Johan Bellemans is a Belgian former Olympic sailor and physician who became known for the announcement of "discovery" of the anterolateral ligament, already discovered by French doctor Paul Segond in 1879 .[1] He discovered it along with Steven Claes[2] in 2013, after a 134-year period of study for a missing part.[3][4][5]
In 2002 he also discovered the reason for limited flexion that is frequently noted after knee replacement surgery, and the concept of posterior condylar offset was originated by him.
In 2014 he introduced the theory of constitutional alignment, which fundamentally changed modern thinking in knee surgery.
He also was influential in the development of the fourth generation artificial knees, and developed the bicruciate stabilised Journey Knee system.
Currently he works as an orthopedic surgeon in a regional hospital in Genk, Belgium after his highly mediatized resigning in both Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and UZ Leuven.[6]
In 1992 he represented Belgium at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Together with his brother Dirk Bellemans he participated in the 470 competition, and ended in 18th position.
References edit
- ^ "Toparts Johan Bellemans ruilt UZ Leuven voor Genk" [Toparts Johan Bellmans swapping UZ Leuven for Genk] (in Dutch). January 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009.
- ^ Smitha Mundasad (November 7, 2013). "New ligament discovered in knee, Belgian surgeons say". BBC News Online. BBC. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ Graham Slaughter (November 6, 2013). "Scientists discover a new body part at the knee". The Star. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Surgeons describe new ligament in the human knee". Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Science Daily. November 5, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ Steven Claes, Evie, Michael Maes; Jan Victor; Peter Verdonk; Johan Bellemans (2013). "Anatomy of the anterolateral ligament of the knee". Journal of Anatomy. Vol. 223, no. 4. Wiley Online Library. pp. 321–328. doi:10.1111/joa.12087.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "UZ Leuven ontslaat professor Johan Bellemans" [UZ Leuven dismisses Professor Johan Bellmans] (in Dutch). UZ Leuven. January 28, 2014. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
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