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ReviewSports health

Foot and Ankle Injections in Athletes.

Jonathan K Ochoa, Christopher E Gross, Robert B Anderson, Andrew R Hsu

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Review in Sports health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan K OchoaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-Irvine, Orange, California.
Christopher E GrossDepartment of Orthopaedics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
Robert B AndersonBellin Health Titletown Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Andrew R HsuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-Irvine, Orange, California.
University of California, Irvine · USBellin College · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextInjections are commonly used by health care practitioners to treat foot and ankle injuries in athletes despite ongoing questions regarding efficacy and safety. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: An extensive literature review was performed through MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and EBSCOhost from database inception to 2021. Keywords searched were STUDY

designClinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 4.

resultsCorticosteroids, platelet-rich plasma/autologous blood, anesthetic, and placental tissue injections are commonly used in the treatment of foot and ankle injuries. Primary indications for injections in athletes include plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinosis, isolated syndesmotic injury, and ankle impingement with varying clinical results.

conclusionsDespite promising results from limited case series and comparative studies, the data for safety and efficacy of injections for foot and ankle injuries in athletes remain inconclusive.

Indexed as

Ankle InjuriesPlatelet-Rich PlasmaAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnkleAthletesFemaleHumansPlacentaPregnancyAdrenal Cortex HormonesAchilles tendinitiscorticosteroidplacental tissueplantar fasciitisplatelet-rich plasmasyndesmosis

Identifiers

PMID33759634
PMCPMC9112711
OpenAlexW3138453817

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