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Hip surgery, Knee surgery
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli
Orthopedic surgeon and traumatology specialist
Hip and knee surgery
Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli, a surgeon specializing in knee and hip replacements, is also a professor at the University of Lausanne-CHUV and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. In 2013, she opened her medical practice on Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet in Lausanne and practices her surgical specialties at the Bois-Cerf Clinic.
Attracted to medicine and engineering, Prof. Jolles-Haeberli received extensive multidisciplinary training. In 1990, she obtained her EPFL engineering degree in microtechnology, then in 1995, the Swiss federal medical diploma and her doctorate in medicine from the University of Lausanne.
Initially a clinical head and then a senior physician in the university department of Prof. P.-F. Levraz in 2002, she became head of the knee and hip prosthetic surgery unit of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology of the CHUV in 2008.
Her research, conducted both in the fundamental field and in clinical practice, has notably earned her several prestigious awards, including the Nokia-Maillefer Prize (EPFL) for the author of a scientific work and the Venel Prize, the highest scientific distinction of the Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
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2010
Professor, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
Expert of the Swiss Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SSOT) for knee surgery
2008
Head of the Knee and Hip Surgery Team, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne
1999 – 2000
Full Professor, School of Engineering (STI), EPFL
Director of the Interinstitutional Centre for Translational Biomechanics (CBT), EPFL
2006
2006
Director of the Operational Unit, Department of the Musculoskeletal System, CHUV, Lausanne
Assistant Professor (Privat-Docent), University of Lausanne
2003
Head of Clinic, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, CHUV, Lausanne
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, University of Lausanne
2002
University of Toronto Fellow in Osteoarthritis Surgery
Bao Y, Igual-Munoz A, Mischler S*, Jolles BM*. Assessment of in-vivo corrosion of Ti and CoCrMo joint implants by electrochemical measurements in human synovial liquids, 2024/02. Electrochimica Acta, 476 p. 143708.
Favre J, Cantaloube A, Jolles BM. Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Disorders: The Emergence of Serious Games and the Promise of Personalized Versions Using Artificial Intelligence. J Clin Med. 2023 Aug 15;12(16):5310. doi:10.3390/jcm12165310. PMID: 37629350.
Igual-Munoz A, Genilloud JL, Mischler S*, Jolles BM*. Influence of Different Sterilization Methods on the Surface Chemistry and Electrochemical Behavior of Biomedical Alloys. Bioengineering (Basel). 2023 Jun 22;10(7):749. doi:10.3390/bioengineering10070749. PMID: 37508776.
Ulrich B, Erhart-Hledik JC, Asay JL, Omoumi P, Andriacchi TP, *, Favre J*. Jolles BM*. Various parameters of ambulatory knee moments differ with medial knee osteoarthritis severity and are combinable into a severity index. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Jun 13; 11:1176471. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1176471. eCollection 2023.
Jaques G, Ulrich B, Hoffmann L, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Walking with Different Insoles Changes Lower-Limb Biomechanics Overall in Patients with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis. J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 3;12(5):2016. doi:10.3390/jcm12052016. PMID: 36902803 Free PMC article.
Ulrich B, Pereira LC, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Walking with shorter stride length could improve knee kinetics of patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. J Biomech. 2023 Jan; 147:111449. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111449. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36680887.
Christe G, Benaim C, Luthi F, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Reduction in pain-related fear is not associated with improvement in spinal biomechanics but with decrease in movement-evoked pain in patients with chronic low back pain. Pain Pract. 2023 Mar;23(3):290-300. doi: 10.1111/papr.13191. Epub 2022 Dec 16. PMID: 36479806.
Cosendey K, Eudier A, Fleury N, Pereira LC, Favre J, Jolles BM. Ten-year follow-up of a total knee prosthesis combining multi-radius, ultra-congruency, posterior-stabilization and mobile-bearing insert shows long-lasting clinically relevant improvements in pain, stiffness, function and stability. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Mar;31(3):1043-1052. doi:10.1007/s00167-022-07216-8. Epub 2022 Nov 6. PMID: 36335473.
Madrid J, Ulrich B, Santos AN, Jolles BM, Favre J, Benninger DH. Spatiotemporal parameters during turning gait maneuvers of different amplitudes in young and elderly healthy adults: A descriptive and comparative study. Gait Posture. 2023 Jan;99:152-159. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.11.010. Epub 2022 Nov 22. PMID: 36446222.
Christe G, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Between/within-session reliability of spinal kinematic and lumbar muscle activity measures in patients with chronic low back pain and asymptomatic individuals. Gait Posture. 2022 Jun; 95:100-108. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.04.008. PMID: 35468488.
Babel H, Omoumi P, Cosendey K, Stanovici J, Cadas H, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. An Expert-Supervised Registration Method for Multiparameter Description of the Knee Joint Using Serial Imaging. J Clin Med. 2022 Jan 22;11(3):548. doi:10.3390/jcm11030548. PMID: 35160002.
Bao Y, Muñoz AI, Olsson CA, Mischler S*, Jolles BM*. The Electrochemical Behavior of Ti in Human Synovial Fluids. Materials (Basel). 2022 Feb 25;15(5):1726. doi:10.3390/ma15051726. PMID: 35268957.
Christe G, Aussems C, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Have an Individual Movement Signature: A Comparison of Angular Amplitude, Angular Velocity and Muscle Activity Across Multiple Functional Tasks. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021 Nov 15;9:767974. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.767974. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34869281.
Pereira LC, Runhaar J, Favre J, Jolles BM, Bierma-Zeinstra S. Association between changes in the knee adduction moment and changes in knee pain and function in response to non-surgical biomechanical interventions for medial knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 Dec;57(6):948-958. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.21.06828-3. Epub 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 34468109.
Omoumi P, Schuler A, Babel H, Stoffel C, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Proximal tibial osteophyte volumes are correlated spatially and with knee alignment: a quantitative analysis suggesting the influence of biochemical and mechanical factors in the development of osteophytes. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2021 Dec;29(12):1691-1700. doi: 10.1016/j.joca. 2021.09.008. PMID: 34571138.
Jenny JY, Bercovy M, Cazenave A, Gaillard T, Châtain F, Jolles BM, Rouvillain JL, Saragaglia D; French Society for Hip and Knee Surgery (SFHG). No difference in 13-year survival after medial pivot or central pivot mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty. A propensity matched comparative analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Nov;29(11):3648-3653. doi:10.1007/s00167-020-06355-0. PMID: 33165636.
Cosendey K, Stanovici J, Mahlouly J, Omoumi P, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Bone cuts accuracy of a system for total knee arthroplasty including an active robotic arm. J Clin Med 2021 Aug 20;10(16):3714. doi:10.3390/jcm10163714. PMID: 34442008.
Pereira LC, Ulrich B, Runhaar J, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Favre J*, Jolles BM*. Effects of step width modifications on the ambulatory kinetics in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, Volume 29, Suppl 2, S11, September 01, 2021. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.05.020.
Moerenhout K, Allami B, Gkagkalis G, Guyen O, Jolles BM. Advantages of patient-specific cutting guides with disposable instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty: a case control study. Journal of Orthopedic Surgery and Research 2021, 16:188.
Merckaert SR, Zambelli PY, Edd SN, Daniele S, Jolles BM. Mid- and long-term outcome of Salter's, Pemberton's and Dega's osteotomy for treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hip Int. 2021 Jul;31(4):444-455. doi:10.1177/1120700020942866. PMID: 32678678.
Jenny JY, Saragaglia D, Bercovy M, Cazenave A, Gaillard T, Châtain F, Jolles B, Rouvillain JL Navigation Improves the Survival Rate of Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty by Severe Preoperative Coronal Deformity: A Propensity Matched Case-Control Comparative Study. J Knee Surg. 2021 Aug;34(10):1080-1084. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701441. PMID: 32074654.
Favre J, Babel H, Cavinato A, Blazek K, Jolles BM, Andriacchi TP. Analyzing femorotibial cartilage thickness using anatomically standardized maps: reproducibility and reference data. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10:461.
Longitudinal Femoral Cartilage T2 Relaxation Time and Thickness Changes with Fast Sequential Radiographic Progression of Medial Knee Osteoarthritis-Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI).
Edd SN, Omoumi P, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Clin Med. 2021 Mar 21;10(6):1294. doi:10.3390/jcm10061294. PMID: 33801000 Free PMC article.
Advantages of patient-specific cutting guides with disposable instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty: a case control study.
Moerenhout K, Allami B, Gkagkalis G, Guyen O, Jolles BM. J Orthop Surg Res. 2021 Mar 15;16(1):188. doi:10.1186/s13018-021-02310-y. PMID: 33722256 Free PMC article.
Relationship between psychological factors and spinal motor behavior in low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Christe G, Crombez G, Edd S, Opsommer E, Jolles BM, Favre J. Pain. 2021 Mar 1;162(3):672-686. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002065. PMID: 33591109
Analyzing Femorotibial Cartilage Thickness Using Anatomically Standardized Maps: Reproducibility and Reference Data.
Favre J, Babel H, Cavinato A, Blazek K, Jolles BM, Andriacchi TP. J Clin Med. 2021 Jan 26;10(3):461. doi:10.3390/jcm10030461. PMID: 33530358 Free PMC article.
Three-Dimensional Quantification of Bone Mineral Density in the Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia Based on Computed Tomography: In Vitro Evaluation of an Extended Standardization Method.
Babel H, Omoumi P, Cosendey K, Cadas H, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Clin Med. 2021 Jan 5;10(1):160. doi:10.3390/jcm10010160. PMID: 33466413 Free PMC article.
Decreasing the ambulatory knee adduction moment without increasing the knee flexion moment individually through modifications in footprint parameters: A feasibility study for a dual kinetic change in healthy subjects.
Ulrich B, Cosendey K, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2020 Oct 9;111:110004. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110004. Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 32927117 Free article.
Changes in lower limb biomechanics when following floor-projected foot placement visual cues for gait rehabilitation.
Edd SN, Vida Martins N, Bennour S, Ulrich B, Jolles BM, Favre J. Gait Posture. 2020 Mar;77:293-299. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.02.013. Epub 2020 Feb 19. PMID: 32120246
Changes in ambulatory knee adduction moment with lateral wedge insoles differ with respect to the natural foot progression angle.
Ulrich B, Hoffmann L, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2020 Apr 16;103:109655. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109655. Epub 2020 Jan 24. PMID: 32057444
Lumbar and thoracic kinematics during step-up: Comparison of three-dimensional angles between patients with chronic low back pain and asymptomatic individuals.
Christe G, Rochat V, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Orthop Res. 2020 Jun;38(6):1248-1256. doi: 10.1002/jor.24575. Epub 2020 Jan 7. PMID: 31879969
Are the Cumulated Ambulation Score and Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool useful for predicting discharge destination and length of stay following total knee arthroplasty?
Gkagkalis G, Pereira LC, Fleury N, Luthi F, Lécureux E, Jolles BM. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2019 Dec;55(6):816-823. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05568-0. Epub 2019 Jul 22. PMID: 31334623 Free article.
Gait events during turning can be detected using kinematic features originally proposed for the analysis of straight-line walking.
Ulrich B, Santos AN, Jolles BM, Benninger DH, Favre J. J Biomech. 2019 Jun 25;91:69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.05.006. Epub 2019 May 11. PMID: 31113574
Comprehensive description of T2 value spatial variations in non-osteoarthritic femoral cartilage using three-dimensional registration of morphological and relaxometry data.
Edd SN, Babel H, Kerkour N, Jolles BM, Omoumi P, Favre J. Knee. 2019 Jun;26(3):555-563. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2019.03.006. Epub 2019 May 8. PMID: 31078393
Gait analysis following single-shot hyaluronic acid supplementation: a pilot randomized double-blind controlled trial.
Pereira LC, Schweizer C, Moufarrij S, Krähenbühl SM, Favre J, Gremion G, Applegate LA, Jolles BM. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 Apr 22;5:56. doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0443-4. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31024734 Free PMC article.
Patellar bone strain after total knee arthroplasty is correlated with bone mineral density and body mass index.
Latypova A, Taghizadeh E, Becce F, Büchler P, Jolles BM, Pioletti DP, Terrier A. Med Eng Phys. 2019 Jun;68:17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2019.03.017. Epub 2019 Apr 9. PMID: 30979584
Relationships between cartilage thickness and subchondral bone mineral density in non-osteoarthritic and severely osteoarthritic knees: In vivo concomitant 3D analysis using CT arthrography.
Omoumi P, Babel H, Jolles BM, Favre J. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Apr;27(4):621-629. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.12.014. Epub 2019 Jan 3. PMID: 30611905
Corrigendum to “Chronic low back pain patients walk with locally altered spinal kinematics” [J. Biomech. 60 (2017) 211-218].
Christe G, Kade F, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2019 Jan 23;83:329. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.12.033. Epub 2019 Jan 2. PMID: 30611539 No abstract available.
Modeling knee osteoarthritis pathophysiology using an integrated joint system (IJS): a systematic review of relationships among cartilage thickness, gait mechanics, and subchondral bone mineral density.
Edd SN, Omoumi P, Andriacchi TP, Jolles BM, Favre J. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018 Nov;26(11):1425-1437. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.06.017. Epub 2018 Jul 26. PMID: 30056214
Effect of lateral wedge length on ambulatory knee kinetics.
Fischer AG, Ulrich B, Hoffmann L, Jolles BM, Favre J. Gait Posture. 2018 Jun;63:114-118. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.04.044. Epub 2018 Apr 27. PMID: 29729613
Cartilage can be thicker in advanced osteoarthritic knees: a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of cartilage thickness at posterior aspect of femoral condyles.
Omoumi P, Babel H, Jolles BM, Favre J. Br J Radiol. 2018 Jul;91(1087):20170729. doi:10.1259/bjr.20170729. Epub 2018 Apr 16. PMID: 29595325 Free PMC article.
A gait retraining system using augmented-reality to modify footprint parameters: Effects on lower-limb sagittal-plane kinematics.
Bennour S, Ulrich B, Legrand T, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2018 Jan 3;66:26-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.10.030. Epub 2017 Nov 11. PMID: 29137725 Clinical Trial.
Knee Implant Loosening Detection: A Vibration Analysis Investigation.
Arami A, Delaloye JR, Rouhani H, Jolles BM, Aminian K. Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Jan;46(1):97-107. doi:10.1007/s10439-017-1941-2. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PMID: 29067562 Free PMC article.
Quantitative regional and sub-regional analysis of femoral and tibial subchondral bone mineral density (sBMD) using computed tomography (CT): comparison of non-osteoarthritic (OA) and severe OA knees.
Omoumi P, Babel H, Jolles BM, Favre J. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 Nov;25(11):1850-1857. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.07.014. Epub 2017 Jul 23. PMID: 28743608
Chronic low back pain patients walk with locally altered spinal kinematics.
Christe G, Kade F, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2017 Jul 26;60:211-218. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.06.042. Epub 2017 Jul 5. PMID: 28716466
Gait analysis of patients with knee osteoarthritis highlights a pathological mechanical pathway and provides a basis for therapeutic interventions.
Favre J, Jolles BM. EFORT Open Rev. 2017 Mar 13;1(10):368-374. doi:10.1302/2058-5241.1.000051. eCollection 2016 Oct PMID: 28461915 Free PMC article. Review.
Multidisciplinary research is necessary to relate the biomechanical alterations to the structural and biological components of OA. Cite this article: Favre J, Jolles BM. Analysis of gait, knee biomechanics and the physiopathology of knee osteoarthritis in the development …
Heightened clinical utility of smartphone versus body-worn inertial system for shoulder function BB score.
Pichonnaz C, Aminian K, Ancey C, Jaccard H, Lécureux E, Duc C, Farron A, Jolles BM, Gleeson N. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 20;12(3):e0174365. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174365. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28319141 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Total hip arthroplasty using a cementless dual-mobility cup provides increased stability and favorable gait parameters at five years follow-up.
Acker A, Fischer JF, Aminian K, Lécureux E, Jolles BM. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2017 Feb;103(1):21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2016.09.020. Epub 2016 Nov 24. PMID: 27890581
Intra-articular steroid injection for osteoarthritis of the hip prior to total hip arthroplasty: is it safe? a systematic review.
Pereira LC, Kerr J, Jolles BM. Bone Joint J. 2016 Aug;98-B(8):1027-35. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.98B8.37420. PMID: 27482013 Review.
Multi-segment analysis of spinal kinematics during sit-to-stand in patients with chronic low back pain.
Christe G, Redhead L, Legrand T, Jolles BM, Favre J. J Biomech. 2016 Jul 5;49(10):2060-2067. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.05.015. Epub 2016 May 20. PMID: 27262182
Reliability of the Knee Smartphone-Application Goniometer in the Acute Orthopedic Setting.
Pereira LC, Rwakabayiza S, Lécureux E, Jolles BM. J Knee Surg. 2017 Mar;30(3):223-230. doi:10.1055/s-0036-1584184. Epub 2016 May 24. PMID: 27218479
Effect of Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Pichonnaz C, Bassin JP, Lécureux E, Christe G, Currat D, Aminian K, Jolles BM. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 May;97(5):674-82. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.01.006. Epub 2016 Jan 30. PMID: 26829760 Clinical Trial.
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European Federation of national associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT)
European Orthopedic Research Society (EORS)
Swiss Orthopedic Society (SSO)
French Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Society (SOFCOT)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society (RJOS)
French Hip and Knee Association (SOFCOT & SFHG)
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