Dr Lasse Lempainen´s selected publications.
Most of these publications
can be found also in PubMed.
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Central Tendon Injuries of Hamstring Muscles: Case Series of Operative Treatment.
Lempainen L, Kosola J, Pruna R, Puigdellivol J, Sarimo J, Niemi P, Orava S.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2018
Operative treatment for the painful posterior thigh after hamstring autograft harvesting.
Laakso M, Kosola J, Niemi P, Mäkelä K, Ranne J, Orava S, Lempainen L.
Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2018
Operative treatment of pelvic apophyseal avulsions in adolescent and young adult athletes: a follow-up study.
Sinikumpu JJ, Hetsroni I, Schilders E, Lempainen L, Serlo W, Orava S.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2018
Surgical excision of symptomatic mature posttraumatic myositis ossificans: characteristics and outcomes in 32 athletes.
Orava S, Sinikumpu JJ, Sarimo J, Lempainen L, Mann G, Hetsroni I.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017

Book chapter: Muscle and Tendon Injuries. Evaluation and Management.
Lasse Lempainen, Janne Sarimo, Pekka Niemi, Sakari Orava.
Indications for Surgical Treatment in Hamstring Tears.
GL Canata et al. (eds), Muscle and Tendon Injuries. Evaluation and Management. Springer. 2017
Survival of uncemented cups from a single manufacturer implanted from 1985 to 2013: Finnish Arthroplasty Register data.
Palomäki A, Lempainen L, Matilainen M, Eskelinen A, Remes V, Virolainen P, Mäkelä KT.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2017
Operative Treatment of Acute-On-Chronic Partial Adductor Longus Tendon Rupture
Kosola J, Lindblad N, Mattila K, Lempainen L.
Ann Sports Med Res 2016
Different distributions of operative diagnoses for Achilles tendon overuse injuries in Italian and Finnish athletes.
Johansson K, Lempainen L, Sarimo J, Laitala-Leinonen T, Orava S.
Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2016
Tarsal navicular stress fractures – A Challenging Injury in Athletes
Liimatainen E, Heinonen O, Lempainen L, Johansson K, Sarimo J, Lopez D, Orava S.
J J Ortho Rheum 2016
Stress Fractures of Sacrum
Liimatainen E, Alonso J, Lempainen L, Johansson K, Sarimo J, Frantzen J, Orava S.
ACR Journal of Research in Sports Medicine 2016
Doctoral dissertation
PhD Thesis - Turun yliopisto, Turku, 2009.