Senior Researchers:

Dr. med. Filippo Mandelli
 

PhD Graduates

Dr. sc. med. des. David Koch
“Spinal alignment, muscle degeneration and muscle function in preoperative patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: Insights from in vivo experiments”

Medical Dissertations:

Dr. med. Yuancheng Zhang
“Association between fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscle, sagittal spinopelvic alignment and stenosis grade in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis”

Dr. med. Stefan Loske
“Decompression surgery improves gait quality in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis”

Dr. med. Helen Bumann
"Severity of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis affects pelvic rigidity during walking"

Dr. med. Lukas Urbanschitz
“Walking stress-induced changes in gait patterns and muscle activity: Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis versus asymptomatic controls”

Medical Master theses:

Valentina Tovo
“CSS – Assessing the course of degenerative cervical spinal stenosis using functional outcomes”

MSc Sports-and Movement Science / Biomedical Engineering:

Arik Rehani Musagara

David Koch
“Effect of age and lumbar spinal stenosis on static and dynamic sagittal spinal balance: Single center observational pilot study”

Annalena Ulsperger
“The Effect of Muscle Fatigue on the Posture of Patients with symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis”

Thomas Braunwarth
“Associations between Paraspinal Muscle Endurance, Paraspinal Muscle Fatigue, and Patient-Reported Function in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis”

Maxine Gygax
“Association between Severity of Stenosis, Fat Infiltration of the Paraspinal Muscles and Trunk Flexion during Gait in Patients with Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis”

Sophia Hürlimann

Nicola Büttiker
“Dynamic Compensation in Spinopelvic Alignment in Patients with Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis”

Yossef el-Khatieb
“Associations between Paraspinal Muscle Endurance, Paraspinal Muscle Fatigue, and Patient-Reported Function in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis”

Carlo Lade
“Surgical Outcome Prediction in Patients with symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis using Machine Learning Algorithms and Functional Biomechanical Parameters”