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Jaro Karppinen

Jaro Karppinen

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Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
31818
World Ranking
15439
National Ranking
177

Overview

Jaro Karppinen is affiliated with the University of Oulu in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine. Their research primarily revolves around musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, with significant focus also on spine and intervertebral disc pathology, medical imaging and analysis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, health systems including economic evaluations and quality of life, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, and occupational health and performance.

The scientist has authored numerous publications across several subfields of study. These subfields include pharmacology, pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, biomedical engineering, and general health professions.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Spine
  • European Spine Journal
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • JOR Spine

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jaro Karppinen are:

  • A new immunometabolic perspective of intervertebral disc degeneration, 2021, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Physiotherapists' perceptions of learning and implementing a biopsychosocial intervention to treat musculoskeletal pain conditions: a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative studies, 2020, Pain
  • A prognostic risk score for development and spread of chronic pain, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • The differential effects of sleep deprivation on pain perception in individuals with or without chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Cartilaginous endplates: A comprehensive review on a neglected structure in intervertebral disc research, 2023, JOR Spine

Jaro Karppinen frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Dino Samartzis
  • Petteri Oura
  • Eveliina Heikkala
  • Jaakko Niinimäki
  • Juhani Määttä

Best Publications

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • The Association Between Obesity and Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis

    Rahman Shiri;Jaro Karppinen;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Svetlana Solovieva

  • Prevalence and pattern of lumbar magnetic resonance imaging changes in a population study of one thousand forty-three individuals.

    Kenneth M. C. Cheung;Jaro Karppinen;Danny Chan;Daniel W. H. Ho

  • The Association between Smoking and Low Back Pain: A Meta-analysis

    Rahman Shiri;Jaro Karppinen;Jaro Karppinen;Päivi Leino-Arjas;Svetlana Solovieva

  • Vertebral endplate signal changes (Modic change): a systematic literature review of prevalence and association with non-specific low back pain.

    Tue Secher Jensen;Jaro Karppinen;Jaro Karppinen;Joan S. Sorensen;Jaakko Niinimäki

  • Periradicular infiltration for sciatica: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jaro Karppinen;Antti Malmivaara;Mauno Kurunlahti;Eero Kyllönen

  • An Allele of COL9A2 Associated with Intervertebral Disc Disease

    Susanna Annunen;Petteri Paassilta;Jaana Lohiniva;Merja Perälä

  • Low back pain in older adults: risk factors, management options and future directions

    Arnold Yl Wong;Jaro Karppinen;Jaro Karppinen;Dino Samartzis

  • Identification of a novel common genetic risk factor for lumbar disk disease.

    Petteri Paassilta;Jaana Lohiniva;Harald H. H. Göring;Harald H. H. Göring;Merja Perälä

  • Modic changes in endplates of lumbar vertebral bodies: prevalence and association with low back and sciatic pain among middle-aged male workers.

    Mari Kuisma;Jaro Karppinen;Jaakko Niinimäki;Risto Ojala

  • Pain perception is altered by a nucleotide polymorphism in SCN9A

    Frank Reimann;James J. Cox;Inna Belfer;Luda Diatchenko

  • Pathobiology of Modic changes

    Stefan Dudli;Aaron J. Fields;Dino Samartzis;Jaro Karppinen

  • A population-based study of juvenile disc degeneration and its association with overweight and obesity, low back pain, and diminished functional status

    Dino Samartzis;Jaro Karppinen;Florence Mok;Daniel Y.T. Fong

  • The positive impact of general vitamin D food fortification policy on vitamin D status in a representative adult Finnish population: evidence from an 11-y follow-up based on standardized 25-hydroxyvitamin D data.

    Tuija Jaaskelainen;Suvi T. Itkonen;Annamari Lundqvist;Maijaliisa Erkkola

  • The association of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging with body mass index in overweight and obese adults: A population-based study

    Dino Samartzis;Jaro Karppinen;Danny Chan;Keith D. K. Luk

  • Multiple chronic pain states are associated with a common amino acid–changing allele in KCNS1

    Michael Costigan;Inna Belfer;Robert S. Griffin;Feng Dai

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha monoclonal antibody, infliximab, used to manage severe sciatica.

    Jaro Karppinen;Timo Korhonen;Antti Malmivaara;Leena Paimela

  • Modic changes of the lumbar spine: prevalence, risk factors, and association with disc degeneration and low back pain in a large-scale population-based cohort

    Florence P.S. Mok;Dino Samartzis;Jaro Karppinen;Daniel Y.T. Fong

Frequent Co-Authors

Simo Taimela
Simo Taimela University of Helsinki
Antti Malmivaara
Antti Malmivaara Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Eira Viikari-Juntura
Eira Viikari-Juntura Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Markku Heliövaara
Markku Heliövaara Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Keith D. K. Luk
Keith D. K. Luk University of Hong Kong
Leena Ala-Kokko
Leena Ala-Kokko University of Oulu
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Rahman Shiri
Rahman Shiri Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Jouko Miettunen
Jouko Miettunen Oulu University Hospital
Jurg Ott
Jurg Ott Rockefeller University

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