Corinna Nerz
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Corinna Nerz is a clinical researcher whose work focuses on improving functional recovery after proximal humeral fractures (PHF)—a common and debilitating injury, particularly in older adults. Her key research areas include rehabilitation robotics, post-surgical physiotherapy, and outcome measurement in orthopaedic trauma. Nerz led a landmark multicentre, assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial (2020) demonstrating that robot-assisted training, when added to conventional therapy, is safe, acceptable, and can enhance upper-limb function and patient-reported outcomes after PHF. This work, cited 9 times, addresses a critical gap in evidence-based post-operative care. She also developed and validated the orthopaedic Wolf-Motor-Function-Test as a responsive functional capacity measure for this population (2019, 3 citations), providing clinicians with a robust tool to track rehabilitation progress. Her protocol paper (2017, 20 citations) laid the groundwork for rigorous trial methodology in this field. By combining innovative technology with rigorous clinical trial design, Nerz is advancing the standard of care for patients recovering from proximal humeral fractures, offering new hope for faster, more effective rehabilitation.
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