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Pekka Kannus is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on orthopedics and sports medicine. Their research spans several prominent subfields, including surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Cardiovascular effects of exercise
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Injury epidemiology and prevention
  • Shoulder injury and treatment
  • Lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies
  • Sports performance and training

Kannus has published a range of scientific papers, with notable recent works such as:

  • New Machine Learning Approach for Detection of Injury Risk Factors in Young Team Sport Athletes, 2020, International Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Prevents Acute Noncontact Lower Extremity Injuries in Children's Soccer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, 2021, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • The incidence of pelvic fractures and related surgery in the Finnish adult population: a nationwide study of 33,469 patients between 1997 and 2014, 2020, Acta Orthopaedica
  • Change of Direction Biomechanics in a 180-Degree Pivot Turn and the Risk for Noncontact Knee Injuries in Youth Basketball and Floorball Players, 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Association between lower extremity muscular strength and acute knee injuries in young team-sport athletes, 2020, Translational Sports Medicine

Frequent co-authors in Pekka Kannus's research collaborations include:

  • Jari Parkkari
  • Tommi Vasankari
  • Mari Leppänen
  • Kati Pasanen
  • Harri Sievänen

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic journals, including:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • International Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Translational Sports Medicine
  • The Journal Of Hand Surgery
  • Physical Therapy in Sport

Best Publications

  • Prevention of falls and consequent injuries in elderly people

    Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Mika Palvanen;Teppo Järvinen

  • Epidemiology of hip fractures

    Pekka Kannus;Jari Parkkari;H. Sievanen;Ari Heinonen

  • Effect of Starting Age of Physical Activity on Bone Mass in the Dominant Arm of Tennis and Squash Players

    Pekka Kannus;Heidi Haapasalo;Marja Sankelo;Harri Sievanen

  • Fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults.

    Pekka Kannus;Jari Parkkari;Seppo Koskinen;Seppo Niemi

  • Update in the epidemiology of proximal humeral fractures.

    Mika Palvanen;Pekka Kannus;Seppo Niemi;Jari Parkkari

  • Prevention of hip fracture in elderly people with use of a hip protector.

    Pekka Kannus;Jari Parkkari;Seppo Niemi;Matti Pasanen

  • Achilles tendon disorders: etiology and epidemiology.

    Tero A.H. Järvinen;Tero A.H. Järvinen;Pekka Kannus;Nicola Maffulli;Karim M. Khan

  • Majority of hip fractures occur as a result of a fall and impact on the greater trochanter of the femur: a prospective controlled hip fracture study with 206 consecutive patients.

    Jari Parkkari;Pekka Kannus;Mika Palvanen;A. Natri

  • Effect of a vibration exposure on muscular performance and body balance. Randomized cross-over study

    Saila Torvinen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Tero A.H. Järvinen

  • Exercise-induced Bone Gain Is Due to Enlargement in Bone Size Without a Change in Volumetric Bone Density: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study of the Upper Arms of Male Tennis Players

    H Haapasalo;S Kontulainen;H Sievänen;P Kannus

  • Randomised controlled trial of effect of high-impact exercise on selected risk factors for osteoporotic fractures

    Ari Heinonen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Pekka Oja

  • Effect of Long‐Term Impact‐Loading on Mass, Size, and Estimated Strength of Humerus and Radius of Female Racquet‐Sports Players: A Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Study Between Young and Old Starters and Controls

    Saija Kontulainen;Harri Sievänen;Pekka Kannus;Matti Pasanen

  • Effect of four-month vertical whole body vibration on performance and balance.

    Saila Torvinen;Pekka Kannus;Harri Sievänen;Tero A H Järvinen

  • The fixation strength of six hamstring tendon graft fixation devices in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Part I: femoral site.

    Petteri Kousa;Teppo L. N. Järvinen;Mika Vihavainen;Pekka Kannus

  • Time to abandon the “tendinitis” myth

    K M Khan;J L Cook;P Kannus;N Maffulli

  • Targeted exercise against osteoporosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis for optimising bone strength throughout life

    Riku Nikander;Harri Sievänen;Ari Heinonen;Robin M Daly

  • Anterior cruciate ligament replacement: comparison of bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts with two-strand hamstring grafts. A prospective, randomized study.

    Bruce D Beynnon;Robert J Johnson;Braden C Fleming;Pekka Kannus

  • Shifting the focus in fracture prevention from osteoporosis to falls

    Teppo L N Järvinen;Harri Sievänen;Karim M Khan;Ari Heinonen

  • Exercise in the prevention of falls in older people: a systematic literature review examining the rationale and the evidence.

    Nick D. Carter;Pekka Kannus;Karim M. Khan

  • Update in the epidemiology of proximal humeral fractures : Proximal humerus symposium

    Mika Palvanen;Pekka Kannus;Seppo Niemi;Jari Parkkari

Frequent Co-Authors

Harri Sievänen
Harri Sievänen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Markku Järvinen
Markku Järvinen Tampere University
Ari Heinonen
Ari Heinonen University of Jyväskylä
Ilkka Vuori
Ilkka Vuori Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Pekka Oja
Pekka Oja Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute
Urho M. Kujala
Urho M. Kujala University of Jyväskylä
Karim M. Khan
Karim M. Khan University of British Columbia
Arja Rimpelä
Arja Rimpelä Tampere University
Roald Bahr
Roald Bahr Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Markku Koskenvuo
Markku Koskenvuo University of Helsinki

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