Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciopathy in Adults: A Case Series

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-67

  Wilson, John J ^a   Lee, Kenneth S ^a   Miller, Andrew T ^a   Wang, Sijian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

heel pain; plantar fasciopathy; platelet rich plasma; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PLANTAR FASCIOPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TENDINITIS; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

HEEL PAIN; PLANTAR FASCIOPATHY; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TENDINOPATHY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892454779     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640013509671     Document Type: Article

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