Research area
Joint injuries, diseases and fractures are the main reasons for disability in the community and are often seen in younger age groups. These certainly involve large costs for the society and improved health care in this area would be a significant improvement both for the individual and the society. This decade, soon to end, has been marked by the United Nations as the Bone and Joint Decade in order to emphasize these clinical problems.

The Experimental Orthopaedic Research group during the decade has applied experimental methods on different aspects of orthopaedics, including research on clinical material (biopsies, joint fluid and retrievals), animal experiments and cell culture. Mechanical testing of structures, including live anaesthetized animals, and materials has been one of the main parts of our research methods.

Several of the projects worked on over the last years will be fulfilled with publication or PhD dissertations during 2009. The experimental work in the laboratory is closely connected to ongoing or clinical studies under planning for improvement of orthopaedic care of these patients in the community

Aims

• Develop a novel treatment of focal cartilage defects
• Reduce the numbers of deficient fracture healing
• Improve the healing of tendon grafts in orthopaedic surgery
• Delineate the best biomaterial surface for prosthesis surgery