Overview of the research lines:

Foot and Ankle surgery
Novel technologies in foot and ankle surgery
Diabetic and Charcot Foot treatment
Sport Medicine and Traumatic Injuries
Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Pathologies
Human skeletal Muscle and Cartilage Regeneration
History of Medicine

Publications

Biz C, Angelini A, Fantoni I, Cerchiaro M, Longhi V, Ruggieri P. Benign bone and soft tissue tumors of the foot. EFORT Open Rev. 2024 Nov 8;9(11):1060-1076. doi: 10.1530/EOR-22-0116

Angelini A, Biz C, Cerchiaro M, Longhi V, Ruggieri P. Malignant Bone and Soft Tissue Lesions of the Foot. J Clin Med. 2023 Apr 21;12(8):3038. doi: 10.3390/jcm12083038.

Biz C, Crimì A, Refolo M, Zinnarello FD, Scapinello D, Cerchiaro M, Ruggieri P. History of the management of talar fractures: from the fall of king Darius to Garibaldi's bullet and from the earliest to current operative strategies. Int Orthop. 2023 May;47(5):1373-1382. doi: 10.1007/s00264-023-05766-1

Biz C, Cerchiaro M, Mori F, Rossin A, Ponticiello M, Crimì A, Ruggieri P. Flatfoot over the centuries: the background of current conservative and operative treatments. Int Orthop. 2023 May 24. doi: 10.1007/s00264-023-05837-3

Biz C, Cerchiaro M, Belluzzi E, Bragazzi NL, De Guttry G, Ruggieri P. Long Term Clinical-Functional and Ultrasound Outcomes in Recreational Athletes after Achilles Tendon Rupture: Ma and Griffith versus Tenolig. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Oct 8;57(10):1073. doi: 10.3390/medicina57101073.

People involved

RUGGIERI PIETRO, MD, PhD - Full Professor
BIZ CARLO, MD - Associate Professor
BELLUZZI ELISA, PhD, Assistant Professor

Group members

PAGLIARINI ELISA, MD – Medical doctor
POZZUOLI ASSUNTA, Master of Science, Executive Biologist, Laboratory Manager