Katariina Luoma

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Katariina Luoma is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Katariina Luoma has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Pharmacology, 21 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Katariina Luoma's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (25 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (20 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (10 papers). Katariina Luoma is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (25 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (20 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (10 papers). Katariina Luoma collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United States. Katariina Luoma's co-authors include Hilkka Riihimäki, Raili Raininko, Ritva Luukkonen, Antti Lamminen, Eira Viikari‐Juntura, Svetlana Solovieva, Päivi Leino‐Arjas, Tapio Vehmas, Mats Grönblad and Liisa Kerttula and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and Spine.

In The Last Decade

Katariina Luoma

45 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Low Back Pain in Relation to Lumbar Disc Degeneration

2000 936 citations Katariina Luoma, Hilkka Riihimäki et al. Spine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katariina Luoma Finland	29	2.3k	2.0k	937	559	494	45	3.4k
Kevin Gill United States	23	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	708 1.3×	237 0.5×	42	3.3k
Mats Grönblad Finland	36	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	289 0.5×	349 0.7×	87	3.4k
Jean Ouellet Canada	36	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 2.2×	358 0.6×	401 0.8×	163	4.2k
Helena Brisby Sweden	40	2.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	691 1.2×	350 0.7×	171	5.0k
Masayuki Miyagi Japan	34	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	316 0.6×	671 1.4×	188	3.6k
Tomoaki Toyone Japan	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	311 0.6×	350 0.7×	115	3.0k
Shinsuke Katoh Japan	39	2.6k 1.1×	921 0.5×	2.4k 2.6×	315 0.6×	191 0.4×	128	4.1k
Munehito Yoshida Japan	42	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	3.5k 3.8×	657 1.2×	816 1.7×	194	5.6k
Sumihisa Orita Japan	35	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 2.5×	473 0.8×	499 1.0×	288	4.6k
Sten Holm Sweden	30	2.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	429 0.8×	108 0.2×	51	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katariina Luoma

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Lund, Teija, et al.. (2025). Comparison of lumbar disc degeneration grading between deep learning model SpineNet and radiologist: a longitudinal study with a 14-year follow-up. European Spine Journal. 34(9). 3767–3773. 1 indexed citations

Kerttula, Liisa, et al.. (2020). Disc Degeneration of Young Low Back Pain Patients. Spine. 45(19). 1341–1347. 21 indexed citations

Luoma, Katariina, et al.. (2016). Chronic low back pain in relation to Modic changes, bony endplate lesions, and disc degeneration in a prospective MRI study. European Spine Journal. 25(9). 2873–2881. 101 indexed citations

Karppinen, Jaro, et al.. (2015). Association between changes in lumbar Modic changes and low back symptoms over a two-year period. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 16(1). 98–98. 85 indexed citations

Solovieva, Svetlana, et al.. (2014). Genetic Influences on Hand Osteoarthritis in Finnish Women – A Replication Study of Candidate Genes. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97417–e97417. 19 indexed citations

Kieseppä, Tuula, Riitta Mäntylä, Annamari Tuulio‐Henriksson, et al.. (2013). White matter hyperintensities and cognitive performance in adult patients with bipolar I, bipolar II, and major depressive disorders. European Psychiatry. 29(4). 226–232. 33 indexed citations

Vehmas, Tapio, Rahman Shiri, Katariina Luoma, & Eira Viikari‐Juntura. (2013). The Relations of Obesity Indicators and Early Metabolic Disturbance with Upper Extremity Pain. Pain Medicine. 14(7). 1081–1087. 10 indexed citations

Kerttula, Liisa, Katariina Luoma, Tapio Vehmas, Mats Grönblad, & Eeva Kääpä. (2012). Modic type I change may predict rapid progressive, deforming disc degeneration: a prospective 1-year follow-up study. European Spine Journal. 21(6). 1135–1142. 74 indexed citations

Kieseppä, Tuula, Mervi Eerola, Riitta Mäntylä, et al.. (2009). Major depressive disorder and white matter abnormalities: A diffusion tensor imaging study with tract-based spatial statistics. Journal of Affective Disorders. 120(1-3). 240–244. 157 indexed citations

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Karppinen, Jaro, Svetlana Solovieva, Katariina Luoma, et al.. (2009). Modic changes and interleukin 1 gene locus polymorphisms in occupational cohort of middle-aged men. European Spine Journal. 18(12). 1963–1970. 64 indexed citations

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Luoma, Katariina, Tapio Vehmas, Mats Grönblad, Liisa Kerttula, & Eeva Kääpä. (2008). MRI follow-up of subchondral signal abnormalities in a selected group of chronic low back pain patients. European Spine Journal. 17(10). 1300–1308. 33 indexed citations

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Luoma, Katariina, Tapio Vehmas, Mats Grönblad, Liisa Kerttula, & Eeva Kääpä. (2008). Relationship of Modic type 1 change with disc degeneration: a prospective MRI study. Skeletal Radiology. 38(3). 237–244. 47 indexed citations

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Solovieva, Svetlana, Minna Männikkö, Päivi Leino‐Arjas, et al.. (2007). Association Between the Aggrecan Gene Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Polymorphism and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Spine. 32(16). 1700–1705. 50 indexed citations

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Kämäräinen, Olli‐Pekka, Svetlana Solovieva, Tapio Vehmas, et al.. (2006). Aggrecan core protein of a certain length is protective against hand osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 14(10). 1075–1080. 28 indexed citations

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Solovieva, Svetlana, Tapio Vehmas, Hilkka Riihimäki, et al.. (2006). Finger Osteoarthritis and Differences in Dental Work Tasks. Journal of Dental Research. 85(4). 344–348. 25 indexed citations

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Solovieva, Svetlana, Ari Hirvonen, Tapio Vehmas, et al.. (2005). Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of hand osteoarthritis in Finnish women. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 8(1). R20–R20. 38 indexed citations

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Vehmas, Tapio, Ari Kaukiainen, Katariina Luoma, et al.. (2004). Liver echogenicity: measurement or visual grading?. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. 28(5). 289–293. 20 indexed citations

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Solovieva, Svetlana, Päivi Leino‐Arjas, Leena Ala‐Kokko, et al.. (2004). Interleukin 1 Polymorphisms and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Epidemiology. 15(5). 626–633. 117 indexed citations

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Vehmas, Tapio, Svetlana Solovieva, Hilkka Riihimäki, Katariina Luoma, & Päivi Leino‐Arjas. (2004). Hand workload and the metacarpal cortical index. A study of middle-aged teachers and dentists. Osteoporosis International. 16(6). 672–680. 16 indexed citations

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Solovieva, Svetlana, Jaana Lohiniva, Päivi Leino‐Arjas, et al.. (2002). COL9A3 Gene Polymorphism and Obesity in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration of the Lumbar Spine: Evidence of Gene-Environment Interaction. Spine. 27(23). 2691–2696. 93 indexed citations

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