Do Postoperative Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Accelerate Early Tendon Healing and Functional Recovery After Arthroscopic Supraspinatus Repair?: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1430-1437

  Wang, Allan ^a   Mccann, Philip ^a,b   Colliver, Jess ^a   Koh, Eamon ^a,c   Ackland, Timothy ^a   Joss, Brendan ^a   Zheng, Minghao ^a   Breidahl, Bill ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Perth Radiological Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

early functional recovery; growth factors; platelet rich plasma; rotator cuff repair; tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84930519288     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515572602     Document Type: Article

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