Team
Prof. Dr. habil. Annegret Mündermann Ph.D.
Head Functional Biomechanics Group
Anne previously worked at Stanford University (USA), University of Otago (New Zealand) and University of Konstanz (Germany) before moving to the University Hospital Basel to head the functional biomechanics group. Her research experience ranges from running biomechanics to cartilage mechanosensitivity in health and disease.
Dr. phil. Corina Nüesch
Associate Head Functional Biomechanics Group
Corina received her M.Sc. from ETH Zurich and her PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Basel. She has directed the Basel Functional Biomechanics Laboratory since 2015. Corina's research interests include biomechanical and neuromuscular adaptations in patients with osteoarthritis and application of pattern recognition methods for the analysis of motion and EMG data.
Dr. med. Petros Ismailidis
Research Fellow
Petros received his medical degree from the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki Greece in 2010 and completed his dissertation in the field of knee endoprostheses at the University of Zürich in 2017. He has been working at the University Hospital of Basel since 2014 initially as a resident and since 2018, after receiving the Swiss Board Certification for Orthopaedic Surgery, as a Consultant. Petros joined the Functional Biomechanics Research Group for a full time research fellowship in 2019. Petros' research interests are muscle and balance function in patients receiving total hip or total knee arthroplasty.
Simon Herger M.Sc.
PhD Candidate
Simon received his Master of Science in Sport Science from the University of Basel in 2018. He joined the BFBL in 2019 as a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel and studies the dose response relationship of ambulatory load magnitude and the mechanoresponse of articular cartilage.
Dr. Werner Vach
Biostatistician
Linda Bühl BSc
M.Sc.candidate, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology
Linda studies biomechanical outcome of surgical repair in patients with ACL injury.
PD Dr. med. Christian Egloff
Team Leader Knee Team, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
PD Dr. med. Andreas Müller
Deputy Head, Leader Shoulder Team, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
PD Dr. med. Monika Horisberger
Leader Foot and Ankle Team, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Dr. med. Cordula Netzer
Consultant, Spinal Surgery
Dr. med. Sebastian Müller
Consultant, Knee Team, Orthopaedics and Traumatologie
Sebastian studies the outcome of surgical repair after ACL rupture.
Dr. med. Filippo Mandelli
Resident, Spinal Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatologie
Filippo studies the functional outcome of conservative and surgical treatment in patients with cervical spinal stenosis.
Dr. med. Stefan Loske
Resident
Stefan studied gait changes during a 6-minute walk test before and after decompression of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and is involved in assessing load-induced glenohumeral translation in patients with rotator cuff injury.
Natacha Bürgin
M.med.candidate
Natacha studies ambulatory mechanics after distal fibula fracture treated either surgically or conservatively.
Mara Kaufmann
M.med.candidate
Mara studies gait changes in patients after hip TEP assessed using an IMU.
Valentina Tovo
M.med.candidate
Valentina studies differences in gait quality and balance in patients with early versus late cervical spinal stenosis.
Leonie Manser
M.med.candidate
Leonie investigates surgical treatments of trochlear osteotomy.
Anna Greppi
M.med.candidate
Anna compares open versus closed wedge distal femoral varus osteotomy for the valgus knee with a specific focus on indications, clinical and radiological outcome.
Larissa Ilchmann
M.Sc.candidate, Fachhochschule Bern
Larissa investigates muscle strength and balance in patients after total hip replacement.
Alumni
Ansgar Arnieri, M.D.
Caroline Aubry, M.Sc.
Angela Boutellier, M.Sc.
Helen Bumann, M.D.
Jonas Fischer, M.D.
Marilena Fischer, M.D.
Lea Hegglin, M.Sc.
Vasco Iten
Dominik Laffer, M.med.
Felix Malzner, M.Sc.
Arik Musagara, M.Sc.
Jan-Arie Overberg, M.Sc.
Anna Schmid, M.med.
Lisa Runge, M.Sc.