Open AccessIs Platelet-rich Plasma Injection Effective for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy? A Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yijun Zhang,
Sanzhong Xu,
Pengcheng Gu,
Jingyu Du,
Youzhi Cai,
Chi Zhang,
Xiang Lin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000258
Subject(s) - tendinopathy , medicine , eccentric training , achilles tendon , meta analysis , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , placebo , cochrane library , platelet rich plasma , sports medicine , clinical endpoint , medline , tendon , physical medicine and rehabilitation , eccentric , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , platelet , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Chronic Achilles tendinopathy is common in the general population, and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is seeing increased use to treat this problem. However, studies disagree as to whether PRP confers a beneficial effect for chronic Achilles tendinopathy, and no one to our knowledge has pooled the available randomized trials in a formal meta-analysis to try to reconcile those differences.