Mononen, Henri https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2403-0093
Sund, Reijo
Huopio, Jukka
Kröger, Heikki
Malmivaara, Antti
Salmenkivi, Jyrki
Nyyssönen, Timo
Turppo, Ville
Sirola, Joonas
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Eastern Finland
Article History
Received: 11 March 2024
Revised: 5 August 2024
Accepted: 19 October 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: Heikki Kröger, President of the Nordic Orthopaedic Federation. Other authors declare no conflicts of interest that are relevant to the content of this article.
: PERFECT (PERFormance, Effectiveness and Cost of Treatment episodes) has been approved by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL/7019/6.02.00/2020). Authors have been deemed exempt from informed consent requirement.