Ville Äärimaa

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ville Äärimaa is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ville Äärimaa has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Surgery, 34 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ville Äärimaa's work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (33 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (31 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (9 papers). Ville Äärimaa is often cited by papers focused on Shoulder Injury and Treatment (33 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (31 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (9 papers). Ville Äärimaa collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. Ville Äärimaa's co-authors include Juha Kukkonen, Antti Joukainen, Tommi Kauko, Tero Vahlberg, Kimmo Mattila, Petri Virolainen, Hannu Kalimo, Esa K. J. Tuominen, Katri Laimi and Minna Kääriäinen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Ville Äärimaa

47 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Investigating minimal clinically important difference for Constant score in patients undergoing rotator cuff surgery

2013 346 citations Juha Kukkonen, Tommi Kauko et al. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ville Äärimaa Finland	24	1.9k	1.3k	394	206	169	51	2.2k
Aaron M. Chamberlain United States	24	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	169 0.4×	253 1.2×	206 1.2×	78	2.0k
P.V. Giannoudis United Kingdom	18	1.2k 0.6×	774 0.6×	139 0.4×	168 0.8×	77 0.5×	36	1.6k
Filippo Castoldi Italy	26	1.7k 0.9×	589 0.5×	285 0.7×	167 0.8×	63 0.4×	86	2.3k
Ralph B. Blasier United States	23	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	297 0.8×	213 1.0×	169 1.0×	36	2.2k
Paolo Cherubino Italy	24	1.3k 0.7×	497 0.4×	199 0.5×	162 0.8×	54 0.3×	92	2.0k
Simon Lambert United Kingdom	24	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	325 0.8×	74 0.4×	79 0.5×	90	2.3k
Lars Adolfsson Sweden	28	2.1k 1.1×	818 0.6×	394 1.0×	242 1.2×	140 0.8×	98	2.4k
Sharon Griffin Canada	18	2.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.5×	478 1.2×	466 2.3×	130 0.8×	34	3.1k
Patric Raiss Germany	32	3.3k 1.7×	2.8k 2.2×	227 0.6×	151 0.7×	289 1.7×	114	3.4k
Davide Blonna Italy	25	1.5k 0.8×	559 0.4×	227 0.6×	183 0.9×	43 0.3×	66	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Äärimaa, Ville, et al.. (2025). Utility of PROM Questionnaires: Correlation of Question Burden and Response Rate Among Surgically Treated Patients with Musculoskeletal Diseases. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(19). 6728–6728.

Äärimaa, Ville, et al.. (2024). A Comprehensive Approach to PROMs in Elective Orthopedic Surgery: Comparing Effect Sizes across Patient Subgroups. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(11). 3073–3073.

Mäkelä, Keijo, et al.. (2024). Structural auto- and allograft glenoid bone grafting in reverse shoulder arthroplasty - Retrospective radiological analysis of 38 cases. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 4(4). 100487–100487. 1 indexed citations

Niinimäki, Tuukka, Heikki Nurmi, Alar Toom, et al.. (2021). Functional results of total-knee arthroplasty versus medial unicompartmental arthroplasty: two-year results of a randomised, assessor-blinded multicentre trial. BMJ Open. 11(6). e046731–e046731. 19 indexed citations

Kukkonen, Juha, Antti Joukainen, Janne Lehtinen, et al.. (2021). Operative versus conservative treatment of small, nontraumatic supraspinatus tears in patients older than 55 years: over 5-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(11). 2455–2464. 27 indexed citations

Laaksonen, Inari, et al.. (2021). Complications and reoperations related to tension band wiring and plate osteosynthesis of olecranon fractures. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 30(10). 2412–2417. 12 indexed citations

Kukkonen, Juha, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness of supervised physiotherapy after arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 29(9). 1765–1774. 9 indexed citations

Mäkelä, Keijo, Ove Furnes, Geir Hallan, et al.. (2019). The benefits of collaboration: the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association. EFORT Open Reviews. 4(6). 391–400. 24 indexed citations

Moosmayer, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Acute Cuff Tear Repair Trial (ACCURATE): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial on the efficacy of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. BMJ Open. 9(5). e025022–e025022. 9 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jeppe Vejlgaard, R Hole, Steen Lund Jensen, et al.. (2019). The short-term survival of total stemless shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis is comparable to that of total stemmed shoulder arthroplasty: a Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 28(8). 1578–1586. 33 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jeppe Vejlgaard, R Hole, Stig Brorson, et al.. (2018). Anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty used for glenohumeral osteoarthritis has higher survival rates than hemiarthroplasty: a Nordic registry-based study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 26(5). 659–665. 45 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jeppe Vejlgaard, Stig Brorson, Geir Hallan, et al.. (2016). Is it feasible to merge data from national shoulder registries? A new collaboration within the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 25(12). e369–e377. 39 indexed citations

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Paloneva, Juha, Vesa Lepola, Ville Äärimaa, et al.. (2015). Increasing incidence of rotator cuff repairs—A nationwide registry study in Finland. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 16(1). 189–189. 118 indexed citations

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Saltychev, Mikhail, Ville Äärimaa, Petri Virolainen, & Katri Laimi. (2014). Conservative treatment or surgery for shoulder impingement: systematic review and meta-analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation. 37(1). 1–8. 97 indexed citations

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Paloneva, Juha, Vesa Lepola, Jaro Karppinen, et al.. (2014). Declining incidence of acromioplasty in Finland. Acta Orthopaedica. 86(2). 220–224. 28 indexed citations

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Masood, Tahir, Jens Bojsen‐Møller, Kari K. Kalliokoski, et al.. (2014). Differential contributions of ankle plantarflexors during submaximal isometric muscle action: A PET and EMG study. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 24(3). 367–374. 32 indexed citations

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Äärimaa, Ville, Riku Aantaa, Mari Koivisto, et al.. (2013). Postoperative Fentanyl Patch Versus Subacromial Bupivacaine Infusion in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 29(7). 1129–1134. 19 indexed citations

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Kukkonen, Juha, Tommi Kauko, Tero Vahlberg, Antti Joukainen, & Ville Äärimaa. (2013). Investigating minimal clinically important difference for Constant score in patients undergoing rotator cuff surgery. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 22(12). 1650–1655. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Joukainen, Antti, et al.. (2012). Operatively treated traumatic versus non-traumatic rotator cuff ruptures: A registry study. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. 118(1). 29–34. 33 indexed citations

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Äärimaa, Ville, Minna Kääriäinen, Samuli Vaittinen, et al.. (2004). Restoration of myofiber continuity after transection injury in the rat soleus. Neuromuscular Disorders. 14(7). 421–428. 44 indexed citations

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