Credentials

approx. 70 peer-reviewed english publications

> 100 congress contributions (lectures, posters)

Reviewer of several peer – reviewed journals (AJSM, KSSTA, AOTS)

Member of the editorial board of KSSTA

Member of the advisory board of AOTS

Dr. Liebensteiner

Orthopaedic surgeon

Michael Liebensteiner, born in 1978 lives and works in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. His interest is the knee joint in general, reaching from sports procedures to revision arthroplasty.

After studying Medicine and Sports Sciences at the University, he finished his surgical training in 2012. He then worked as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Scientist at the Dept. for Orthopaedic Surgery. Michael Liebensteiner received the title of Associate Professor for Orthopaedic Surgery in 2016. He so far contributed about 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Most of those publications deal with questions from the field of knee surgery.



Member

EKA: European Knee Associates

ESSKA: European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy

AGA: Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arthroskopie

Patellofemoral - committee since 2014 (Chair 2020-2024)

ISAKOS: International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine

AAHKS: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

IPSG: International Patellofemoral Study Group

EBJIS: European Bone & Joint Infection Society

ICRS: International Cartilage Repair Society

Awards / Grants

AO–Spine Young Researcher Award, Year 2008: Radiographic versus ultrasound evaluation of the Risser Grade in adolescent

idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective study of 46 patients.

Grant of the Tyrolean Science Fund, Year 2005-2008: Leg-axis stabilisation, proprioception and coordinative pattern of relevant leg muscles as aetiologic factors of the patellofemoral pain syndrome.

'Scientific Award' of the Austrian Spine Society, Year 2009: Radiographic versus ultrasound evaluation of the Risser Grade in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a prospective study of 46 patients.

'President’s-Award' from the Austrian Society of Orthop. Surgery, Year 2011: Brems-Reaktionszeit über das erste postoperative Jahr nach verschiedenen Techniken der lumbalen Wirbelsäulenfusion.

'Basic Scientist Award' of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, Year 2012: Temporo-spatial gait characteristics in the context of 3 different knee replacement procedures: TKA vs. MIS-TKA vs. mUKA.

‘European Arthroscopy Fellowhip’, Year 2014

ISAKOS 'Patellofemoral Excellence Award' of the International Society of

Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Year 2015: Femoral antetorsion is related to the morphology of the femoral trochlea.

Award of the Association for Pediatric Orthopedics of Germany-Switzerland-Austria (Vereinigung Kinderorthopädie), Year 2020: Results of universal ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip: a

prospective follow-up of 28 092 consecutive infants.