Dr Iain Duncan December 2024 After a significant break I am starting a new specialised ultrasound and clinical practice in Canberra named ULTRASOUNDCBR which we launched this month. This is an independent practice with specialised skill and experience in ultrasound dedicated to patient centred care. All the sonographers have decades long experience. We have every […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
Background Definition: Lateral epicondylitis is a common, painful condition characterized by pain at the lateral side of the elbow, that increases during gripping or squeezing. Though sometimes referred to as “tennis elbow” it occurs mostly in middle aged adults regardless of sporting activity. Light microscopy reveals both an excess of fibroblasts and blood vessels that […]
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Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Haris S Vasiliadis and Dimitris Mavridis. Abstract Objective To compare the efficacy of different injection therapies for plantar fasciopathy (historically known as ‘plantar fasciitis’). Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources Electronic databases (MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Web of Science and Scopus) were searched up to 11 July 2015 for completed studies. Eligibility criteria for selecting […]
