Outcomes After Ultrasound-Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections for Chronic Tendinopathy: A Multicenter, Retrospective Review

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Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-175

  Mautner, Kenneth ^a   Colberg, Ricardo E ^b   Malanga, Gerard ^c   Borg Stein, Joanne P ^d   Harmon, Kimberly G ^e   Dharamsi, Aisha S ^d   Chu, Samuel ^c   Homer, Paul ^e  

^a Emory Spine Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ULTRASOUND GUIDED PLATELET RICH PLASMA; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84875085311     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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