Harald Steen
- MD, PhD
- +47 90166629
Publications 2023
Comparison of Different Bone Age Methods and Chronological Age in Prediction of Remaining Growth Around the Knee
J Pediatr Orthop (in press)
DOI 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002397, PubMed 36941111
Extreme snowstorms lead to large-scale seabird breeding failures in Antarctica
Curr Biol, 33 (5), R176-R177
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.055, PubMed 36917936
Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre
Nat Commun, 14 (1), 1303
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-36992-1, PubMed 36894593
Publications 2022
A comparison of 3 different methods for assessment of skeletal age when treating leg-length discrepancies: an inter- and intra-observer study
Acta Orthop, 93, 222-228
DOI 10.2340/17453674.2021.1133, PubMed 35019143
Angular deformities after percutaneous epiphysiodesis for leg length discrepancy
J Child Orthop, 16 (5), 401-408
DOI 10.1177/18632521221115059, PubMed 36238144
Publications 2021
Fine-scale spatial segregation in a pelagic seabird driven by differential use of tidewater glacier fronts
Sci Rep, 11 (1), 22109
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-01404-1, PubMed 34764330
Feeding at the front line: interannual variation in the use of glacier fronts by foraging black-legged kittiwakes
Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 677, 197-208
DOI 10.3354/meps13869
Femoral lengthening might impair physical function and lead to structural changes in adjacent joints: 10 patients with 27 to 34 years' follow-up
Acta Orthop, 92 (3), 329-334
DOI 10.1080/17453674.2020.1866864, PubMed 33410356
Intermediate Dynamic Compression and Decreased Posterior Tilt With Interlocked Pins in Femoral Neck Fixation in Synthetic Bone
J Biomech Eng, 143 (7)
DOI 10.1115/1.4050282, PubMed 33625486
Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic
Conserv. Lett., 14 (5), e12824
DOI 10.1111/conl.12824
Sharing wintering grounds does not synchronize annual survival in a high Arctic seabird, the little auk
Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 676, 233-242
DOI 10.3354/meps13400
Individual migration strategy fidelity but no habitat specialization in two congeneric seabirds
J. Biogeogr., 48 (2), 263-275
DOI 10.1111/jbi.13883
Postoperative changes in vertical ground reaction forces, walking barefoot and with ankle-foot orthoses in children with Cerebral Palsy
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 84, 105336
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105336, PubMed 33848706
Publications 2020
Increased stability by a novel femoral neck interlocking plate compared to conventional fixation methods. A biomechanical study in synthetic bone
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 76, 104995
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.104995, PubMed 32416403
Increased prefrontal cortical activation during challenging walking conditions in persons with lower limb amputation - an fNIRS observational study
Physiother Theory Pract, 38 (2), 255-265
DOI 10.1080/09593985.2020.1758979, PubMed 32367750
Predictors for long-term curve progression after Boston brace treatment of idiopathic scoliosis
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med, 57 (1), 101-109
DOI 10.23736/S1973-9087.20.06190-0, PubMed 33016064
Population status and trend of the threatened ivory gull Pagophila eburnea in Svalbard
Endanger. Species Res., 43, 435-445
DOI 10.3354/esr01081
Publications 2019
Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean
Sci Rep, 9 (1), 9222
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-45574-5, PubMed 31239470
Tidewater Glaciers and Bedrock Characteristics Control the Phytoplankton Growth Environment in a Fjord in the Arctic
Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 254
DOI 10.3389/fmars.2019.00254
Earlier colony arrival but no trend in hatching timing in two congeneric seabirds (Uria spp.) across the North Atlantic
Biol Lett, 15 (10), 20190634
DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0634, PubMed 31640526
The stabilising effect by a novel cable cerclage configuration in long cephalomedullary nailing of subtrochanteric fractures with a posteromedial wedge
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 68, 1-7
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.05.023, PubMed 31125925
Assessing mobility for persons with lower limb amputation: the Figure-of-Eight Walk Test with the inclusion of two novel conditions
Disabil Rehabil, 43 (9), 1323-1332
DOI 10.1080/09638288.2019.1662495, PubMed 31526078
Publications 2018
Increased torsional stability by a novel femoral neck locking plate. The role of plate design and pin configuration in a synthetic bone block model
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 55, 28-35
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.03.024, PubMed 29653317
Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean-Ecosystem Processes in a Thinner Arctic Sea Ice Regime: The Norwegian Young Sea ICE (N-ICE2015) Expedition
J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 123 (3), 1586-1594
DOI 10.1002/2017JC013328
Limb lengthening and deformity correction with externally controlled motorized intramedullary nails: evaluation of 50 consecutive lengthenings
Acta Orthop, 90 (1), 81-87
DOI 10.1080/17453674.2018.1534321, PubMed 30371122
Impact of ankle-foot orthoses on gait 1 year after lower limb surgery in children with bilateral cerebral palsy
Prosthet Orthot Int, 43 (1), 12-20
DOI 10.1177/0309364618791615, PubMed 30084755
High correlation between mechanical properties and bone mineral parameters in embalmed femurs after long-term storage
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 59, 136-142
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.09.013, PubMed 30232057
Publications 2017
Leads in Arctic pack ice enable early phytoplankton blooms below snow-covered sea ice
Sci Rep, 7, 40850
DOI 10.1038/srep40850, PubMed 28102329
Multi-colony tracking reveals spatio-temporal variation in carry-over effects between breeding success and winter movements in a pelagic seabird
Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 578, 167-181
DOI 10.3354/meps12096
Sea ice thermohaline dynamics and biogeochemistry in the Arctic Ocean: Empirical and model results
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci., 122 (7), 1632-1654
DOI 10.1002/2016JG003660
Limb lengthening and deformity correction of congenital and acquired deformities in children using the Taylor Spatial Frame
Acta Orthop, 88 (3), 334-340
DOI 10.1080/17453674.2017.1295706, PubMed 28464755
Publications 2016
Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in an alpine ecosystem grazed by sheep - An experimental approach
Basic Appl. Ecol., 17 (7), 596-608
DOI 10.1016/j.baae.2016.06.003
Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thick-billed murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications
Biol. Conserv., 200, 26-35
DOI 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.011
The biology of bone lengthening
J Child Orthop, 10 (6), 487-492
DOI 10.1007/s11832-016-0780-2, PubMed 27838825
Publications 2015
Early weaning in idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis, 10, 32
DOI 10.1186/s13013-015-0059-2, PubMed 26587052
Primary functions of the quadratus femoris and obturator externus muscles indicated from lengths and moment arms measured in mobilized cadavers
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 30 (3), 231-7
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.02.004, PubMed 25697090
Publications 2014
A health economic evaluation of screening and treatment in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis, 9 (1), 21
DOI 10.1186/s13013-014-0021-8, PubMed 25601889
Tendon to bone tunnel healing--a study on the time-dependent changes in biomechanics, bone remodeling, and histology in a rat model
J Orthop Res, 33 (2), 216-23
DOI 10.1002/jor.22756, PubMed 25367445
Femoral lengthening with a motorized intramedullary nail
Acta Orthop, 86 (2), 248-56
DOI 10.3109/17453674.2014.960647, PubMed 25191936
Lengths of the external hip rotators in mobilized cadavers indicate the quadriceps coxa as a primary abductor and extensor of the flexed hip
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 29 (7), 794-802
DOI 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2014.05.011, PubMed 24961540
Publications 2013
Negative correlation between extent of physeal ablation after percutaneous permanent physiodesis and postoperative growth: volume computer tomography and radiostereometric analysis of 37 physes in 27 patients
Acta Orthop, 84 (4), 426-30
DOI 10.3109/17453674.2013.810523, PubMed 23799346
Percutaneous epiphysiodesis in the proximal tibia by a single-portal approach: evaluation by radiostereometric analysis
J Child Orthop, 7 (4), 295-300
DOI 10.1007/s11832-013-0502-y, PubMed 24432090
Epidemiology and treatment outcome of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
J Child Orthop, 7 (2), 157-66
DOI 10.1007/s11832-012-0477-0, PubMed 24432075
Publications 2012
Scoliosis detection, patient characteristics, referral patterns and treatment in the absence of a screening program in Norway
Scoliosis, 7 (1), 18
DOI 10.1186/1748-7161-7-18, PubMed 23098059
Good brace compliance reduced curve progression and surgical rates in patients with idiopathic scoliosis
Eur Spine J, 21 (10), 1957-63
DOI 10.1007/s00586-012-2386-9, PubMed 22661234
Publications 2011
School screening and point prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in 4000 Norwegian children aged 12 years
Scoliosis, 6, 23
DOI 10.1186/1748-7161-6-23, PubMed 22024241
Biomechanical evaluation of two-part surgical neck fractures of the humerus fixed by an angular stable locked intramedullary nail
J Orthop Trauma, 25 (7), 406-13
DOI 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181ffdf9a, PubMed 21637120
Long-term results after Boston brace treatment in late-onset juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis, 6, 18
DOI 10.1186/1748-7161-6-18, PubMed 21880123
Differences in external and internal cortical strain with prosthesis in the femur
Open Orthop J, 5, 379-84
DOI 10.2174/1874325001105010379, PubMed 22235237
Publications 2010
The International Olympic Committee Consensus statement on age determination in high-level young athletes
Br J Sports Med, 44 (7), 476-84
DOI 10.1136/bjsm.2010.073122, PubMed 20519254
The feeding ecology of little auks raises questions about winter zooplankton stocks in North Atlantic surface waters
Biol Lett, 6 (5), 682-4
DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0082, PubMed 20236962
Geographic and seasonal variability in the isotopic niche of little auks
Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 414, 293-302
DOI 10.3354/meps08721
Comment on Shyam et al.: Leg lengthening by distraction osteogenesis using the Ilizarov apparatus: a novel concept of tibia callus subsidence and its influencing factors
Int Orthop, 34 (5), 773-4; author reply 775-6
DOI 10.1007/s00264-010-0981-0, PubMed 20179924
Subsidence of callotasis zone in distraction osteogenesis after external fixator removal, measured by RSA
Acta Orthop, 81 (6), 733-6
DOI 10.3109/17453674.2010.533934, PubMed 21067433
Publications 2009
Deformity correction during growth after partial physeal arrest
Acta Orthop Belg, 75 (2), 219-24
PubMed 19492561
Long-term results after Boston brace treatment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Scoliosis, 4, 17
DOI 10.1186/1748-7161-4-17, PubMed 19709435
Flexibility in the bimodal foraging strategy of a high Arctic alcid, the little auk Alle alle
J. Avian Biol., 40 (4), 388-399
DOI 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04620.x
Sex-specific provisioning behaviour in a monomorphic seabird with a bimodal foraging strategy
Ibis, 151 (3), 502-513
DOI 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00931.x
Publications 2008
Negative effect of parecoxib on bone mineral during fracture healing in rats
Acta Orthop, 79 (3), 438-44
DOI 10.1080/17453670710015373, PubMed 18626809
Partial physeal arrest after temporary transphyseal pinning--a case report
Acta Orthop, 79 (6), 867-9
DOI 10.1080/17453670810016975, PubMed 19085507
Role of the fibula in lower leg fractures: an in vivo investigation in rats
J Orthop Res, 26 (7), 1027-31
DOI 10.1002/jor.20605, PubMed 18302250
Home range size and overlap in female root voles: effects of season and density
Behav. Ecol., 19 (1), 139-145
DOI 10.1093/beheco/arm112
Linking climate change to lemming cycles
Nature, 456 (7218), 93-7
DOI 10.1038/nature07442, PubMed 18987742
High mortality rate in rheumatoid arthritis with subluxation of the cervical spine: a cohort study of operated and nonoperated patients
Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 33 (21), 2278-83
DOI 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817f1a17, PubMed 18784629
Publications 2007
Idiopathic scoliosis treated with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation: evaluation 10 years after surgery
Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 32 (19), 2103-10
DOI 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318145a54a, PubMed 17762812
Relaxed competition during winter may explain the coexistence of two sympatric Microtus species
Ann. Zool. Fenn., 44 (6), 415-424
Positive short-term effects of sheep grazing on the alpine avifauna
Biol Lett, 3 (1), 109-11
DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0571, PubMed 17443979
Little auks (Alle alle) breeding in a High Arctic fjord system: bimodal foraging strategies as a response to poor food quality?
Polar Res., 26 (2), 118-125
DOI 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2007.00022.x
Publications 2006
No difference in tibial lengthening index by use of Taylor spatial frame or Ilizarov external fixator
Acta Orthop, 77 (5), 772-7
DOI 10.1080/17453670610012971, PubMed 17068709
Optimum loading mode for axial stiffness testing in limb lengthening
J Orthop Res, 24 (3), 348-54
DOI 10.1002/jor.20033, PubMed 16479567
Publications 2005
Outpatient physical therapy influences the patients' health-related quality of life
Eur. J. Physiother., 7 (1), 40-47
DOI 10.1080/14038190510009423
In vivo assessment of regenerate axial stiffness in distraction osteogenesis
J Orthop Res, 23 (2), 494-8
DOI 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.08.024, PubMed 15734268
Publications 2004
Effects of heel height and shoe shape on the compressive load between foot and base: a graphic analysis of principle
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc, 94 (5), 461-9
DOI 10.7547/0940461, PubMed 15377722
Effect of neuromuscular training on proprioception, balance, muscle strength, and lower limb function in female team handball players
Clin J Sport Med, 14 (2), 88-94
DOI 10.1097/00042752-200403000-00006, PubMed 15014342
Publications 2003
[Complaints in connection with total hip replacement in hip osteoarthritis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (4), 468-9
PubMed 12643059
Open versus arthroscopic subacromial decompression: a prospective, randomized study of 34 patients followed for 8 years
Acta Orthop Scand, 74 (4), 408-14
DOI 10.1080/00016470310017703, PubMed 14521290
Residual challenges after healing of congenital pseudarthrosis in the tibia
Clin Orthop Relat Res (414), 228-37
DOI 10.1097/01.blo.0000076800.53006.c9, PubMed 12966297
Publications 2002
[Complaints regarding lumbar disk herniation treatment reported to the Norwegian Compensation System]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 122 (18), 1804-6
PubMed 12362694
Reduced lengthening index by use of bifocal osteotomy in the tibia: comparison of monofocal and bifocal procedures with the Ilizarov external fixator
Acta Orthop Scand, 73 (1), 93-7
DOI 10.1080/000164702317281486, PubMed 11928920
Tissue response during monofocal and bifocal leg lengthening in patients
J Orthop Res, 20 (1), 137-41
DOI 10.1016/S0736-0266(01)00082-1, PubMed 11853080
High frequency distraction improves tissue adaptation during leg lengthening in humans
J Orthop Res, 20 (4), 789-92
DOI 10.1016/S0736-0266(01)00175-9, PubMed 12168668
Publications 2001
Biomekanikk i et ortopedisk perspektiv: basert på illustrasjoner og betraktninger av Thomas Wyller
Høgskolen i Oslo, Oslo, 5 bind
BIBSYS 01226167x
Publications 1996
Sensitivity of willow grouse Lagopus lagopus population dynamics to variations in demographic parameters
Wildlife Biol., 2 (1), 27-35
DOI 10.2981/wlb.1996.005