The efficacy of platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review with quantitative synthesis

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2037-2048

  Khoshbin, Amir ^a,b   Leroux, Timothy ^a   Wasserstein, David ^a   Marks, Paul ^a   Theodoropoulos, John ^a   Ogilvie Harris, Darrell ^a,c   Gandhi, Rajiv ^c   Takhar, Kirat ^c   Lum, Grant ^c   Chahal, Jaskarndip ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888615927     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2013.09.006     Document Type: Review

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