A systematic review of the use of platelet-rich plasma in sports medicine as a new treatment for tendon and ligament injuries

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 344-352

  Taylor, Drew W ^a   Petrera, Massimo ^a   Hendry, Mike ^a   Theodoropoulos, John S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

growth factors; ligament healing; ligament injuries; platelet rich plasma; tendon healing; tendon injuries

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACHILLES TENDON TRAUMA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELBOW TENDINOSIS; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; PATELLA TENDINOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960216440     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31821d0f65     Document Type: Review

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