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http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/2008/prpstudy.pdf

This is the most promising treatment for tendinitis and tendinosis!

Also see our other topic about PRP:

http://sunshine35446.yuku.com/topic/7816

Results: Eight weeks after the treatment, the platelet-rich plasma patients noted 60% improvement in their visual analog pain

scores versus 16% improvement in control patients (P = .001). Sixty percent (3 of 5) of the control subjects withdrew or sought

other treatments after the 8-week period, preventing further direct analysis. Therefore, only the patients treated with platelet-rich

plasma were available for continued evaluation. At 6 months, the patients treated with platelet-rich plasma noted 81% improvement

in their visual analog pain scores (P = .0001). At final follow-up (mean, 25.6 months; range, 12-38 months), the platelet-rich

plasma patients reported 93% reduction in pain compared with before the treatment (P < .0001).

Conclusion: Treatment of patients with chronic elbow tendinosis with buffered platelet-rich plasma reduced pain significantly in

this pilot investigation. Further evaluation of this novel treatment is warranted. Finally, platelet-rich plasma should be considered

before surgical intervention.


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