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Overview

Jukka S. Jurvelin is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine and health professions, with particular attention to surgery, rheumatology, general health professions, epidemiology, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

Their work covers several significant topics, including:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research

Jurvelin's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Elucidating failure mechanisms in human femurs during a fall to the side using bilateral digital image correlation," 2020, Journal of Biomechanics
  • "Dual contrast in computed tomography allows earlier characterization of articular cartilage over single contrast," 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • "Biomechanical Changes of Repair Tissue after Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation at Long-Term Follow-Up," 2020, Cartilage

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Jurvelin are:

  • Lorenzo Grassi
  • Joeri Kok
  • Anna Gustafsson
  • Yi Zheng
  • Sami P. Väänänen

The most common venues for Jurvelin's publications include:

  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • Cartilage

Jurvelin has also contributed to book publications, notably with the University of Eastern Finland publishing a work titled "Professori, ylifyysikko Jyrki Kuikan muistoseminaari - Kuopio, 30.3.2012" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • T2 relaxation reveals spatial collagen architecture in articular cartilage: a comparative quantitative MRI and polarized light microscopic study.

    Miika T. Nieminen;Jarno Rieppo;Juha Töyräs;Juhana M. Hakumäki

  • Normal and pathological adaptations of articular cartilage to joint loading.

    J. P. A. Arokoski;J. S. Jurvelin;U. Väätäinen;H. J. Helminen

  • Optical and mechanical determination of Poisson's ratio of adult bovine humeral articular cartilage.

    J.S. Jurvelin;M.D. Buschmann;E.B. Hunziker

  • Moderate running exercise augments glycosaminoglycans and thickness of articular cartilage in the knee joint of young beagle dogs.

    Ilkka Kiviranta;Markku Tammi;Jukka Jurvelin;Anna‐Marja Säämänen

  • Fibril reinforced poroelastic model predicts specifically mechanical behavior of normal, proteoglycan depleted and collagen degraded articular cartilage.

    Rami K Korhonen;Mikko S Laasanen;Juha Töyräs;Reijo Lappalainen

  • Depth-wise progression of osteoarthritis in human articular cartilage: investigation of composition, structure and biomechanics

    S. Saarakkala;P. Julkunen;P. Kiviranta;J. Mäkitalo

  • Osteoporosis in adult patients with celiac disease

    T Kemppainen;H Kröger;E Janatuinen;I Arnala

  • Quantitative MR microscopy of enzymatically degraded articular cartilage.

    Miika T. Nieminen;Juha Töyräs;Jarno Rieppo;Juhana M. Hakumäki

  • Biomechanical properties of knee articular cartilage.

    M S Laasanen;J Töyräs;R K Korhonen;J Rieppo

  • Indentation instrument for the measurement of cartilage stiffness under arthroscopic control

    T. Lyyra;J. Jurvelin;P. Pitkänen;U. Väätäinen

  • Weight bearing controls glycosaminoglycan concentration and articular cartilage thickness in the knee joints of young beagle dogs

    Kiviranta I;Jurvelin J;Tammi M;Säämänen Am

  • Application of second derivative spectroscopy for increasing molecular specificity of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging of articular cartilage.

    L. Rieppo;S. Saarakkala;T. Närhi;H.J. Helminen

  • Mechanical anisotropy of the human knee articular cartilage in compression

    J S Jurvelin;M D Buschmann;E B Hunziker

  • Proteoglycan and collagen sensitive MRI evaluation of normal and degenerated articular cartilage.

    M. J. Nissi;J. Töyräs;M. S. Laasanen;J. Rieppo

  • Importance of the superficial tissue layer for the indentation stiffness of articular cartilage.

    R.K Korhonen;M Wong;J Arokoski;R Lindgren

  • Characterization of articular cartilage by combining microscopic analysis with a fibril-reinforced finite-element model.

    Petro Julkunen;Panu Kiviranta;Wouter Wilson;Jukka S. Jurvelin

  • Comparison of optical, needle probe and ultrasonic techniques for the measurement of articular cartilage thickness

    Jukka S. Jurvelin;Tuomas Räsänen;Pekka Kolmonens;Tiina Lyyra

  • Bone density at the proximal femur after total hip arthroplasty

    Heikki Kröger;Petri Venesmaa;Jukka Jurvelin;Hannu Miettinen

  • Monitoring of periprosthetic BMD after uncemented total hip arthroplasty with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry--a 3-year follow-up study.

    Petri K. Venesmaa;Heikki P. J. Kröger;Hannu J. A. Miettinen;Jukka S. Jurvelin

  • Softening of canine articular cartilage after immobilization of the knee joint.

    Jurvelin J;Kiviranta I;Tammi M;Helminen Jh

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Töyräs
Juha Töyräs University of Eastern Finland
Heikki Kröger
Heikki Kröger University of Eastern Finland
Heikki J. Helminen
Heikki J. Helminen University of Eastern Finland
Simo Saarakkala
Simo Saarakkala University of Oulu
Rami K. Korhonen
Rami K. Korhonen University of Eastern Finland
Markku Tammi
Markku Tammi University of Eastern Finland
Mikko J. Lammi
Mikko J. Lammi Umeå University
Petro Julkunen
Petro Julkunen University of Eastern Finland
Harrie Weinans
Harrie Weinans Utrecht University
Anders Lindahl
Anders Lindahl University of Gothenburg

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