Current Concepts for the Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Foot and Ankle

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-170

  Soomekh, David J ^a,b,c  

^a University Foot and Ankle Institute   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendonitis; Growth factor; Plantar fasciitis; Platelet rich plasma; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

CITRATE CALCIUM; CORTISONE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; THROMBIN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETIC FOOT; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TISSUE REGENERATION; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE INJURIES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251477151     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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