2024
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.
2023
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.