Multiple PRP injections are more effective than single injections and hyaluronic acid in knees with early osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 958-965

  Görmeli, Gökay ^a   Görmeli, Cemile Ayşe ^a   Ataoglu, Baybars ^b   Çolak, Cemil ^a   Aslantürk, Okan ^a   Ertem, Kadir ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; Intraarticular injection; Knee osteoarthritis; Platelet rich plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938632901     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3705-6     Document Type: Article

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