Juuso Heikkinen

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 872 citations indexed

About

Juuso Heikkinen is a scholar working on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Juuso Heikkinen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 872 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Juuso Heikkinen's work include Sports injuries and prevention (8 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (7 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (6 papers). Juuso Heikkinen is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (8 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (7 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (6 papers). Juuso Heikkinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Australia and Singapore. Juuso Heikkinen's co-authors include Pasi Ohtonen, Tapio Flinkkilä, Juhana Leppilahti, Iikka Lantto, Pertti Siira, Vesa Laine, Jaakko Niinimäki, Ari Pajala, Rachelle Buchbinder and Teemu Karjalainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Juuso Heikkinen

13 papers receiving 847 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Epidemiology of Achilles tendon ruptures: Increasing incidence over a 33‐year period

2014 271 citations Iikka Lantto, Juuso Heikkinen et al. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Juuso Heikkinen Finland	10	753	714	64	31	22	14	872
Murali Krishna Sayana United Kingdom	10	347 0.5×	407 0.6×	50 0.8×	8 0.3×	22 1.0×	24	504
Håvard Visnes Norway	14	761 1.0×	602 0.8×	19 0.3×	164 5.3×	22 1.0×	26	934
Michele Paciotti Italy	9	162 0.2×	317 0.4×	150 2.3×	18 0.6×	14 0.6×	21	377
Jayson Lian United States	15	201 0.3×	474 0.7×	34 0.5×	48 1.5×	39 1.8×	30	554
Anthony C. Egger United States	10	167 0.2×	251 0.4×	59 0.9×	20 0.6×	8 0.4×	24	320
Ruben Zwiers Netherlands	13	453 0.6×	213 0.3×	22 0.3×	98 3.2×	13 0.6×	30	528
Ewout S. Veltman Netherlands	15	189 0.3×	621 0.9×	85 1.3×	45 1.5×	35 1.6×	37	734
Ernest Schilders United Kingdom	15	472 0.6×	604 0.8×	38 0.6×	60 1.9×	43 2.0×	29	660
Ajaykumar Shanmugaraj Canada	16	139 0.2×	482 0.7×	124 1.9×	32 1.0×	62 2.8×	38	577
Raymond Liow United Kingdom	11	112 0.1×	547 0.8×	131 2.0×	27 0.9×	19 0.9×	16	598

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Heikkinen, Juuso, et al.. (2025). Treating recurrent hemarthrosis after knee arthroplasty with selective embolization: a cohort study of 56 patients. Acta Orthopaedica. 96. 33–37.

Heikkinen, Juuso, et al.. (2022). Randomised controlled trials in hand surgery: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 12(10). e062773–e062773. 1 indexed citations

Heikkinen, Juuso, et al.. (2022). Bias in Hand Surgical Randomized Controlled Trials: Systematic Review and Meta-Epidemiological Study. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 47(6). 526–533. 2 indexed citations

Jansson, Miia, et al.. (2022). Artificial intelligence-enhanced care pathway planning and scheduling system: content validity assessment of required functionalities. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 1513–1513. 10 indexed citations

Karjalainen, Teemu, Juuso Heikkinen, Lucy Busija, et al.. (2022). Use of Placebo and Nonoperative Control Groups in Surgical Trials. JAMA Network Open. 5(7). e2223903–e2223903. 13 indexed citations

Karjalainen, Teemu, et al.. (2019). Surgery for rotator cuff tears. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 12. CD013502–CD013502. 82 indexed citations

Heikkinen, Juuso, Iikka Lantto, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2017). Tendon Length, Calf Muscle Atrophy, and Strength Deficit After Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 99(18). 1509–1515. 103 indexed citations

Heikkinen, Juuso, Iikka Lantto, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2017). Soleus Atrophy Is Common After the Nonsurgical Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures: A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Surgical and Nonsurgical Functional Treatments. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 45(6). 1395–1404. 72 indexed citations

Heikkinen, Juuso, Iikka Lantto, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2017). Paper #189: Calf Muscle Atrophy and Achilles Tendon Elongation After Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 33(10S). 3 indexed citations

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Heikkinen, Juuso, Iikka Lantto, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2016). Augmented Compared with Nonaugmented Surgical Repair After Total Achilles Rupture. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 98(2). 85–92. 55 indexed citations

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Lantto, Iikka, Juuso Heikkinen, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2016). A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatments of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 44(9). 2406–2414. 151 indexed citations

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Lantto, Iikka, Juuso Heikkinen, Tapio Flinkkilä, et al.. (2015). Early Functional Treatment Versus Cast Immobilization in Tension After Achilles Rupture Repair. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 43(9). 2302–2309. 81 indexed citations

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Lantto, Iikka, Juuso Heikkinen, Tapio Flinkkilä, Pasi Ohtonen, & Juhana Leppilahti. (2014). Epidemiology of Achilles tendon ruptures: Increasing incidence over a 33‐year period. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 25(1). e133–8. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paajanen, Hannu, Juuso Heikkinen, Heikki Hermunen, & I Airo. (2005). Successful Treatment of Osteitis Pubis by Using Totally Extraperitoneal Endoscopic Technique. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 26(4). 303–306. 28 indexed citations

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