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ArticleRevista brasileira de ortopedia

Effects of platelet-rich plasma on lateral epicondylitis of the elbow: prospective randomized controlled trial.

Evandro Pereira Palacio, Rafael Ramos Schiavetti, Maiara Kanematsu, Tiago Moreno Ikeda, Roberto Ryuiti Mizobuchi, José Antônio Galbiatti

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Article in Revista brasileira de ortopedia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06854666 (Clinical and Morphological Evaluation Following Treatment of Lateral Epicondylar Tendinopathy with PRP or L-PRP,saline- Prospective Randomized Double Blinded Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Clinical and Morphological Evaluation Following Treatment of Lateral Epicondylar Tendinopathy with PRP or L-PRP,saline- Prospective Randomized Double Blinded Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorRehasport ClinicRan2017 to 2024Enrolled72ConditionsTennis Elbow, Lateral Epicondylitis, Lateral Epicondylitis (tennis Elbow), PRP InjectionArmseffectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in treating lateral epicondylar tendinopathy (LET)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Platelet-rich plasma in tendon-related disorders: results and indications.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Evandro Pereira PalacioFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
Rafael Ramos SchiavettiFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
Maiara KanematsuFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
Tiago Moreno IkedaFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
Roberto Ryuiti MizobuchiFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
José Antônio GalbiattiFaculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) infiltration in patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow, through analysis of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) questionnaires.

methodsSixty patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow were prospectively randomized and evaluated after receiving infiltration of three milliliters of PRP, or 0.5% neocaine, or dexamethasone. For the scoring process, the patients were asked to fill out the DASH and PRTEE questionnaires on three occasions: on the day of infiltration and 90 and 180 days afterwards.

resultsAround 81.7% of the patients who underwent the treatment presented some improvement of the symptoms. The statistical tests showed that there was evidence that the cure rate was unrelated to the substance applied (p = 0.62). There was also intersection between the confidence intervals of each group, thus demonstrating that the proportions of patients whose symptoms improved were similar in all the groups.

conclusionAt a significance level of 5%, there was no evidence that one treatment was more effective than another, when assessed using the DASH and PRTEE questionnaires.

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Platelet-rich plasmaTendinopathyTennis elbow

Identifiers

PMID26962506
PMCPMC4767828

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