Open AccessEarly Clinical and Functional Outcome of Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy of the Shoulder Treated with Platelet Rich Plasma Injection
Author(s) -
A. R. Pritem,
Vineet Thomas Abraham,
R Krishnagopal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
malaysian orthopaedic journal/malaysian orthopaedic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2232-111X
pISSN - 1985-2533
DOI - 10.5704/moj.2107.009
Subject(s) - medicine , rotator cuff , tendinopathy , platelet rich plasma , tendinitis , rotator cuff injury , shoulder impingement syndrome , surgery , cuff , physical therapy , tendon , platelet
Rotator cuff tendinitis has been treated using various methods including physiotherapy, steroid injections and recently platelet rich plasma (PRP). Most of these methods aim at giving symptomatic relief rather than addressing the pathology. There is no clear consensus over the benefit of using PRP for tendinitis. We decided to do a prospective clinical study to demonstrate the efficacy of PRP and study the functional outcome in the treatment of rotator cuff tendinopathy.