Connectivity with Iain Duncan
Diagnosis Canberra

About Dr Duncan

Iain is a founder of Garran Medical Imaging which is a Canberra diagnostic imaging practice designed to deliver  the best possible service and provide diagnosis using advanced imaging technology. Together with Dr Jatinder Shekhawat and a caring, enthusiastic team they deliver cutting edge diagnostic imaging. Some of the imaging technology is in the development phase. Garran Medical Imaging opened for business in July 2015 and seeks to set new quality benchmarks.

Iain also works as a Diagnostic Imaging Physician in Bega. He is passionate about finding new and better ways to improve diagnosis and management for rural areas. People are always  the focus so that every step of the patient journey has become a part of Iain’s paradigm for improving patient care.

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PRP tendon research updates

PRP Therapy Ongoing Updates

Latest updates first Update Late 2021 The PRP literature expands constantly, which is good because we all need more precise data. An important paper published in Arthroscopy July 2021 did a network meta analysis.  Zhao et al. from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine included 43 randomized controlled trials in patients with knee osteoarthritis (level II evidence […]

PRP for osteaoarthritis

Updates on PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections for osteoarthritis

Order of updates is newest to oldest Iain Duncan Update July 2020 Based on a number of studies and our own experience there are benefits from doing repeated or cycling PRP injections for osteoarthritis of the knee. One such study showed PRP injections led to a significant reduction in pain and improvement in function after […]

References

References for PRP therapy

Meta-analysis of PRP Studies List of references to 2021 For more references see also https://www.prpinjection.com.au/prp-research.html For references re combination injection therapy see here For references re rotator cuff and shoulder PRP see here

Muscle Injury Classification

This is the muscle injury classification that I generally refer to with expected return to sporting activity:     GRADE DESCRIPTION RETURN TO SPORT 0 Oedema/fluid around tendon/epimysium <2 weeks 1 Myofibril disruption without epimysial or myofascial changes 1-4 weeks 2 plus epimysial/myofascial interuption or delamination 3-6 weeks 3 intramusculat tendon or epimysial failure/tear 6+ […]

INJECTION SHOULDER

PRP and Visco-supplementation for rotator-cuff tears

I am seeing a growing interest and noting more research in both PRP (platelet rich plasma) and hyaluronate/viscosupplementation therapies for the treatment of both arthritis and tendon pathologies. In many of the earlier studies  there was no control patients, but this has been improved in several recent studies. In particular I draw your attention to […]

Dr Iain Duncan

Recent News and Updates

Dr Iain Duncan March 2024 The Maldives was a great place to spend a week at Christmas, but that was so long ago… Another year launched and already Summer has nearly finished and the deep delve into fiction and non-medical books is giving way to brushing up on latest findings. Meta-analyses are popular forms of […]