Work experience

2021 – present:
Senior Consultant Hand and Tetrahand Surgery, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland

2011–2021:
Head of Hand and Tetrahand Surgery, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland

1998–2020:
Professor of Hand Surgery, Surgical Reconstructions of Upper Extremity Functions in Spinal Cord Injured Persons, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

1998–1999:
Visiting professor, University of California, San Diego, USA

1994–2016:
Hand Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

1985–1994:
Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden

Education

1989: Specialist Hand Surgery Sweden

1984–1985: Postdoctoral Studies, Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego, USA

1984: MD, University of Umeå, Sweden

1983: PhD, Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Memberships

FESSH (Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand): Head of scientific committee 2004-2010

Swiss Hand Society SGH

Selected Honors/Awards

1994: American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeon´s Kappa Delta Award

1997: The Messner Award for Outstanding Musculoskeletal Research

2001: Lars Sullivan Award, Nordic Medical Society of Paraplegia (NMSOP)

2002: Nicolas Andry Award “Skeletal Muscle Design and Function - Implications for Upper Extremity Surgical Reconstruction”

2013: American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeon´s Kappa Delta Award

2014: Paul Brand Memorial Award, Hand Mechanics

2016: The Ludwig Guttman Prize, "Outstanding SCI Clinical Research"

Publications

1. Pallaver A, Schibli S, Fridén J. Surgical intervention for carpal tunnel syndrome in individuals with spinal cord injuries-patient characteristics, diagnostic considerations, and treatment outcomes. Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2021 Feb 3;7(1):9.
2. Winters TM, Lim M, Takahashi M, Fridén J, Lieber RL, Ward SR. Surgical Mobilization of Skeletal Muscles Changes Functional Properties-Implications for Tendon Transfers. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Nov 23:S0363-5023(20)30568-2.
3. Bersch I, Fridén J. Upper and lower motor neuron lesions in tetraplegia: implications for surgical nerve transfer to restore hand function. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2020 Nov 1;129(5):1214-1219.
4. Fridén J, Lieber RL. Reach out and grasp the opportunity: reconstructive hand surgery in tetraplegia. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2019 May;44(4):343-353.
5. Bersch I, Koch-Borner S, Fridén J. Motor Point Topography of Fundamental Grip Actuators in Tetraplegia: Implications in Nerve Transfer Surgery. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Feb 1;37(3):441-447.
6. Lieber RL, Fridén J. Muscle contracture and passive mechanics in cerebral palsy. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 May 1;126(5):1492-1501.
7. Bunketorp Käll L, Fridén J, Björnsdotter M. Regional estimates of cortical thickness in brain areas involved in control of surgically restored limb movement in patients with tetraplegia. J Spinal Cord Med. 2020 Jul;43(4):462-469.