Open AccessPlatelet rich plasma versus laser therapy in lateral epicondylitis of elbow
Author(s) -
Gyaneshwar Tonk,
Anish Kumar,
Amit Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.136260
Subject(s) - epicondylitis , medicine , platelet rich plasma , elbow , tennis elbow , surgery , platelet
Platelet rich plasma (PRP) extract has shown to be a general stimulation for repair and currently used widely in various sports injury. A prospective observational study was done to assess the efficacy of autologous PRP injection in lateral epicondylitis of elbow, and compare the result with low level laser therapy.