Treatment of chronic patellar tendinosis with buffered platelet rich plasma: A preliminary study;Trattamento delle tendinopatie croniche del tendine rotuleo con fattori di crescita (plasma ricco di piastrine): Studio preliminare

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-603

  Volpi, P ^a   Marinoni, L ^a   Bait, C ^a   De Girolamo, L ^a,b   Schoenhuber, H ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patellar tendon; Platelet rich plasma; Tendinosis; Tendonitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDINOSIS; PATELLA TENDON; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDINITIS; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

EID: 37849049638     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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