Platelet-rich plasma vs hyaluronic acid to treat knee degenerative pathology: Study design and preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Filardo, Giuseppe ^a   Kon, Elizaveta ^a   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Di Matteo, Berardo ^a   Merli, Maria Letizia ^a   Cenacchi, Annarita ^a   Fornasari, Pier Maria ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth factors; HA; Intra articular injections, Randomized, Degenerative, Knee; PRP

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; VISCOSUPPLEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KELLGREN LAWRENCE SCORE; KNEE CIRCUMFERENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; ITALY; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS;

EID: 84869882473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-229     Document Type: Article

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