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PRP does not improve tendon structure in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy patients

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May 2013

PRP does not improve tendon structure in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy patients

Vol: 2| Issue: 4| Number:29| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

No effects of PRP on ultrasonographic tendon structure and neovascularisation in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy

Br J Sports Med. 2011 Apr;45(5):387-92. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.076398. Epub 2010 Nov 3

Contributing Authors:
RJ de Vos A Weir JL Tol JA Verhaar H Weinans HT van Schie

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Synopsis

54 patients with chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy undergoing an eccentric exercise programme were randomized to receive either a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection or a saline injection (placebo), in order to determine whether PRP injections would result in enhanced tendon structure and neovascularisation that could be observed through ultrasonographic methods. Following evaluations over...

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