The topics over whom The Rizzoli Orthopaedics’ Institute will work on for four years are: wearable sensors to identify risk patients, digital twins to manage osteoporosis and arthrosis, analysis of fracture risk in patients with bone tumors, 3D personalized print for the realignment of the knee, prevention of patient’s ulcers with diabetic foot.

The In Silico World project officially started on January 28th, 2021, with an online kick-off meeting involving all 14 partner institutions that form the international consortium. The project is coordinated by the University of Bologna and funded within the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme by the European Union.