Platelet-rich plasma injections in acute muscle injury

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 2546-2547

  Reurink, Gustaaf ^a   Goudswaard, Gert Jan ^b   Moen, Maarten H ^c   Weir, Adam ^d   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Maas, Mario ^e   Tol, Johannes L ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Sports Medicine Medical Centre the Hague   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT INJURY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84903464608     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1402340     Document Type: Letter

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