Pekka Kannus

TL;DR: Using reasonable thicknesses of the currently available hip padding materials, the impact forces clearly remain above the fracture threshold, and therefore, prevention of hip fractures by external protectors should be based on other ideas (increase in the impact surface and/or shunting of impact energy away from the greater trochanter) than hip padding alone.

TL;DR: Despite widespread use of preventive drugs such as statins, antihypertensives, and bisphosphonates, there is no valid evidence that they represent value for money, argue Teppo Järvinen and colleagues.

TL;DR: The number and incidence of fatal childhood injuries have decreased dramatically in Finland between 1971 and 1995 and the reasons for this positive development are multifactorial, but improved traffic safety and trauma care are probably very important.

TL;DR: The need for greater than normal activity to restore the BMC and BMD after disuse to normal levels is clearly indicated, and the benefits of intensified remobilization are lost if the activity is terminated, and therefore, after immobilization and disuse, bone loading activities should be continued, perhaps indefinitely.

TL;DR: It is found that the general thigh muscle function in knees with old grade II sprains of the anterior cruciate ligament appears adequate except in flexion where the strength deficits are significantly greater in higher speeds of isokinetic movement.