Publications

06/01/2026

Return-to-play criteria for hamstring injuries in elite European football: a survey of current practice

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06/01/2026

11/05/2025

Return-to-Play Criteria Following a Hamstring Injury in Professional Soccer: Time for a Tailor-Made Approach

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11/05/2025

08/18/2025

MPFL reconstruction vs. Insall procedure for adolescent patellar instability: nine-year follow-up on osteoarthritis, redislocations, and return to sports

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08/18/2025

08/18/2025

From the Field to the Screen: A Scoping Review of Video Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Thigh Muscle-Tendon Injuries in Football

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08/18/2025

04/26/2025

Hamstring T-Junction Surgical Repair: An Elite Footballer’s Return to Play Journey Through a New Football-Centered Complex Approach

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04/26/2025

10/24/2024

The challenge of thigh tendon reinjuries: An expert opinion

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10/24/2024

09/25/2024

Magnetic Resonance Imaging With a Novel Hip Flexion Scanning Position for Diagnosing Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy

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09/25/2024

07/30/2024

Mechanisms of Severe Adductor Longus Injuries in Professional Soccer Players

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07/30/2024

07/19/2024

Proximal Hamstring Avulsion

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07/19/2024

07/19/2024

Quadriceps Muscle Injury

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07/19/2024

06/15/2024

Heel pain in young athletes – not always Sever’s Disease: A Narrative Review

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06/15/2024

11/06/2023

Managing Lower Limb Muscle Reinjuries in Athletes: From Risk Factors to Return-to-Play Strategies

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11/06/2023

01/24/2023

Indirect Rectus Femoris Injury Mechanisms in Professional Soccer Players: Video Analysis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

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01/24/2023

10/21/2022

Mechanisms of Hamstring Injury in Professional Soccer Players: Video Analysis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

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10/21/2022

09/05/2022

Strength Measurements and Results of Surgical Treatment of Complete Rectus Femoris Mid-substance Rupture: A Case Report

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09/05/2022

05/24/2022

Return to Play Prediction Accuracy of the MLG‑R Classification System for Hamstring Injuries in Football Players: A Machine Learning Approach

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05/24/2022

03/24/2022

A systematic review of surgical intervention in the treatment of hamstring tendon ruptures: current evidence on the impact on patient outcomes

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03/24/2022

03/18/2022

Management of anterior thigh injuries in soccer players: practical guide

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03/18/2022

11/29/2021

Tendon injuries in football players: FC Barcelona 2021 tendon guide

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11/29/2021

10/14/2021

Proximal Adductor Longus Tendon Repair With a Concomitant Distal Fascial Release for Complete Hip Adductor Tendon Tears – Surgical Technique and Outcomes in 40 Male Athletes

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10/14/2021

02/22/2021

Chronic and Recurrent Rectus Femoris Central Tendon Ruptures in Athletes

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02/22/2021

02/21/2021

Tears of biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus are not equal — A new individual muscle-tendon concept in athletes

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02/21/2021

12/08/2020

Calcaneal Bone Bruise After Surgery for Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

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12/08/2020

05/25/2020

Kirjan kappale: Tendinopathy: From Basic Science to Return to Play

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05/25/2020

05/25/2020

Kirjan kappale: Operative Treatment of Tendinopathies of Achilles Tendon

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05/25/2020

04/25/2020

Kirjan kappale: Proximal hamstring repair / reinsertion: Open surgery technique

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04/25/2020

04/01/2020

Trampoline-related proximal tibia impaction fractures in children: a population-based approach to epidemiology and radiographic findings between 2006 and 2017

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04/01/2020

03/11/2019

Muscle Injury Guide

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03/11/2019

10/25/2018

Complete midsubstance rectus femoris ruptures: a series of 27 athletes treated operatively

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10/25/2018

10/02/2018

Operative Treatment of Proximal Rectus Femoris Injuries in Professional Soccer Players: A Series of 19 Cases.

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10/02/2018

06/25/2018

Arthroscopic Coracoclavicular Ligament Reconstruction Using a Synthetic Polycaprolactone-Based Polyurethane Urea Tendon Graft: A Report of 5 Cases.

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06/25/2018

04/09/2018

Arthroscopic Coracoclavicular Ligament Reconstruction Using Graft Augmentation and Titanium Implants.

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04/09/2018

02/15/2018

Central Tendon Injuries of Hamstring Muscles: Case Series of Operative Treatment.

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02/15/2018

01/10/2018

Operative treatment for the painful posterior thigh after hamstring autograft harvesting.

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01/10/2018

11/20/2017

Operative treatment of pelvic apophyseal avulsions in adolescent and young adult athletes: a follow-up study.

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11/20/2017

08/05/2017

Surgical excision of symptomatic mature posttraumatic myositis ossificans: characteristics and outcomes in 32 athletes.

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08/05/2017

04/25/2017

Book chapter: Muscle and Tendon Injuries. Evaluation and Management.

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04/25/2017

01/13/2017

Survival of uncemented cups from a single manufacturer implanted from 1985 to 2013: Finnish Arthroplasty Register data.

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01/13/2017

11/04/2016

Operative Treatment of Acute-On-Chronic Partial Adductor Longus Tendon Rupture

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11/04/2016

05/19/2016

Different distributions of operative diagnoses for Achilles tendon overuse injuries in Italian and Finnish athletes.

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05/19/2016

02/25/2016

Tarsal navicular stress fractures – A Challenging Injury in Athletes

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02/25/2016

02/25/2016

Stress Fractures of Sacrum

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02/25/2016

06/25/2015

A book chapter: Muscle injuries clinical guide 3.0.

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06/25/2015

03/25/2015

Expert opinion: diagnosis and treatment of proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

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03/25/2015

03/19/2015

Surgical excision of posttraumatic ossifications at the proximal hamstrings in young athletes: technique and outcomes.

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03/19/2015

12/19/2014

Macroscopic Anomalies and Pathological Findings in and Around the Achilles Tendon: Observations From 1661 Operations During a 40-Year Period.

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12/19/2014

10/20/2014

Operative Results of Periprosthetic Fractures of The Distal Femur In A Single Academic Unit

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10/20/2014

02/18/2014

Clinical principles in the management of hamstring injuries.

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02/18/2014

09/25/2012

Surgery for Rectus Femoris Muscle Tears

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09/25/2012

02/25/2012

Surgical Treatment of Chronic Stress Fractures in Athletes

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02/25/2012

02/25/2012

Medial malleolar stress fracture in athletes: diagnosis and operative treatment

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02/25/2012

01/18/2012

Calcific spurs at the insertion of the Achilles tendon: a clinical and histological study.

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01/18/2012

05/13/2011

Triceps tears in athletes: different injury patterns and surgical treatment

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05/13/2011

05/13/2011

Triceps tears in athletes: different injury patterns and surgical treatment.

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05/13/2011

06/25/2009

Dissertation Lempainen L: Surgical treatment of hamstring injuries and disorders – the clinical spectrum from chronic tendinopathy to complete rupture

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06/25/2009

03/04/2009

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of partial (one- and two-tendon) proximal hamstring avulsions

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03/04/2009

03/04/2009

Proximal hamstring tendinopathy – overview of the problem with emphasis on the surgical treatment

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03/04/2009

02/18/2009

Proximal hamstring tendinopathy: results of surgical management and histopathologic findings.

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02/18/2009

03/04/2008

Complete proximal hamstring avulsions: a series of 41 patients with operative treatment.

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03/04/2008

01/05/2007

Recurrent and chronic complete ruptures of the proximal origin of the hamstring muscles repaired with fascia lata autograft augmentation.

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01/05/2007

11/30/2006

Distal tears of the hamstring muscles: review of the literature and our results of surgical treatment.

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11/30/2006

06/21/2006

Surgical treatment of partial tears of the proximal origin of the hamstring muscles

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06/21/2006