Healio

Autologous platelet injection improved function in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis more than gold standard, corticosteroids

As a treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis in patients, a single injection of concentrated autologous platelets improved pain and function more than a corticosteroid injection, according to ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Saline as Effective as PRP Injections in Epicondylitis Pain

At the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014), new research showed that ultrasound-guided injections of growth factors-containing platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are no more ...
Healio

Steroid injections and placebo produced same effect on lateral epicondylitis pain

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — Investigators who conducted a randomized placebo-controlled trial using corticosteroid injections to ...
BMJ

O-2 Evaluation of local injection of platelet rich plasma and corticosteroids in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a retrospective study

Introduction Lateral epicondylitis is one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain involving common extensor origin of the forearm. Although the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is clear, ...
BMJ

Medial epicondylitis: is ultrasound guided autologous blood injection an effective treatment?

1 Department of Radiology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP, UK 2 Department of Rheumatology, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston-Upon-Thames ...