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Filter by:The aim of this comparative study is to determine whether or not LOSARTAN with its anti-fibrotic action has an added effect when administrated with platelet rich plasma injection on skeletal muscle healing and on decreasing the fibrous scar after muscle injuries in comparison with the sole administration of platelet rich plasma.
To evaluate the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP; double-spin) in treatment of single-level lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) in comparison to triamcinolone. RCT was conducted with 30 patients included.
In this study, OCTA is used to study the vascular changes following PRP in patients with PDR; regarding vessels density at 1 month and 6 months follow up period and measure superficial, deep, and outer retina for fovea, para-fovea and whole image.
Rotator cuff tendinopathy is the common cause of shoulder pain in the working-age group and the elderly (1). The condition reported takes an average of 10 months or longer to recover. Treatment ranges from non-surgical therapy through exercise, physiotherapy, injections to surgery (2). Injection of steroid was used in many cases to reduce pain. However, steroid only provided short term pain relief and did not resolve the main pathology. Emerging of biologics agents such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and prolotherapy are alternative to the treatment (3). PRP is a concentrated platelet which contains a high concentration of protein that helps in the healing process (4). Prolotherapy with the commonly used substance dextrose works by attracting inflammatory substrate and stimulate own body healing process (5). This study takes place at the University of Malaya Medical Centre. Participants diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinopathy are randomly divided into two groups- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) group and Prolotherapy group. All participants are screened by the researcher for the eligibility to join the study. Subsequently, the participants undergo baseline assessment on the clinical, functional, biomechanics and ultrasound. Blood is taken in all patient, to make the patient blind to the intervention they received. In the PRP group- the participants received 2ml of PRP, and in prolotherapy group, the participants received 2ml of 16.5% dextrose solution. A single injection is done by an experienced Sports Physician using ultrasound-guided into the injured area. The assessor at baseline, and follow up are blinded to the intervention. The participants need to come for follow up at 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after injection. Systematic reviews showed the benefit of biologics agent to treat tendon injuries, especially for lateral epicondylitis and patellar tendinitis (6). Many studies for soft tissue injury were on PRP compared to prolotherapy. This study hypothesized that both treatments result in significant improvement in pain and function after the intervention. PRP might provide more significant improvement compared to prolotherapy.
Autologous PRP currently has many uses in surgical and medical therapy. Compared with other regenerative therapies, PRP is easy-to-prepare, low-cost, and does not require complex equipment. The use of autologous PRP avoids immunological side effects. Data is lacking on the use of PRP in the treatment of anal fissure. This study evaluated PRP as an alternative medical treatment for chronic anal fissures.
The Platelet-Rich Plasma intramuscular injections into the masseter and temporalis muscle were performed to reduce painful temporomandibular disorder symptoms,such as myalgia, myofascial pain and myofascial pain with referrals. Patients(n=120) were randomly divided into two groups: experimental(n=60) and control group(n=60). In controls injections with 0,9% NaCl were performed. Pain intensity was measured with NPRS (numeriic pain rating scale, 0= no pain, 11= the worst pain that one can imagine) before(0 day), during(10 day) and after(20 day) the therapy with PRP injections.