The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System treats diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system.

Our inpatient clinics:

• Physical and rehabilitation medicine
• The treatment of the lower limbs
• The treatment of the upper limbs
• Rheumaorthopaedics
• Spinal disorders
• Arthroplasty surgery
• Trauma treatment
  

	​Ville Äärimaa, Head of operational division
	​Paula Vainikainen, Director of nursing

A separate research unit co-operated with Turku university (Orthopaedic Research Unit) is a part of the operational division. It is run by professor Hannu Aro. The research unit performs basic research and clinical trials.

Our operational division carries out independent research and participates in international research projects.

The focus areas of our research are:

• The endurance and development of arthroplasty
• Cartilage damage
• Growth factors in wound healing
• Bioactive glass as porous implants
• ACL reconstruction
• Bone tumours
• Dissolving fracture treatment materials
• Treatment methods of fractures
• The quality of surgical nursing

​Keijo Mäkelä, Head of the research unit