Is platelet-rich plasma superior to whole blood in the management of chronic tennis elbow: One year randomized clinical trial

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raeissadat, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Rayegani, Seyed Mansoor ^a   Hassanabadi, Hossein ^b   Rahimi, Rosa ^a   Sedighipour, Leyla ^a   Rostami, Khalil ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Autologous whole blood; Lateral humeral epicondylitis; Platelet rich plasma; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS WHOLE BLOOD INJECTION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW BRACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE SCORE; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATELET RICH PLASMA THERAPY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENNIS ELBOW; TENNIS ELBOW STRAP; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84902014419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20521847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-1847-6-12     Document Type: Article

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