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Pekka Kannus
Researcher at University of Tampere
Publications - 387
Citations - 27640
Pekka Kannus is an academic researcher from University of Tampere. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 383 publications receiving 25691 citations.
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Update in the epidemiology of proximal humeral fractures.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors collected data from the National Hospital Discharge Register on all patients 60 years or older who were admitted to Finnish hospitals from 1970 to 2002 for primary treatment of proximal humeral fractures.
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Majority of hip fractures occur as a result of a fall and impact on the greater trochanter of the femur: a prospective controlled hip fracture study with 206 consecutive patients.
Jari Parkkari,Pekka Kannus,Mika Palvanen,A. Natri,J. Vainio,Heikki Aho,I. Vuori,Markku Järvinen +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that effective prevention of hip fractures could be achieved by the diminution of the number and severity of falls of the elderly, and the severity of the falls (impacts on the greater trochanter) could be decreased by an external hip protector.
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Exercise-induced Bone Gain Is Due to Enlargement in Bone Size Without a Change in Volumetric Bone Density: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study of the Upper Arms of Male Tennis Players
TL;DR: The playing arm's extra bone mineral, and thus increased bone strength, was mainly due to increased bone size and not due to a change in volumetric bone density, which may give new insight into conventional dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-based bone density measurements when interpreting the effects of exercise.
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Effect of Long‐Term Impact‐Loading on Mass, Size, and Estimated Strength of Humerus and Radius of Female Racquet‐Sports Players: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study Between Young and Old Starters and Controls
TL;DR: In both of the female player groups the structural adaptation of the humeral shaft to long‐term loading seemed to be achieved through periosteal enlargement of the bone cortex although this adaptation was clearly better in the young starters.
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Achilles tendon disorders: etiology and epidemiology.
TL;DR: The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the human body and there has been a general increase in popularity of sporting activities, but the number and incidence of the Achilles tendon overuse injuries and complete, spontaneous ruptures has increased in the industrialized countries during the last decades.