To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

Possible benefit of PRP injections in patients with grade II hamstring tear

Download
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Author Verified
Ace Report Cover
November 2014

Possible benefit of PRP injections in patients with grade II hamstring tear

Vol: 3| Issue: 11| Number:83| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:2

Platelet-rich plasma injections for the treatment of hamstring injuries: a randomized controlled trial

Am J Sports Med. 2014 Oct;42(10):2410-8.

Contributing Authors:
A Hamid MS MR Mohamed Ali A Yusof J George LP Lee

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

28 patients with a grade II hamstring injury were allocated to undergo daily home-based rehabilitation exercises, and randomized to either receive or not receive an injection of platelet-rich plasma upon presentation to the sports medicine clinic. Participants were followed-up for time to return to play, as well as improvement of pain. Mean time to return to play was 27 days in the PRP group and 4...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue