TY - CHAP A1 - Kornaropoulos, Evgenios I. A1 - Taylor, William R. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Matziolis, Georg A1 - Müller, Michael A1 - Wassilew, Georgi A1 - Asbach, Patrick A1 - Perka, Carsten A1 - Heller, Markus O. T1 - An imageless method to quantify the mechanical femoral-tibial angle based on the functional determination of joint centers and axes T2 - Annual meeting of the ESMAC 2009 Y1 - 2009 CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kornaropoulos, Evgenios I. A1 - Taylor, William R. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Matziolis, Georg A1 - Müller, Michael A1 - Wassilew, Georgi A1 - Asbach, Patrick A1 - Perka, Carsten A1 - Heller, Markus O. T1 - Frontal plane alignment: An imageless method to predict the mechanical femoral–tibial angle (mFTA) based on functional determination of joint centres and axes JF - Gait & Posture Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.006 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 204 EP - 208 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deppe, Dominik A1 - Gabriele, Matteo A1 - Mazzoleni, Manuel Giovanni A1 - Ordas-Bayon, Alejandro A1 - Fidanza, Andrea A1 - Rozhko, Yuriy A1 - Şimşek, Ekin Kaya A1 - Keltz, Eran A1 - Osterhoff, Georg A1 - Damm, Philipp A1 - Duda, Georg N. A1 - Leskovar, Marko A1 - Zachow, Stefan A1 - Trepczynski, Adam A1 - Heyland, Mark T1 - Interobserver Reliability of the Modified Radiographic Union Score (mRUST) for Tibial and Femoral Fractures JF - Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma N2 - OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reliability of the modified Radiographic Union Score for Tibial fractures (mRUST) as a reliable tool for monitoring lower limb fractures (femur, tibia) treated with various modalities (nail, plate). METHODS: Design: Retrospective analysis. Setting: Single center academic hospital in Germany. Patient Selection Criteria: Adult patients (≥18 years) with extra-articular long bone fractures of the lower extremities treated surgically between January 2005 and April 2022, requiring radiographs in two perpendicular planes and at least one follow-up visit, were included. Exclusion criteria were critical clinical conditions, inability to consent, joint articulation fractures, inadequate documentation, or insufficient imaging quality. Outcome Measures and Comparisons: Six international investigators (five orthopedic surgeons, one radiologist) independently assessed fracture line and callus growth per cortex (mRUST) at individualized follow-up time points based on clinical practice. To evaluate interrater reliability, intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated for the overall dataset, and for subsets of rated images, that were defined based on anatomical location (femur/tibia), treatment type (plate/nail fixation), and treatment combinations across locations. RESULTS: A total of 166 patients (63 femur fractures, 103 tibia fractures; 32.5% female, mean age 43.4 (18–84)) with 1136 follow-up time points were analyzed. Overall interrater reliability for mRUST was good (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.77), consistent across fixation methods (nail/plate fixation, 0.79) and anatomical locations (tibia, 0.78; femur, 0.81). Cortex-specific reliability varied, with highest agreement for the medial cortex (0.70–0.74) and lowest for the posterior cortex (0.65–0.74). CONCLUSIONS: The mRUST (radiographic score) demonstrated reliability for monitoring fracture healing in the femur and tibia, irrespective of fixation method, supporting its use as a generalizable tool across lower limb fractures. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence. Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1097/BOT.0000000000003032 SN - 0890-5339 VL - 39 IS - 10 SP - 557 EP - 563 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Schell, H. A1 - Seebeck, P. A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - Muskuloskeletale Belastungen im Schafshinterlauf JF - Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik Y1 - 2005 IS - 36 SP - 775 EP - 780 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Wassilew, Georgi A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - The weighted optimal common shape technique improves identification of the hip joint centre of rotation in vivo JF - Journal of Orthopedic Research Y1 - 2011 VL - 29 SP - 1470 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Trepczynski, Adam A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - The SCoRE residual: A quality index to assess the accuracy of joint estimations JF - Journal of Biomechanics Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.009 VL - 44 IS - 7 SP - 1400 EP - 1404 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Taylor, William R. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Heller, Markus O. T1 - A Survey for Formal Methods for Determining Functional Joint Axes JF - Journal of Biomechanics Y1 - 2007 SP - 2150 EP - 2157 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - A Quantification of Accuracy in Estimating Joint Centers T2 - 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics Y1 - 2010 CY - Edinburgh ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Schröder, Jörg H. A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - Die Bestimmung der Genauigkeit nicht-invasiver Techniken zur Ermittlung der Hüftgelenksposition in-vivo T2 - 6th annual meeting of the German Society for Biomechanics (DGfB) Y1 - 2009 CY - Münster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Schröder, Jörg H. A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - Der Vergleich von nicht-invasiven Techniken zur Bestimmung der Hüftgelenksposition T2 - Annual meeting of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery Y1 - 2009 CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kratzenstein, Stefan A1 - Heller, Markus O. A1 - Ehrig, Rainald A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Taylor, William R. T1 - The Residual: A Reliable Measure of Accuracy in the Determination of Joint Centers T2 - Transactions Vol. 35, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Society Y1 - 2010 CY - New Orleans ER -