Dr Lasse Lempainen´s selected publications.
Most of these publications
can be found also in PubMed.
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Return to Play Prediction Accuracy of the MLG‑R Classification System for Hamstring Injuries in Football Players: A Machine Learning Approach
Xavier Valle, Sandra Mechó, Eduard Alentorn-Geli, Tero A. H. Järvinen, Lasse Lempainen,
Ricard Pruna, Joan C. Monllau, Gil Rodas, Jaime Isern-Kebschull, Mourad Ghrairi,
Xavier Yanguas, Ramon Balius, Adrian Martinez-De la Torre
Sports Medicine 2022
A systematic review of surgical intervention in the treatment of hamstring tendon ruptures: current evidence on the impact on patient outcomes
Aleksi Jokela, Antti Stenroos, Jussi Kosola, Xavier Valle and Lasse Lempainen
Annals of Medicine 2022
Management of anterior thigh injuries in soccer players: practical guide
Lasse Lempainen, Sandra Mechó, Xavier Valle, Stefano Mazzoni, Jose Villalon, Marco Freschi, Luca Stefanini, Alvaro García-Romero-Pérez, Maria Burova, Pavel Pleshkov, Ricard Pruna, Giulio Pasta and Jussi Kosola
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2022

Tendon injuries in football players: FC Barcelona 2021 tendon guide
Jill Cook, Gil Rodas, Alan McCall, Ricard Pruna, Rochelle Kennedy and Lluís Til.
Dr Lasse Lempainen is a corresponding author relating to the surgical chapter.
The FC Barcelona tendon guide
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
Lasse Lempainen, Iftach Hetsroni, Jussi A. Kosola, Jaakko J. Sinikumpu, Stefano Mazzoni, Sakari Orava
The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2021
Chronic and Recurrent Rectus Femoris Central Tendon Ruptures in Athletes
Lasse Lempainen, Jussi Kosola, Xavier Valle, Jordi Puigdellivol, Juha Ranne, Sakari Orava, Ricard Pruna
The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2021
Tears of biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus are not equal — A new individual muscle-tendon concept in athletes
L. Lempainen, J. Kosola, R. Pruna, J-J. Sinikumpu, X. Valle, O. Heinonen, S. Orava, N. Maffulli
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery 2021
Calcaneal Bone Bruise After Surgery for Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
Jussi Kosola, Nicola Maffulli, Juha-Jaakko Sinikumpu, Gergely Pánics, Pekka Niemi, Sakari Orava, and Lasse Lempainen
Clin J Sport Med 2020

Book chapter: Tendinopathy: From Basic Science to Return to Play
F. Abat, U.G. Longo, B. Kocaoglu, F.G. Usuelli, L. Lempainen, A. Jiménez-García, G. Stelitano, G. Firatli, and R. D´Ambrosi
M.T. Hirschmann et al. (eds.), ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book, ESSKA 2020

Book chapter: Operative Treatment of Tendinopathies of Achilles Tendon
Sakari Orava, Lasse Lempainen, Janne Sarimo
Operative Treatment of Tendinopathies of Achilles Tendon.
S. Migliorini (ed.), Triathlon Medicine. Springer Nature Switzerland. 2020; 135-143.
Doctoral dissertation
PhD Thesis - Turun yliopisto, Turku, 2009.