Dissertations

2023

Kirsten Nordby-Nielsen, MSc.

Cerebral palsy Challenge assessment and Gait Outcomes Assessment List questionnaire applied in ambulatory school-aged children.

Health, Aarhus University. Assessment Committee: Tim Theologis Associate Professor, MSc, PhD, FRCS Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Jakob Lorentzen Clinical Professor, PT, PhD Department of Neuroscience, Motor Control University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Karin Biering (chairperson) Associate Professor, PT, MSc, PhD Occupational Medicine, Gødstrup Clinical Medicine Aarhus University, Denmark.

Hans-Christen Husum, MD

Pubo-femoral distance measurement in screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Aalborg University Hospital. Assessment Committee: Prof. Carsten Reides Bjarkam, Dept of neurosurgery Aalborg University Hospital, Prof. Daniel Perry Dept. of Children’s Orthopaedics Alder Hey Hospital, Ass. Prof. Klaus Hindsø Dept. of Orthopaedics.

Jakob Bie Granild-Jensen, MD

Fracture rates and response to zoledronate in children with cerebral palsy.

Health, Aarhus University. Assessment Committee: Unni Narayanan, MBBS, M.Sc., FRCSC Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada - Christina Høi-Hansen, MD, dr. med. Afdeling for Børn og Unge, Københavns Universitetshospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark og Kirstine Stockholm, MD, dr. med. Hormon- og knoglesygdomme, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Denmark.

2021

Ahmed A. Abood, MD
Formation and Prevention of Bone Bridges after Physeal Injury.

Health, Aarhus University.
Chairperson:Torben Bæk Hansen, MD PhD, Dep. of Orthopaedics, Regional Hospital West Jutland
Opponents: Thomas Jakobsen, MD PhD DMSc, Dep. of Orthopaedics, Aalborg University Hospital, Ignacio Sanpera Trigueros, MD PhD, Dep. of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Son Espases, Palma.

2017

Polina Martinkevich, MD
Outcomes after the calcaneal lengthening osteotomy with artificial structural bone graft in paediatric flatfoot surgery.

Health, Aarhus University. Opponents: Unni G. Narayanan, MBBS, MSc, FRCS(C), Pediatric Orthopaedicc Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, Andrew Morris Wainwright, BSc, MB, ChB, FRCS, Med (SE), Oxford, University Hospital, UK. Chairperson: Torben Bæk Hansen, Professor, MD, PhD, Holstebro Hospital, Denmark.

Line Kjeldgaard Pedersen, MD
Cerebral Palsy in Orthopaedic Surgery – Perspectives on pain and seating performance related to hip reconstruction.

Health, Aarhus University. Opponents: Deborah Eastwood, MB, FRCS, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, Unni G. Narayanan, MBBS, MSc, FRCS(C), Pediatric Orthopaedicc Surgeon, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. Chairperson: John Rosendahl Øsergaard, MD, DMSc, Professor, Centre for Rare Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital.

2014

Juan Manuel Shiguetomi Medina
Epiphysiodesis Made with Radio Frequency Ablation, RFA. An Innovative Technique.
Health, Aarhus University. Opponents: Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Franz Grill, Facharzt für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Schwerpunkt Kinder- und Jugendorthopädie, Vienna, Herr Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Wirth, Facharzt für Orthopädie, Klinikum Stuttgart.

2013

Martin Gottliebsen, MD
Guided growth of long bones using the tension band plating technique. Experimental and clinical studies.
Health, Aarhus University. Opponents: Deborah Eastwood, MB, FRCS, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, Pierre Lascombes, University of Geneva Department of Paediatrics, Orthopedic Surgery, Traumatology. Chairperson: Johnny Østergaard Keller, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital.

2009

Rikke Damkjær Maimburg
Reproductive Epidemiology. Studies on Pregnancy, Delivery and Child development.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University. Opponents: John Rosendahl Øsergaard, MD, DMSc, Professor, Centre for Rare Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital. Morten Hedegaard, Klinikchef, Rigshospitalet. Christina Hultman, professor, senior, Karolinska Institutet, Sverige.

2000

Ramune Aleksyniene
Effects of parathyroid hormone treatment on distraction osteogenesis in the rabbit tibial lengthening model.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University.

2005

Janne Ovesen
The Effects of Zinc Ions on Bone Growth, Modeling and Remodeling.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University.

2003

Henrik Eckardt
Growth Factor Enhancement of Bone Formation. Experimental models in the rabbit.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University.

2002

Kristian G Bundgaard
Stimulation of Distraction Osteogenesis Mechanical and Bone Density Imaging Studies in the Rabbit.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University

1998

Bente Schumacher Petersen
Experimental bone lengthening.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University.

Adel Nafei
Mechanical, physical and structural properties of trabecular bone in the skeletally immature.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University.