Can PRP effectively treat injured tendons?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5. Platelet-Rich Plasma for Adhesive Capsulitis: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023
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6. Advances in the Clinical Application of Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Foot and Ankle: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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7. Platelet-Rich Plasma: New Performance Understandings and Therapeutic Considerations in 2020.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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8. The Differential Effects of Leukocyte-Containing and Pure Platelet-Rich Plasma on Nucleus Pulposus-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Implications for the Clinical Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.Stem cells international · 2018
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9. Platelet-rich plasma for regeneration of neural feedback pathways around dental implants: a concise review and outlook on future possibilities.International journal of oral science · 2017
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10. Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections With Needle Tenotomy for Gluteus Medius Tendinopathy: A Registry Study With Prospective Follow-up.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2016
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11. Traumatic Extensor Tendon Injuries to the Hand: Clinical Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Surgical Procedure Review.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2016
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12. Creating an Animal Model of Tendinopathy by Inducing Chondrogenic Differentiation with Kartogenin.PloS one · 2016
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13. Patellar tendon: From tendinopathy to rupture.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2015
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14. The differential effects of leukocyte-containing and pure platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on tendon stem/progenitor cells - implications of PRP application for the clinical treatment of tendon injuries.Stem cell research & therapy · 2015
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15. Tendon injury: from biology to tendon repair.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2015
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16. The systemic influence of platelet-derived growth factors on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in fracture patients.BMC medicine · 2015
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17. Growth factor delivery vehicles for tendon injuries: Mesenchymal stem cells and Platelet Rich Plasma.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal · 2014
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18. Tendon tissue engineering: An overview of biologics to promote tendon healing and repair.Journal of tissue engineering
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