Role of PRP in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
| Autor: | John S. Georgy, Todd P. Stitik, Raj D. Desai, Boqing Chen, Patrick M. Foye, Lawrence P. Lai, Sanjay V Kumbar, Charles T Koon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty Sports medicine business.industry Rehabilitation Medicine (miscellaneous) Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 030229 sport sciences Osteoarthritis medicine.disease Clinical Practice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intra articular Degenerative disease Platelet-rich plasma Orthopedic surgery medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports. 4:138-144 |
| ISSN: | 2167-4833 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40141-016-0119-4 |
| Popis: | Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is one of the many new therapeutic approaches that continues to evolve in the field of general musculoskeletal medicine, sports medicine, and orthopedic medicine. There has been increasing amount of interest particularly in knee osteoarthritis as it is the most common degenerative disease encountered in clinical practice. PRP injections have been found in the majority of recent clinical studies to be helpful for pain and function. The purpose of this article was to provide the readers with the historical perspective of PRP and the most current literature on the use of PRP for the treatment of knee OA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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