Current Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Grob Mannion A prospective, cohort study of two lumbar fusion techniques.
A comparison of outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty and fusion in everyday clinical practice: surgical and methodological aspects.
Kramers Mannion Objective and subjective outcomes after total knee arthroplasty.
Mannion Grob Quality management in spine surgery

Completed Research Projects

Project Leader Project Title
Ferguson In Vivo Spinal Motion Analysis for Effective Patient Screening, Diagnosis and Follow-Up in the Treatment of Back Pain
Grob Mannion Long-term patient-oriented outcome after translaminar screw fixation of the lumbar spine
Patient-rated complications after spinal surgery: incidence and bothersomeness
Kleinstück Mannion The influence of preoperative back pain on the outcome of lumbar decompression surgery. A prospective study
Mannion Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with chronic low back pain who respond positively to spine stabilisation exercises.
Comparison of patient versus surgeon ratings of outcome after spinal surgery
Mannion Grob The Neck Pain and Disability (NPAD) Scale: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties in chronic neck pain and C1-2 fusion patients.
Müller Defining norm values on the natural history of acute and chronic low back pain in the Swiss population and prognostic indicators for chronic low back pain
Naal Mannion Leunig Cross-Cultural Adaptation into German of the Oxford Hip Score and Oxford Knee Score
Porchet Mannion Microdiscectomy compared with standard discectomy: an old problem revisited with new outcome measures