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Michael Leunig

Michael Leunig

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
42820
World Ranking
10704
National Ranking
146

Overview

Michael Leunig is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Rheumatology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Hip and Femur Fractures

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Consensus recommendations on the classification, definition and diagnostic criteria of hip-related pain in young and middle-aged active adults from the International Hip-related Pain Research Network, Zurich 2018 (2020), published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Patient-reported outcome measures for hip-related pain: a review of the available evidence and a consensus statement from the International Hip-related Pain Research Network, Zurich 2018 (2020), published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Is hip morphology a risk factor for developing hip osteoarthritis? A systematic review with meta-analysis (2021), published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • MME+ fibro-adipogenic progenitors are the dominant adipogenic population during fatty infiltration in human skeletal muscle (2023), published in Communications Biology
  • FGF-2-dependent signaling activated in aged human skeletal muscle promotes intramuscular adipogenesis (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael Leunig include:

  • Hannes A. Rüdiger
  • Nicola C. Casartelli
  • Vincent A. Stadelmann
  • Stephen J. Ferguson
  • Nicola A. Maffiuletti

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple articles in:

  • Orthopaedic Proceedings
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Physical Therapy in Sport
  • Bone & Joint Open
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Femoroacetabular impingement: a cause for osteoarthritis of the hip.

    Reinhold Ganz;Javad Parvizi;Martin Beck;Michael Leunig

  • Hip morphology influences the pattern of damage to the acetabular cartilage: FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT AS A CAUSE OF EARLY OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE HIP

    M. Beck;M. Kalhor;M. Leunig;R. Ganz

  • The etiology of osteoarthritis of the hip: an integrated mechanical concept.

    Reinhold Ganz;Michael Leunig;Katharina Leunig-Ganz;William H. Harris

  • Vascular Permeability in a Human Tumor Xenograft: Molecular Size Dependence and Cutoff Size

    Fan Yuan;Marc Dellian;Dai Fukumura;Michael Leunig

  • A Systematic Approach to the Plain Radiographic Evaluation of the Young Adult Hip

    John C. Clohisy;John C. Carlisle;Paul E. Beaulé;Young Jo Kim

  • Microvascular permeability and interstitial penetration of sterically stabilized (stealth) liposomes in a human tumor xenograft.

    Fan Yuan;Michael Leunig;Shi Kun Huang;David A. Berk

  • Anterior femoroacetabular impingement: part II. Midterm results of surgical treatment.

    Martin Beck;Michael Leunig;Javad Parvizi;Vincent Boutier

  • Predictors of humeral head ischemia after intracapsular fracture of the proximal humerus

    R Hertel;A Hempfing;M Stiehler;M Leunig

  • Femoroacetabular impingement and the cam-effect A MRI-BASED QUANTITATIVE ANATOMICAL STUDY OF THE FEMORAL HEAD-NECK OFFSET

    K Keita Ito;MA Minka-II;M Leunig;S Werlen

  • Anterior femoroacetabular impingement: part I. Techniques of joint preserving surgery.

    Martin Lavigne;Javad Parvizi;Martin Beck;Klaus A Siebenrock

  • Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: early mechanical damage to the acetabular cartilage by a prominent femoral metaphysis.

    Michael Leunig;Mark M Casillas;Marc Hamlet;Othmar Hersche

  • Treatment of Femoro-Acetabular Impingement: Preliminary Results of Labral Refixation

    Norman Espinosa;Dominique A. Rothenfluh;Martin Beck;Reinhold Ganz

  • Comparison of six radiographic projections to assess femoral head/neck asphericity.

    Dominik C Meyer;Martin Beck;Tom Ellis;Reinhold Ganz

  • The concept of Femoroacetabular impingement: Current status and future perspectives

    Michael Leunig;Paul E. Beaulé;Reinhold Ganz

  • The Development and validation of a self-administered quality-of-life outcome measure for young, active patients with symptomatic hip disease: the International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-33).

    Nicholas G. H. Mohtadi;Damian R. Griffin;M. Elizabeth Pedersen;Denise Chan

  • Abnormal extension of the femoral head epiphysis as a cause of cam impingement.

    K A Siebenrock;K H A Wahab;S Werlen;M Kalhor

  • Angiogenesis, Microvascular Architecture, Microhemodynamics, and Interstitial Fluid Pressure during Early Growth of Human Adenocarcinoma LS174T in SCID Mice

    Michael Leunig;Fan Yuan;Michael D. Menger;Yves Boucher

  • Arthroscopic Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement Osteoplasty Technique and Literature Review

    Marc J. Philippon;Allston J. Stubbs;Mara L. Schenker;R. Brian Maxwell

  • Evaluation of the acetabular labrum by MR arthrography

    M Leunig;S Werlen;A Ungersböck;K Keita Ito

  • Anterior femoroacetabular impingement. Part I. Techniques of joint preserving surgery : Section I Symposium

    Martin Lavigne;Javad Parvizi;Martin Beck;Klaus A. Siebenrock

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhold Ganz
Reinhold Ganz University of Bern
Bryan T. Kelly
Bryan T. Kelly Hospital for Special Surgery
Anne F. Mannion
Anne F. Mannion Schulthess Clinic
Christian W. A. Pfirrmann
Christian W. A. Pfirrmann University of Zurich
Klaus A. Siebenrock
Klaus A. Siebenrock University of Bern
John C. Clohisy
John C. Clohisy Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Jüni
Peter Jüni University of Oxford
Asheesh Bedi
Asheesh Bedi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Javad Parvizi
Javad Parvizi Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University
Eishun Tsuchida
Eishun Tsuchida Waseda University

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