Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage (BBC)

The BBC group in University of Eastern Finland is globally one of the leading research groups in cartilage and bone biophysics and -engineering. The group has extensively contributed to basic, applied and clinical research of the musculoskeletal disorders during the past 20 years.

Published items in each year	Citations in each year

Total times cited:	13592
Citing articles:	7310
Average citations per item:	23.04	Source: Web of Science
h-index:	59	Updated: Mar 26th 2018

Most recent BBC publications:

1. Vaalto S, Julkunen P, Saisanen L, Kononen M, Maatta S and Karhu J. Increased Inhibition in Non-Primary Motor Areas of String-Instrument Players: A Preliminary Study with Paired-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Brain Plast. 2016 Jun 29;1(2):223-234. doi: 10.3233/BPL-150015.
   
   
2. Lofberg O, Julkunen P, Kallioniemi E, Paakkonen A and Karhu J. MODULATION OF MOTOR CORTICAL EXCITABILITY WITH AUDITORY STIMULATION. J Neurophysiol. 2018 May 9. doi: 10.1152/jn.00186.2017.
   
   
3. Julkunen P, Lofberg O, Kallioniemi E, Hypponen J, Kalviainen R and Mervaala E. Abnormal motor cortical adaptation to external stimulus in Unverricht-Lundborg disease (progressive myoclonus type 1, EPM1). J Neurophysiol. 2018 May 9. doi: 10.1152/jn.00063.2018.
   
   
4. Ojanen SP, Finnila MAJ, Reunamo AE, Ronkainen AP, Mikkonen S, Herzog W, Saarakkala S and Korhonen RK. Site-specific glycosaminoglycan content is better maintained in the pericellular matrix than the extracellular matrix in early post-traumatic osteoarthritis. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 25;13(4):e0196203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196203. eCollection 2018.
   
   
5. Nykanen O, Rieppo L, Toyras J, Kolehmainen V, Saarakkala S, Shmueli K and Nissi MJ. Quantitative susceptibility mapping of articular cartilage: Ex vivo findings at multiple orientations and following different degradation treatments. Magn Reson Med. 2018 Apr 24. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27216.