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Østergaard HK, Launonen AP, Toft M, Fjalestad T, Sumrein BO, Døssing KV, Axelsen MH, Noe SS, Wagle T, Engebretsen KB, Laitinen MK, Mattila VM, Mechlenburg I; NITEP Group.
Physiotherapist-supervised exercises versus unsupervised home-based exercises after nonsurgically treated proximal humerus fracture: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2024 May;33(5):994-1003. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2023.12.002.

Surgery with locking plate or hemiarthroplasty versus nonoperative treatment of 3-4-part proximal humerus fractures in older patients (NITEP): An open-label randomized trial.
Launonen AP, Sumrein BO, Reito A, Lepola V, Paloneva J, Berg HE, Felländer-Tsai L, Kask K, Rahnel T, Tootsi K, Märtson A, Jonsson KB, Wolf O, Ström P, Døssing K, Østergaard HK, Mechlenburg I, Mattila VM, Laitinen MK.
PLoS Med. 2023 Nov 28;20(11):e1004308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004308. 

A comparison of the functional results and costs of functional cast and volar-flexion ulnar deviation cast at 2-year follow-up in 105 patients aged 65 and older with dorsally displaced distal radius fracture: A randomized controlled trial.
Ax M, Reito A, Hevonkorpi TP, Palola V, Kukkonen J, Luokkala T, Laitinen MK, Launonen AP, Mattila VM.
PLoS One. 2023 Apr 6;18(4):e0283946. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283946.

Two casting methods compared in patients with Colles’ fracture: A pragmatic, randomized controlled trial.
Raittio L, Launonen AP, Hevonkorpi T, Luokkala T, Kukkonen J, Reito A, Laitinen MK, Mattila VM.
PLoS One. 2020 May 29;15(5):e0232153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232153.

Operative versus non-operative treatment for 2-part proximal humerus fracture: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Launonen AP, Sumrein BO, Reito A, Lepola V, Paloneva J, Jonsson KB, Wolf O, Ström P, Berg HE, Felländer-Tsai L, Jansson KÅ, Fell D, Mechlenburg I, Døssing K, Østergaard H, Märtson A, Laitinen MK, Mattila VM; as the NITEP group.
PLoS Med. 2019 Jul 18;16(7):e1002855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002855.

Nordic Innovative Trials to Evaluate osteoPorotic Fractures (NITEP) Collaboration: The Nordic DeltaCon Trial protocol-non-operative treatment versus reversed total shoulder arthroplasty in patients 65 years of age and older with a displaced proximal humerus fracture: a prospective, randomised controlled trial.
Launonen AP, Fjalestad T, Laitinen MK, Lähdeoja T, Ekholm C, Wagle T, Mattila VM; NITEP-group.
BMJ Open. 2019 Jan 29;9(1):e024916. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024916.

Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of recategorized Neer classification in differentiating 2-part surgical neck fractures from multi-fragmented proximal humeral fractures in 116 patients.
Sumrein BO, Mattila VM, Lepola V, Laitinen MK, Launonen AP; NITEP Group.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Oct;27(10):1756-1761. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.03.024.