ROLE OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMA INJECTIONS IN TENNIS ELBOW; A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Tennis Elbow Treatment with Platelet Rich Plasma: A Prospective Study

The study was conducted at Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad. Patients between 20 and 50 years of age who had positive clinical tests (Thomson’s and Cozen’s test) were included in the study. Patients with arthritis of elbow, cervical spine pathology, infection, myositis, previous elbow trauma, previous steroid injection, or surgical intervention were excluded from this study. About 30 ml of t...

Physical therapy or Platelet Rich Plasma Injections in the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: A Randomised Clinical Trial

Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma for chronic tennis elbow: a double-blind, prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 230 patients.

BACKGROUND Elbow tenderness and pain with resisted wrist extension are common manifestations of lateral epicondylar tendinopathy, also known as tennis elbow. Previous studies have suggested platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to be a safe and effective therapy for tennis elbow. PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical value of tendon needling with PRP in patients with chronic tennis elbow compared with an act...

Intraarticular Injections of Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP)in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

  The clinical use of PRP therapy in the practical setting of orthopaedic fields is increasing partly because of the accessibility of devices that are used in outpatient preparation and delivery. Another reason is the strong advertisement of PRP procedures as the ultimate treatment and novel technology for knee problems by a few orthopaedic surgeons based on claims of abundant scientific eviden...

Lumbar Intradiskal Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Study.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether single injections of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into symptomatic degenerative intervertebral disks will improve participant-reported pain and function. DESIGN Prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study. SETTING Outpatient physiatric spine practice. PARTICIPANTS Adults with chronic (≥6 months), moderate-to-severe lumbar diskogenic pain ...