
Paavo has strong experience in conducting measurements and developing data analysis methods for biomechanical motion analysis. Motion capture system, force platforms, instrumented treadmill, wearable IMU sensors and EMG measurement systems are equipment that he is putting into practice.
In addition to the motion laboratory, he is developing software for robot-assisted rehabilitation environment. Also developing laboratory hardware of all four laboratories of the research group with technical experts is his duty.
Paavo is conduction musculoskeletal modelling in OpenSim-platform to analyze knee contact forces and muscle activations. Current research interests include analysis on patient-specific rehabilitation of knee osteoarthritis and analysis of muscle forces at sports movements such as dance and ski-jump takeoff.
His another major research&development area is robotics and VR in neurological rehabilitation.
Research groups
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Biosignal Analysis and Medical Imaging research g… 01.01.1994 -
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Neuromodulation research group 01.01.2017 -
Projects
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ER4Surgery Research-to-Business project 01.07.2023 - 31.12.2024
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Game Over? - Continue! 01.10.2022 - 31.12.2023
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Procurement of mobile robots and 5G technology suitable for medical operation room environment 01.03.2022 - 31.12.2023
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Remote Virtual Physiotherapist (REVIP) consortium project 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026
Publications
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Matkani, matkamme
Pohjola, Hanna; Vartiainen Paavo; Salvén Kimmo. 2023. -
Open-source software library for real-time inertial measurement unit data-based inverse kinematics using OpenSim
Lavikainen, Jere; Vartiainen, Paavo; Stenroth, Lauri; Karjalainen, Pasi A.. 2023. PeerJ. 11: -
Alterations in the Functional Knee Alignment Are Not an Effective Strategy to Modify the Mediolateral Distribution of Knee Forces During Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises
Bosch, Will; Esrafilian, Amir; Vartiainen, Paavo; Arokoski, Jari; Korhonen, Rami K.; Stenroth, Lauri. 2022. Journal of applied biomechanics. 38: 424-433 -
An EMG-Assisted Muscle-Force Driven Finite Element Analysis Pipeline to Investigate Joint- and Tissue-Level Mechanical Responses in Functional Activities: Towards a Rapid Assessment Toolbox
Esrafilian, Amir; Stenroth, Lauri; Mononen, Mika E.; Vartiainen, Paavo; Tanska, Petri; Karjalainen, Pasi A.; Suomalainen, Juha-Sampo; Arokoski, J.; Saxby, David J.; Lloyd, David G.; Korhonen, Rami K.. 2022. IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering. 69: 2860-2871 -
Forces required in repositioning a patient in bed using regular sheet and slide film
Muona, Anneli; Vartiainen, Paavo; Karjalainen, Pasi A; Räsänen, Kimmo. 2022. International journal of industrial ergonomics. 90: -
Minuina
Pohjola, Hanna. 2022. -
Toward Tailored Rehabilitation by Implementation of a Novel Musculoskeletal Finite Element Analysis Pipeline
Esrafilian, Amir; Stenroth, Lauri; Mononen, Mika E.; Vartiainen, Paavo; Tanska, Petri; Karjalainen, Pasi A.; Suomalainen, Juha-Sampo; Arokoski, Jari P. A.; Saxby, David J.; Lloyd, David G.; Korhonen, Rami K.. 2022. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering. 30: 789-802 -
A Perturbed Postural Balance Test Using an Instrumented Treadmill - Precision and Accuracy of Belt Movement and Test-Retest Reliability of Balance Measures
Lesch, Kim J.; Lavikainen, Jere; Hyrylä, Vesa; Vartiainen, Paavo; Venojärvi, Mika; Karjalainen, Pasi A.; Tikkanen, Heikki; Stenroth, Lauri. 2021. Frontiers in sports and active living. 3: 688993 -
Lower limb muscle activation patterns in ice-hockey skating and associations with skating speed
Kaartinen, Sami; Venojärvi, Mika; Lesch, Kim J; Tikkanen, Heikki; Vartiainen, Paavo; Stenroth, Lauri. 2021. Sports biomechanics. [Epub ahead of print 20 Dec 2021]: 1-16 -
Force-velocity profiling in ice hockey skating: reliability and validity of a simple, low-cost field method
Stenroth, Lauri; Vartiainen, Paavo; Karjalainen, Pasi A. 2020. Sports biomechanics. [Epub ahead of print 17 Jun 2020]: -