SECEC offers the possibility to apply for a research grant intended to promote and support basic or clinical research related to shoulder and elbow pathologies.
The primary purpose of these grants is to foster projects that provide useful information and/or develop and provide methodological tools for the benefit of our society. The obtained knowledge will be at free disposal for SECEC members.
The next call for applications for two research grants will be opened in 2025 - one Basic research and one Clinical research. Please note that methodological and epidemiological projects are favoured.
Funding for a maximum of 20,000 Euro is provided for each project.
Applications are reviewed and selected by the Research & Development Committee. The decision is communicated at the Annual SECEC Congress.
The recipient of the grant is asked to produce a progress report to the Research & Development Committee, due two months prior to the SECEC meeting.
When an oral and/or written publication results from the supported research, acknowledgment using the SECEC logo and the mention "supported by a research grant from SECEC" is required. Please note that the paper should be submitted for publication in one of SECEC's official journals: JSES or JSES International.
*The application can be authored or co-authored by non-members provided that there is at least one full SECEC member in the author's list
Clinical 1 : Arasch Wafaisade (Germany)
Study title : Determination of factors influencing intra-articular cefazolin concentration after routine preoperative intravenous administration of 2 g cefazolin as perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in arthroscopic and open shoulder surgery
Clinical 2 : Joan Miquel Noguera, Mariona Quintana, Carlos Torrens, Mireia Viñas (Spain)
Study title: Artificial Intelligence-based prediction of clinical outcomes in patients sustaining proximal humeral fractures
Basic : Ali Ersen (Turkey)
Study title : EnthesIST Patch for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Clinical: Enrico Bellato (Italia)
Study Title: Evaluation of an intraoperative iodopovidone irrigation efficacy in reducing microbial contamination in shoulder arthroplasty: a clinical and a multifaceted microbiological study
Basic: Raúl Barco (Spain), Luis Palacios Díaz, Angel Gonzalez Diaz, Samuel Antuña, Enrique Gómez Barrena
Study Title: Traumatic and neurogenic joint contracture in an experimental model in the Rat : preventive role of Celecoxib and Ketotifen
Clinical: J A Morris (UK), Adam Watts (UK)
Study Title: A single-centre prospective cross sectional diagnostic test accuracy study comparing percutaneous joint aspiration against intra-operative tissue biopsy in patients undergoing shoulder and elbow arthroplasty prosthetic revision surgery
Basic: Freek Hollman (NL) / Ashish Gupta (Australia) / Ruth Delaney (Ireland) / Kenneth Cutbush (Australia)
Study title: Quantitative Deep learning model for muscle assessment of the rotator cuff on MRI. Can we predict the rotators cuffs regenerative capacity and improve clinical decision making?
Clinical: Theodore Paul van Iersel (The Netherlands)
Study Title: Multifactorial Approach Training for Anterior Shoulder Instability in patients undergoing arthroscopic bankart repair, a multicenter randomized controlled trial (MATASI trial)
Basic: Sebastien Wangler (Switzerland)
Study Title: Identification of the optimal AC cerclage to restore horizontal stability, an FE-model and cadaveric based study
Clinical: Ali Al-Hamdani (Denmark)
Basic translational: Geert Alexander Buijze (France)
Study Title: The Effect of Risk Factors, Surgical Technique and Biomodulation on Tendon Healing after Rotator Cuff Repair
Clinical: Karl Wieser (Switzerland)
Study Title: The natural history of rotator cuff tears: a prospective quantitative MRI and clinical analysis
Basic Science: Alexander Vervaecke (Belgium)
Study Title: Tendon progenitor cells for rotator cuff regeneration and repair
Clinical: Jörn Kircher (Germany)
Study Title: Clinical results and PROM's after rotator cuff reconstruction with an autologus hamstring tendon patch
Clinical: Edoardo Franceschetti (Italy)
Study Title: Clinical validation of On/Off track treatment algorithm for shoulder instability: a prospective cohort study
Basic Science: Robert Hudek (Germany)
Sudy Title: Identification and tissue localisation of Cutibacterium Acnes subtypes foundon implants in shoulder surgery for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients
Clinical: Bakir Kadum (Sweden)
Study Title: Hemiarthroplasty versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty for communited displaced proximal humeral fractures in elderly patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Basic Science: Björn Salomonsson (Sweden)
Study Title: A new diagnostic technique, using computer tomography for assessment of glenoid component loosening.
Clinical: Robert Tashjian ( USA) , Matthijs Jacxsens (Switzerland)
Study Title: Morphology of the anteriorly unstable shoulder with Hill-Sachs lesions
Basic Science: Joanna Walecka (Poland)
Study Title: Clinical and morphological evaluation following treatment of lateral epicondylar tendinopathy with PRP or L-PRP randomized controlled trial
Clinical: Ariane Gerber Popp (Switzerland)
Study title: Impact of Fracture Pattern on Functional Outcome after Conservative Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures
Basic Science: Philipp Moroder (Austria)
Study Title: Effect of patient-specific factors on the degeneration of the rotator cuff :A histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis in humans
Clinical: Natasha Kraus (Germany)
Study title: Biologic, biomechanic and imaging properties of acromioclavicular joint instability
Basic Science: Dominique Rouleau (Canada)
Study Title: Treatment of complex III and IV-part proximal humeral fractures in elderly patients: a prospective randomized study comparing hemiarthroplasty and total reverse arthroplasty.
Clinical: Ville Aarima (Finland)
Study title: Treatment of atraumatic rotator cuff ruptures in elderly patients.
Basic Science: Alexandre Lädermann (Switzerland)
Study title: Kinematic modeling of the human shoulder
Basic Science: Karlmeinrad Giesinger (Switzerland)
Study title: Development of an item list to assess the forgotten joint concept in shoulder patients
Clinical: Helena Boström Windhamre (Sweden)
Study title: Operative or conservative treatment for acute dislocation of the acromioclavicular joint- a prospective randomized trial
Basic science: Umile Giuseppe Longo (Italy)
Study title: Sheep model of shoulder osteoarthritis and regeneration of the articular surface by cell homing
Basic Science: Denise Eygendal (The Netherlands)
Study title: Functional treatment versus plaster for simple elbow dislocations: a randomized study
Derk Van Kampen (The Netherlands)
Study title: Evaluation of diagnostic and prognostic performance of patient history, orthopaedic shoulder tests and shoulder-specific questionnaires
Matthias Zumstein (Switzerland)
Study title: Tendon repair technique using Platelet rich fibrin as an autologous augmentation in repair of chronic rotator cuff tendon tears
Markus Scheibel (Germany)
Study title: Influence of growth factors in local application on rotator cuff tendon tissue regeneration
Jean Grimberg (France)
Study Title: In vitro biomechanical comparison of three different types of single and double - row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: analysis of continuous bone-tendon contact pressure and surface during different simulated joint position.
