Sports medicine applications of platelet rich plasma

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1185-1195

  Mishra, Allan ^a   Harmon, Kimberly ^b   Woodall, James ^c   Vieira, Amy ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Platelet rich plasma; PRP; Sports medicine; Tendinopathy; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ACTOVEGIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRAUMEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ANTICOAGULATION; BONE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIGAMENT; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS TENDON; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENDINITIS; TENOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

EID: 84861162214     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920112800624283     Document Type: Review

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