OUR PUBLICATIONS
Below, you can find all our international peer-reviewed publications. If you would like to receive the full-text PDF or a specific paper, please contact the first author or make a request at researchgate.
An infographic of our 2020 achievements can be downloaded here and all recent dissertations, which contain many of the papers below, can be downloaded here:

Dr. Feitz: On the promise of open TFCC surgery (expected okt 2021)
Dr. M.J.W. van der Oest: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on the Outcomes of Treatment for Thumb Base Osteoarthritis
Dr. Miguel Jansen: Dissecting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Through Statistical Modeling
Dr. Ralph Poelstra: Dupuytren’s disease: more than extension deficit
Dr. Robbert Wouters: No Rules of Thumb: Outcome Measurement and Treatment for Thumb Base Osteoarthritis
Dr. Jonathan TsehaieThumb carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: prediction, rehabilitation and contextual effects
Dr. Verena Schrier: Looking into Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Prediction and improvement of clinical outcome
Dr. Stefanie Evers: Tunnel vision: Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome and the role of ultrasound
Dr. Chao Zhou: Dupuytren's disease: measure, compare predict?
Peer reviewed papers
No effect of anodal tDCS on motor cortical excitability and no evidence for responders in a large double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Jonker, Zeb D., Carolin Gaiser, Joke H.M. Tulen, Gerard M. Ribbers, Maarten A. Frens, and Ruud W. Selles. Brain Stimulation. 2021;14 (1): 100-109. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2020.11.005
Predicting Upper Limb Motor Impairment Recovery after Stroke: A Mixture Model
Vliet, Rick, Ruud W. Selles, Eleni‐Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Rinske Nijland, Gerard M. Ribbers, Maarten A. Frens, Carel Meskers, and Gert Kwakkel. Annals Of Neurology. 2020; 87(3): 383-393. doi:10.1002/ana.25679.
Factors affecting return to work after surgical treatment of trapeziometacarpal joint osteoarthritis
van der Oest, Mark J. W., Joris S. Teunissen, Ralph Poelstra, Reinier Feitz, Alex Burdorf, and Ruud W Selles. Journal Of Hand Surgery (European Volume). 2020:175319342097863. doi:10.1177/1753193420978631.
Quantifying in vivo scaphoid, lunate, and capitate kinematics using four-dimensional computed tomography
Brinkhorst, Michelle, Mahyar Foumani, Joost van Rosmalen, Ruud Selles, Steven Hovius, Simon Strackee, and Geert Streekstra. Skeletal Radiology. 2020;50 (2): 351-359. doi:10.1007/s00256-020-03543-4.
Beneficial Effects of Nonsurgical Treatment for Symptomatic Thumb Carpometacarpal Instability in Clinical Practice: A Cohort Study
Wouters, Robbert M., Harm P. Slijper, Lisa Esteban Lopez, Steven E.R. Hovius, Ruud W. Selles, R.A.M. Blomme, and B.J.R. Sluijter et al. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation. 2020; 101 (3): 434-441. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2019.08.485.
What Is the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life and Other Patient-reported Outcomes? An Analysis of the Hand-Wrist Study Cohort
Cohen, Abigael, Ruud W. Selles, Willemijn A. De Ridder, Marloes H. P. Ter Stege, J. Sebastiaan Souer, and Robbert M. Wouters. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 2020;479 (2): 335-345. doi:10.1097/corr.0000000000001514.
Psychological Characteristics, Female Sex, and Opioid Use Predict Acute Postoperative Pain in Patients Surgically Treated for Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: A Cohort Study
Wouters, Robbert M., Jarry T. Porsius, Mark J. W. van der Oest, Harm P. Slijper, J. Sebastiaan Souer, Ruud W. Selles, and Joy C. MacDermid. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2020;146 (6): 1307-1316. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000007337.
Content validity and responsiveness of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale in patients with Dupuytren's disease
van Kooij, Yara E., Ralph Poelstra, Jarry T. Porsius, Harm P. Slijper, David Warwick, and Ruud W. Selles. Journal Of Hand Therapy. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.jht.2020.03.009.
Quantifying upper limb spasticity and abnormal synergy in stroke patients subgroups with a single robotic device.
van der Velden, L.L.; Tuinder, K.; Onneweer, B.; Benner, J.L.; Haarman, C.J.W.; Roebroeck, M.E.; Ribbers, G.M.; Selles, R.W. 2020. Poster session presented at 11th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation, WCNR 2020, Lyon, France.
Quantifying in vivo scaphoid, lunate, and capitate kinematics using four-dimensional computed tomography
Brinkhorst, Michelle, Mahyar Foumani, Joost van Rosmalen, Ruud Selles, Steven Hovius, Simon Strackee, and Geert Streekstra. Skeletal Radiology. 2020 50 (2): 351-359. doi:10.1007/s00256-020-03543-4.
Relative Motion of the Connective Tissue in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The Relation with Disease Severity and Clinical Outcome
Schrier, Verena J.M.M., Stefanie Evers, Jennifer R. Geske, Walter K. Kremers, Hector R. Villarraga, Ruud W. Selles, Steven E.R. Hovius, Russell Gelfman, and Peter C. Amadio. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology. 2020;46 (9): 2236-2244. doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.05.017.
Routine health outcome measurement: Development, design, and implementation of the Hand and Wrist Cohort. Selles, RW. Wouters, R.M.....Slijper, HP. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 146: 343, 2020
Illness Perceptions of Patients With First Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Dupuytren Contracture, or Trigger Finger
van der Oest, Mark J.W., Ralph Poelstra, Reinier Feitz, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Harm P. Slijper, Ruud W. Selles, and Jarry T. Porsius. The Journal Of Hand Surgery 45 (5): 455.e1-455.e8. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.10.021.
Patient's satisfaction beyond hand function in Dupuytren's disease: analysis of 1106 patients.
Poelstra R, van Kooij YE, van der Oest MJW, Slijper HP, Hovius SER, Selles RW; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Nov 28:1753193419890284. doi: 10.1177/1753193419890284.
Which Psychological Variables Are Associated With Pain and Function Before Surgery for de Quervain's Tenosynovitis? A Cross-sectional Study.
Blackburn J, van der Oest MJW, Selles RW, Chen NC, Feitz R, Vranceanu AM, Porsius JT.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Dec;477(12):2750-2758. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000992.
Three-ligament tenodesis for chronic scapholunate injuries: short-term outcomes in 203 patients.
Blackburn J, van der Oest MJW, Poelstra R, Selles RW, Chen NC, Feitz R; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Nov 11:1753193419885063. doi: 10.1177/1753193419885063.
Psychological factors are more strongly associated with pain than radiographic severity in non-invasively treated first carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.
Hoogendam L, van der Oest MJW, Tsehaie J, Wouters RM, Vermeulen GM, Slijper HP, Selles RW, Porsius JT; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Nov 8:1-6. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1685602.
Wouters RM, Slijper HP, Lopez LE, Hovius SER, Selles RW; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Oct 11. pii: S0003-9993(19)31120-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.08.485.
Median Nerve Transverse Mobility and Outcome after Carpal Tunnel Release.
Schrier VJMM, Evers S, Geske JR, Kremers WK, Villarraga HR, Kakar S, Selles RW, Hovius SER, Gelfman R, Amadio PC.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2019 Nov;45(11):2887-2897. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.06.422.
Sun PO, Walbeehm ET, Selles RW, Jansen MC, Slijper HP, Ulrich DJO, Porsius JT; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
J Psychosom Res. 2019 Aug 28;126:109820. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109820.
Wouters RM, Vranceanu AM, Slijper HP, Vermeulen GM, van der Oest MJW, Selles RW, Porsius JT; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Aug 22. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000897.
Outcome of Recurrent Surgery in Dupuytren's Disease; Comparison with Initial Treatment.
Mendelaar NHA, Poelstra R, van Nieuwenhoven CA, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Hovius SER, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Aug 5. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006150.
Item Reduction of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Using Decision Tree Modeling.
Jansen MC, van der Oest MJ, Slijper HP, Porsius JT, Selles RW.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Jun 8. pii: S0003-9993(19)30390-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.04.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Tsehaie J, van der Oest MJW, Poelstra R, Selles RW, Feitz R, Slijper HP, Hovius SER, Porsius JT; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 Sep;44(7):714-721. doi: 10.1177/1753193419851777.
Schrier VJMM, Poelstra R, Selles RW, Slijper HP, Amadio PC, Hovius SER, Porsius JT.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jun;143(6):1677-1684. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005516.
Zhou C, Ceyisakar IE, Hovius SER, Feitz R, Slijper HP, Lingsma HF, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 May;143(5):1126e-1127e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005546.
Tsehaie J, Wouters RM, Feitz R, Slijper HP, Hovius SER, Selles RW; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Apr 23. pii: S0003-9993(19)30259-X. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.02.016.
Recurrent and persistent carpal tunnel syndrome: predicting clinical outcome of revision surgery.
Sun PO, Selles RW, Jansen MC, Slijper HP, Ulrich DJO, Walbeehm ET.
J Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 15:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2018.11.JNS182598.
Item reduction of the patient-rated wrist evaluation using decision tree modelling.
van der Oest MJW, Porsius JT, MacDermid JC, Slijper HP, Selles RW.
Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Feb 10:1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1566407.
Tsehaie J, Porsius JT, Rizopoulos D, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Hovius SER, Selles RW.
Phys Ther. 2019 May 1;99(5):570-576. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzz009.
Wouters RM, Tsehaie J, Slijper HP, Hovius SER, Feitz R; Hand-Wrist Study Group, Selles RW.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Jun;100(6):1050-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.11.010.
Selles RW, Zhou C, Kan HJ, Wouters RM, van Nieuwenhoven CA, Hovius SER.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec;142(6):1523-1531. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004982.
Tsehaie J, Spekreijse KR, Wouters RM, Feitz R, Hovius SER, Slijper HP, Selles RW; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 May;100(5):844-850. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.08.192.
Predicting Clinical Outcome After Surgical Treatment in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Jansen MC, Evers S, Slijper HP, de Haas KP, Smit X, Hovius SE, Selles RW.
J Hand Surg Am. 2018 Dec;43(12):1098-1106.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2018.05.017.
Poelstra R, Selles RW, Slijper HP, van der Oest MJW, Feitz R, Hovius SER, Porsius JT; Hand-Wrist Study Group.
J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018 Oct;43(8):848-854. doi: 10.1177/1753193418780187.
Hand Surgeons Performing More Open Carpal Tunnel Releases Do Not Show Better Patient Outcomes.
Evers S, Jansen MC, Slijper HP, de Haas N, Smit X, Porsius JT, Hovius SER, Amadio PC, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jun;141(6):1439-1446. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004369.
Tsehaie J, Spekreijse KR, Wouters RM, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Hovius SER, Selles RW.
J Hand Surg Am. 2018 Nov;43(11):1000-1009.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2018.04.014.
Surgeon Volume and the Outcomes of Dupuytren's Surgery: Results from a Dutch Multicenter Study.
Zhou C, Ceyisakar IE, Hovius SER, Feitz R, Slijper HP, Lingsma HF, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jul;142(1):125-134. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004512.
Zhou C, Hovius SER, Pieters AJ, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2017 Sep 25;5(9):e1425. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000001425.
Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Thumb Base Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Wouters RM, Tsehaie J, Hovius SER, Dilek B, Selles RW.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Jun;99(6):1177-1212.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.09.114.
Recurrence of Dupuytren's contracture: A consensus-based definition.
Kan HJ, Verrijp FW, Hovius SER, van Nieuwenhoven CA; Dupuytren Delphi Group, Selles RW.
PLoS One. 2017 May 15;12(5):e0164849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164849. eCollection 2017. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Apr 25;14(4):e0216313.
Kan HJ, Selles RW, van Nieuwenhoven CA, Zhou C, Khouri RK, Hovius SER.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Aug;140(2):358e-359e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003537. No abstract available.
Spekreijse KR, Vermeulen GM, Moojen TM, Slijper HP, Hovius SE, Selles RW, Feitz R.
Eur J Plast Surg. 2016;39(5):345-352. Epub 2016 Jul 13.
Spekreijse KR, Selles RW, Kedilioglu MA, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Hovius SE, Vermeulen GM.
J Hand Surg Am. 2016 Sep;41(9):910-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.07.089.
Predictors of Patient Satisfaction with Hand Function after Fasciectomy for Dupuytren's Contracture.
Zhou C, Hovius SE, Slijper HP, Zuidam MJ, Smit X, Feitz R, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep;138(3):649-55. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002472.
Zhou C, Selles RW, Slijper HP, Feitz R, van Kooij Y, Moojen TM, Hovius SE.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct;138(4):837-46. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002560.
Kan HJ, Selles RW, van Nieuwenhoven CA, Zhou C, Khouri RK, Hovius SE.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jun;137(6):1800-12. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002224.
Patients' Preferences for Treatment for Dupuytren's Disease: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
Kan HJ, de Bekker-Grob EW, van Marion ES, van Oijen GW, van Nieuwenhoven CA, Zhou C, Hovius SE, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jan;137(1):165-73. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001878.
Spekreijse KR, Vermeulen GM, Kedilioglu MA, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Hovius SE, Selles RW.
J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Nov;40(11):2214-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.07.011.
Zhou C, Hovius SE, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Van Nieuwenhoven CA, Pieters AJ, Selles RW.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jul;136(1):87-97. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001320.
Vermeulen GM, Spekreijse KR, Slijper H, Feitz R, Hovius SE, Selles RW.
J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Sep;39(9):1692-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.04.044.
Vermeulen GM, Brink SM, Slijper H, Feitz R, Moojen TM, Hovius SE, Selles RW.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 May 7;96(9):726-33. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01344.
Surgical management of primary thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: a systematic review.
Vermeulen GM, Slijper H, Feitz R, Hovius SE, Moojen TM, Selles RW.
J Hand Surg Am. 2011 Jan;36(1):157-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.10.028. Review.