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Mika Paavola
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 54
Citations - 3639
Mika Paavola is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Achilles tendon & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 52 publications receiving 3146 citations. Previous affiliations of Mika Paavola include Helsinki University Central Hospital & National Institute for Health and Welfare.
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Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy versus placebo surgery for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 2-year follow-up of the randomised controlled trial
Raine Sihvonen,Mika Paavola,Antti Malmivaara,Ari Itälä,Antti Joukainen,Heikki Nurmi,Juha Kalske,Anna Ikonen,Timo Järvelä,Tero A.H. Järvinen,Kari Kanto,Janne P. Karhunen,Jani Knifsund,Heikki Kröger,Tommi Kääriäinen,Janne Lehtinen,Jukka Nyrhinen,Juha Paloneva,Outi Paivaniemi,Marko Raivio,Janne Sahlman,Roope Sarvilinna,Sikri Tukiainen,Ville-Valtteri Välimäki,Ville Äärimaa,Pirjo Toivonen,Teppo L. N. Järvinen +26 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess if arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) is superior to placebo surgery in the treatment of patients with degenerative tear of the medial meniscus.
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Surgical treatment for chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a prospective seven month follow up study
TL;DR: Surgical treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy gives good and acceptable short term results and a lower complication rate and a trend to better recovery was observed in patients with peritendinous adhesions only than in those with per itendinousAdhesions combined with an intratendinous lesion.
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Blinded interpretation of study results can feasibly and effectively diminish interpretation bias.
Teppo L. N. Järvinen,Raine Sihvonen,Mohit Bhandari,Sheila Sprague,Antti Malmivaara,Mika Paavola,Holger J. Schünemann,Gordon H. Guyatt +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe two applications of an approach that involves blinded interpretation of the results by study investigators, which may decrease the frequency of misleading data interpretation in randomized controlled trials.
Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear
Raine Sihvonen,Mika Paavola,Antti Malmivaara,Ari Itälä,Antti Joukainen,Heikki Nurmi,Juha Kalske,Teppo L. N. Järvinen +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial in 146 patients 35 to 65 years of age who had knee symptoms consistent with a degenerative medial meniscus tear and no knee osteoarthritis.
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Factors predicting the development of early osteoarthritis following lateral tibial plateau fractures: mid-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of 73 operatively treated patients.
TL;DR: The postoperative articular congruity and normal mechanical axis of the lower leg after plate fixation in lateral tibial plateau fractures seem to have a role in prevention of posttraumatic osteoarthritis but does not appear to predict clinical outcome at medium-term follow-up.