Platelet Rich Plasma

• Spinning Blood Isn't Just for Athletes
  
  
• Wednesday July 22, 2009: New York Times
  Cutting-edge, platelet-rich plasma therapy emerging as new option for ailing athletes
  by Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger
  
  
• Saturday July 18, 2009, 10:23 PM
  New procedure could hasten Nady’s return
  
  
• Kenyon Martin to Undergo PRP Blood Treatment on Ailing Left Knee
  
  
• Platelet-Rich Plasma Helps Tennis Elbow
  
  
• Ask the Docs | Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
  
  
• Lee's abdomen treated via injections
  
  

Research Papers

• Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Matrix Grafts
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• Treatment of Recalcitrant Enthesopathy of the Hip with Platelet Rich Plasma - A Report of Three Cases
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• Intraarticular administration of platelet-rich plasma with biodegradable gelatin hydrogel microspheres prevents osteoarthritis progression in the rabbit knee
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• Platelet-rich plasma: intra-articular knee injections produced favorable results on degenerative cartilage lesions
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• Treatment of Chronic Elbow Tendinosis with Buffered Platelet Rich Plasma.
  Allan Mishra, MD, and Terri Pavelko, PAC, PT; American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2006; 34:1774-1778.

• Growth Factors For Chronic Plantar Fasciitis?
  Stephen L. Barrett, DPM, CWS, and Susan E. Erredge, DPM, CWS. Podiatry Today. Nov. 2004;17(11):36-42.

• Autologous platelets as a source of proteins for healing and tissue regeneration.
  Anitua E, Andia I, Ardanza B, Nurden P, Nurden AT. Thromb Haemost. 2004; 91(1):4-15.

• Platelet Rich Plasma in Rotator Cuff Repair
  Gamradt, Seth C. M.D.; Rodeo, Scott A. M.D. Warren, Russell F. M.D. Techniques in Orthopaedics. 22(1):26-33, March 2007.

• Management of Lateral Epicondylitis: Current Concepts.
  Calfee R, Patel A, DaSilva M, Akelman E. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2008; 16:19-29.

• Platelet Rich Plasma and Platelet Gel: A Review.
  Everts P, Knape J, Weibrich G, et al. The Journal of The American Society of Extra-
  Corporeal technology. 2006; 38:174-187.

Stem Cells injections

• Increased Knee Cartilage Volume in Degenerative Joint Disease using Percutaneously Implanted, Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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• Porcine Stem cell study
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• Researchers report good first results using blood stem cells, HA to regenerate cartilage
  
  
• Medical Advances and Breakthroughs
  
  

Prolotherapy

• Prolotherapy: A Literature Review and Retrospective Study
  
  
• Prolotherapy Research
  
  
• Evidence-Based Regenerative Injection Therapy (Prolotherapy) in SportsMedicine
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Other

• Vitamin D Council
  
  
• Supplements - Magnesium in sport