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Ilkka Helenius
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 287
Citations - 8041
Ilkka Helenius is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scoliosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 247 publications receiving 6918 citations. Previous affiliations of Ilkka Helenius include Helsinki Institute of Physics & Helsinki University Central Hospital.
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Acute patellar dislocation in children and adolescents: a randomized clinical trial.
TL;DR: Initial operative repair of the medial structures combined with lateral release did not improve the long-term outcome, despite the very high rate of recurrent instability, and the only significant predictor for recurrence was a positive family history of patellar instability.
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Asthma and increased bronchial responsiveness in elite athletes: Atopy and sport event as risk factors☆☆☆★★★
TL;DR: Asthma is more common in highly trained athletes than in control subjects, especially in elite swimmers, but the risk of asthma is increased also in long-distance runners.
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Allergy and asthma in elite summer sport athletes
Ilkka Helenius,Tari Haahtela +1 more
TL;DR: In the future, follow-up studies on bronchial responsiveness and airway inflammation, as well as controlled studies on both short- and long-term effects of antiasthmatic drugs in the athletes are needed.
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Effect of continuing or finishing high-level sports on airway inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and asthma: a 5-year prospective follow-up study of 42 highly trained swimmers.
TL;DR: In swimmers who had stopped high-level training, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma attenuated or even disappeared and the results suggest that athletes' asthma is partly reversible and that it may develop during and subside after an active sports career.
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Respiratory symptoms, bronchial responsiveness, and cellular characteristics of induced sputum in elite swimmers
TL;DR: It is concluded that elite swimmers had significantly more often increased tjronchial responsiveness than control subjects and long‐term and repeated exposure to chlorine compounds in swimming pools during training and competition may contribute to the increased occurrence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation in swimmers.