# Simo Taimela

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/simo-taimela/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 14,330 |
| Field | Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation |
| h-index | 66 |
| i10-index | 151 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Helsinki |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5008987134 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0001-6755-2983 |
| Works | 253 |

## Researcher papers

- [Scoring of patellofemoral disorders](https://scholariq.org/papers/scoring-of-patellofemoral-disorders/)
- [Effects of Persistent Physical Activity and Inactivity on Coronary Risk Factors in Children and Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-persistent-physical-activity-and-inactivity-on-coronary-risk-factors/)
- [The Prevalence of Low Back Pain Among Children and Adolescents](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-prevalence-of-low-back-pain-among-children-and-adolescents/)
- [Back and hip extensor fatigability in chronic low back pain patients and controls](https://scholariq.org/papers/back-and-hip-extensor-fatigability-in-chronic-low-back-pain-patients-and/)
- [Acute injuries in soccer, ice hockey, volleyball, basketball, judo, and karate: analysis of national registry data](https://scholariq.org/papers/acute-injuries-in-soccer-ice-hockey-volleyball-basketball-judo-and-karate/)
- [1999 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/1999-volvo-award-winner-in-clinical-studies/)
- [The Effect of Lumbar Fatigue on the Ability to Sense a Change in Lumbar Position](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-effect-of-lumbar-fatigue-on-the-ability-to-sense-a-change-in-lumbar-position/)
- [Active Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/active-therapy-for-chronic-low-back-pain/)
- [Modic Changes in Endplates of Lumbar Vertebral Bodies](https://scholariq.org/papers/modic-changes-in-endplates-of-lumbar-vertebral-bodies/)
- [Exercise and the metabolic syndrome](https://scholariq.org/papers/exercise-and-the-metabolic-syndrome/)
- [The ability of EQ-5D-5L and WHODAS 2.0 to detect relevant change in primary health care outpatients with diagnosed depression](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-ability-of-eq-5d-5l-and-whodas-2-0-to-detect-relevant-change-in-primary/)

## Researcher topics

- [Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation](https://scholariq.org/topics/musculoskeletal-pain-and-rehabilitation/)
- [Occupational Health and Performance](https://scholariq.org/topics/occupational-health-and-performance/)
- [Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology](https://scholariq.org/topics/spine-and-intervertebral-disc-pathology/)
- [Shoulder Injury and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/shoulder-injury-and-treatment/)
- [Sports injuries and prevention](https://scholariq.org/topics/sports-injuries-and-prevention/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Helsinki](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-helsinki/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.