Comparing PRP injections with ESWT for athletes with chronic patellar tendinopathy

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-89

  Smith, Jay ^a   Sellon, Jacob L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; BLAZINA SCALE; CHRONIC PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; TENDINITIS; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS ASSESSMENT PATELLA QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84891857541     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000063     Document Type: Note

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