SynthesisPM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2020
Platelet-Rich Plasma Vs Autologous Blood Vs Corticosteroid Injections in the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review, Pairwise and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06236178 (Comparing Autologous Blood, Corticosteroid, and Their Combined Injection for Treating Lateral Epicondylitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparing Autologous Blood, Corticosteroid, and Their Combined Injection for Treating Lateral Epicondylitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Comparing autologous blood, corticosteroid, and a combined injection of both for treating lateral epicondylitis: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2024Trial
- Comparative clinical outcomes of monotherapy and combined conservative treatment strategies in lateral epicondylitis: a retrospective cohort study of 420 patients.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Article
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections are Associated with Higher Resource Utilization and Surgical Escalation Compared with Corticosteroids in Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Platelet rich plasma versus corticosteroids for lateral epicondylitis: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the efficiency of an ultrasound-supported infiltration technique in patients with tennis elbow applying the ITEC medical device: a multicenter study.JSES international · 2024Article
- Nonoperative Management of Lateral Epicondyle Tendinopathy: An Umbrella Review.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2023Review
- Platelet-rich plasma versus corticosteroid: a randomized controlled trial on tennis elbow patients resistant to nonsurgical treatments.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Comparison of the Clinical Results of Platelet-Rich Plasma, Steroid and Autologous Blood Injections in the Treatment of Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Use of Biologics in NFL Athletes: An Expert Consensus of NFL Team Physicians.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Assessment of Spin in the Abstracts of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses on Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment in Orthopaedics: A Cross-sectional Analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Decrease the Need for Any Surgical Procedure for Chronic Epicondylitis versus Conservative Treatment-A Comparative Study with Long-Term Follow-Up.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Polymorphic Variants of theJournal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Challenges and perspectives of tendon-derived cell therapy for tendinopathy: from bench to bedside.Stem cell research & therapy · 2022Review
- Article
- Standardized Tendon Fenestration with Injection of Autologous Blood for Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2022Article
- Clinical efficacy of local injection therapies for lateral epicondylitis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Fu's Subcutaneous Needling on Myofascial Trigger Points for Lateral Epicondylalgia: A Randomized Control Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Platelet-Rich Plasma versus Corticosteroid Injection for the Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- The use of biologics in professional and Olympic sport: a scoping review protocol.Bone & joint open · 2020Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), autologous blood (AB), and corticosteroid injections in patients with lateral epicondylitis. TYPE OF STUDY: Network meta-analysis. LITERATURE SURVEY: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared any two forms of injections among PRP, AB, and corticosteroid for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis were searched from inception to 30 November 2018, on PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library. METHODOLOGY: Two researchers independently selected and assessed the quality of RCTs with the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool. All relevant data from the included studies were extracted and heterogeneity was checked by Cochran's Q test and inconsistency statistic (I SYNTHESIS: Twenty RCTs (n = 1271) were included in this network meta-analysis. According to ranking probabilities, corticosteroid ranked first for visual analog score (VAS) (surface under the cumulative ranking [SUCRA] = 90.7), modified Nirschl score (82.9), maximum grip strength (69.5), modified Mayo score (MMS) (77.9), and Patient-Related Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) score (93.3) for the short-term period. For the long-term period, PRP ranked first for VAS (94.3), pressure pain threshold (99.8), Disabilities of Arm Shoulder and Hand (DASH) score (75.2), MMS (88.2), and the PRTEE score (81.8).
conclusionPRP was associated with more improvement in pain intensity and function in the long term than were the comparators. However, in the short term, corticosteroids were associated with the most improvement.
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