Efficiency of platelet-rich plasma therapy in knee osteoarthritis does not depend on level of cartilage damage.
Rene BurchardHanno HuflageChristian SoostOliver RichterBertil BouillonJan Adriaan GrawPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)
This study suggests that intraarticular injection of PRP might improve osteoarthritis symptoms and reduces the pain in patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee joint independent from the level of cartilage damages quantified by the whole-organ MRI scoring method WORMS.
Keyphrases
- knee osteoarthritis
- platelet rich plasma
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- neuropathic pain
- pain management
- stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- mesenchymal stem cells
- sleep quality
- depressive symptoms
- ultrasound guided
- cell therapy
- patient reported