Kannus is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothniaregion. The municipality has a population of 5,978 (2003) and covers an area of 462.77 km² of which 2.39 km² is water. The population density is 12.9 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Ostrobothnia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Kannus P, Järvinen M: Conservatively treated tears of the anterior cruciate ligament: long-term results.
Kannus P, Jozsa L, Renström P, et al: The effects of training, immobilization and remobilization on musculoskeletal tissue.
Dr Kannus is chief physician and head of the Accident and Trauma Research Center and sports medicine specialist at the Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine at the UKK Institute in Tampere, Finland.