (Germany)
    A prospective comparison of postoperative pain and mobilisation after implantation of FlexTacks™ or eight-Plates™ for guided growth of Genu valgum and Genu varum

  • Muharrem Inan (Turkey)
    Telescopic plate: A novel plate design

  • Sharon Eylon (Israel)
    Children’s rehabilitation during limb lengthening with external fixator vs. magnetic lengthening nail

2022 EPOS Research Grants – Selected Projects

€7,000 Grantees

  • Ole Rahbek (Denmark)
    Rigid nailing in fracture treatment in children – Experimental studies on the effects on growth

  • Luca Rigamonti, Marco Bigoni & Franck Accadbled (Italy & France)
    Pure Articular Knee Chondral Fractures in the Paediatric Population (PACK Project) – Is There a Role for Surgical Fixation? A Multicentre EPOS Study

  • Yasmin Hailer (Sweden)
    Multicentre registry-based randomised, placebo-controlled trial – Bone-preserving drug as a new treatment option for children with Perthes disease?

€2,000 Grantees

  • Pieter Bas de Witte & Dagmar Kempink (Netherlands)
    Reduction of blood loss in paediatric osteotomies around the hip

  • Emmanuelle Renoul & Anne-Laure Simon (France)
    Identifying the mechanical factors of pathological femoral remodelling with numerical modelling in children with cerebral palsy

  • Laura Montserrat Pérez López (Spain)
    Guided growth tension-band plates as an innovative treatment to correct cubitus varus in patients with skeletal immaturity – is it the best treatment option?

  • Marcos Carvalho (Portugal)
    Comparative study of the cellular function of osteogenic periosteal cells obtained from congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia versus contralateral tibial periosteum

  • Adhiambo Witlox (Netherlands)
    The effect of intrauterine stress on growth plate development and skeletal growth

2021 EPOS Research Grants – Selected Projects

€10,000 Grantees

  • Christiaan van Bergen (Netherlands)
    The CARE Trial: Casting and Rehabilitation for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus in the Skeletally Immature – Improved Quality of Life and Protection Towards Early Osteoarthritis

  • Sebastian Farr (Austria)
    Shoulder Dysplasia in Longitudinal Deficiencies of the Upper Extremity

  • Marco Turati (Italy)
    EPOS Discoid Meniscus (DiMe) Project – A Prospective Multicentre Cohort Protocol

€2,000 Grantees

  • Christian Wong (Denmark)
    Assessment of Guided Growth After Corrective Hip Surgery in Children with Cerebral Palsy Using Conventional X-rays – A National Multicentre Study

  • Jan Duedal Rölfing (Denmark)
    Can Donor Site Morbidity in Children Be Eradicated? Is Donor Bone Graft as Effective as Patient Bone Graft in Flat Foot Surgery in Children?

  • Alejandro Peiró & Laura Corominas (Spain)
    Extension of a Feasibility Study to Compare Full-Time and Night-Time Brace Treatment in AIS Patients

  • César García Fontecha (Spain)
    Exploring the Relationship Between Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Jaap J. Tolk (Netherlands)
    When to Discard Pavlik Treatment for Dislocated Hips? Assessing Hip Reduction and Improvement of Femoral Head Position in DDH Patients Using Trans-Inguinal Ultrasound

  • Christoph Radler & Yael Gelfer (Austria)
    The Correlation Between Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Clubfoot Treatment and Recurrence in School-Age Children – A Multi-Centre Study

  • Marianne Koolen, Fien de Nies & Melinda Witbreuk (Netherlands)
    Clubfoot-Calf Study – 3D Ultrasound of the Calf in Children with Clubfeet