Mika Paavola

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Mika Paavola is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mika Paavola has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Surgery, 27 papers in Epidemiology and 15 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mika Paavola's work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (35 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (18 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (12 papers). Mika Paavola is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (35 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (18 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (12 papers). Mika Paavola collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United States. Mika Paavola's co-authors include Pekka Kannus, Markku Järvinen, Teppo L. N. Järvinen, Antti Malmivaara, Tero A.H. Järvinen, Raine Sihvonen, T. Paakkala, László Józsa, Heikki Nurmi and Antti Joukainen and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Mika Paavola

67 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear

2013 516 citations Raine Sihvonen, Mika Paavola et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mika Paavola Finland	30	2.4k	1.4k	792	226	220	69	3.4k
Hyun Sik Gong South Korea	33	3.4k 1.4×	821 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	312 1.4×	191 0.9×	239	4.4k
Paul D. Fadale United States	32	2.0k 0.8×	995 0.7×	362 0.5×	205 0.9×	78 0.4×	104	2.7k
Alexis A. Wright United States	25	1.5k 0.6×	895 0.6×	423 0.5×	386 1.7×	178 0.8×	74	2.8k
J. Preston Wiley Canada	30	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	274 0.3×	338 1.5×	93 0.4×	80	2.6k
Inge van den Akker‐Scheek Netherlands	33	2.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	205 0.3×	236 1.0×	184 0.8×	153	3.9k
John P. Albright United States	34	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	508 0.6×	376 1.7×	105 0.5×	93	3.4k
Norma J. MacIntyre Canada	25	1.2k 0.5×	690 0.5×	366 0.5×	294 1.3×	184 0.8×	74	2.3k
Cale A. Jacobs United States	35	3.0k 1.2×	975 0.7×	409 0.5×	325 1.4×	57 0.3×	183	3.7k
Dennis Caine United States	30	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	443 0.6×	106 0.5×	212 1.0×	66	3.1k
Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs Netherlands	38	2.3k 1.0×	3.7k 2.6×	584 0.7×	294 1.3×	127 0.6×	254	5.5k

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Reito, Aleksi, et al.. (2026). Cost-Effectiveness of Surgery Versus Functional Bracing for Humeral Shaft Fractures in Adults. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Kiadaliri, Ali, Raine Sihvonen, Martin Englund, et al.. (2024). Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for a Degenerative Meniscus Tear Is Not Cost Effective Compared With Placebo Surgery: An Economic Evaluation Based on the FIDELITY Trial Data. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 482(9). 1523–1533. 3 indexed citations

Sillanpää, Niko, M Iivanainen, Aleksandra Turkiewicz, et al.. (2024). Effect of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy on structural degeneration of the knee – A 5-year MRI-based follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33(2). 276–282. 2 indexed citations

Buchbinder, Rachelle, Niko Sillanpää, Lasse Rämö, et al.. (2023). Concordance of shoulder symptoms and imaging findings: a protocol for the Finnish Imaging of Shoulder (FIMAGE) study. BMJ Open. 13(12). e074457–e074457. 1 indexed citations

Lähdeoja, Tuomas, Bakir O. Sumrein, Teppo L. N. Järvinen, et al.. (2022). Minimal important difference and patient acceptable symptom state for common outcome instruments in patients with a closed humeral shaft fracture - analysis of the FISH randomised clinical trial data. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 22(1). 291–291. 3 indexed citations

Rämö, Lasse, Mika Paavola, Bakir O. Sumrein, et al.. (2021). Outcomes With Surgery vs Functional Bracing for Patients With Closed, Displaced Humeral Shaft Fractures and the Need for Secondary Surgery. JAMA Surgery. 156(6). 526–526. 14 indexed citations

Sihvonen, Raine, Mika Paavola, Antti Malmivaara, et al.. (2020). Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for a degenerative meniscus tear: a 5 year follow-up of the placebo-surgery controlled FIDELITY (Finnish Degenerative Meniscus Lesion Study) trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(22). 1332–1339. 74 indexed citations

Paavola, Mika, Kari Kanto, Jonas Ranstam, et al.. (2020). Subacromial decompression versus diagnostic arthroscopy for shoulder impingement: a 5-year follow-up of a randomised, placebo surgery controlled clinical trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55(2). 99–107. 29 indexed citations

Kavaja, Lauri, Tuomas Lähdeoja, Antti Malmivaara, & Mika Paavola. (2018). Treatment after traumatic shoulder dislocation: a systematic review with a network meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 52(23). 1498–1506. 31 indexed citations

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Paavola, Mika, Antti Malmivaara, Simo Taimela, Kari Kanto, & Teppo L. N. Järvinen. (2017). Finnish Subacromial Impingement Arthroscopy Controlled Trial (FIMPACT): a protocol for a randomised trial comparing arthroscopic subacromial decompression and diagnostic arthroscopy (placebo control), with an exercise therapy control, in the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome. BMJ Open. 7(5). e014087–e014087. 25 indexed citations

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Sund, Reijo, et al.. (2017). Mortality Caused by Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spine. Spine. 42(14). 1080–1087. 21 indexed citations

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Sihvonen, Raine, Mika Paavola, Antti Malmivaara, & Teppo L. N. Järvinen. (2013). Finnish Degenerative Meniscal Lesion Study (FIDELITY): a protocol for a randomised, placebo surgery controlled trial on the efficacy of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for patients with degenerative meniscus injury with a novel ‘RCT within-a-cohort’ study design. BMJ Open. 3(3). e002510–e002510. 38 indexed citations

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Sihvonen, Raine, Mika Paavola, Antti Malmivaara, et al.. (2013). Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy versus Sham Surgery for a Degenerative Meniscal Tear. New England Journal of Medicine. 369(26). 2515–2524. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Virtanen, K., Antti Malmivaara, Ville Remes, & Mika Paavola. (2012). Operative and nonoperative treatment of clavicle fractures in adults. Acta Orthopaedica. 83(1). 65–73. 47 indexed citations

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Virtanen, K., Ville Remes, Jarkko Pajarinen, et al.. (2012). Sling Compared with Plate Osteosynthesis for Treatment of Displaced Midshaft Clavicular Fractures. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 94(17). 1546–1553. 145 indexed citations

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Paavola, Mika, et al.. (2010). Pain Relief, Motion, and Function after Rotator Cuff Repair or Reconstruction May Not Persist after 16 Years. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 468(10). 2678–2689. 15 indexed citations

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Paavola, Mika, et al.. (2008). Trend in Sports Injuries among Young People in Finland. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 29(6). 529–536. 12 indexed citations

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Paavola, Mika, Pekka Kannus, Sakari Orava, Matti Pasanen, & Markku Järvinen. (2002). Surgical treatment for chronic Achilles tendinopathy: a prospective seven month follow up study. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(3). 178–182. 81 indexed citations

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Paavola, Mika, Sakari Orava, Juhana Leppilahti, Pekka Kannus, & Markku Järvinen. (2000). Chronic Achilles Tendon Overuse Injury: Complications after Surgical Treatment. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 28(1). 77–82. 186 indexed citations

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Vartiainen, E., Mika Paavola, Alfred L. McAlister, & Pekka Puska. (1998). Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia youth project.. American Journal of Public Health. 88(1). 81–85. 113 indexed citations

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