Effect of High-Volume Injection, Platelet-Rich Plasma, and Sham Treatment in Chronic Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomized Double-Blinded Prospective Study

Boesen, Anders; Hansen, Rudi; Ilum Boesen, Morten; Malliaras, Peter; Langberg, Henning

doi:10.1177/0363546517702862

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Effect of High-Volume Injection, Platelet-Rich Plasma, and Sham Treatment in Chronic Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy: A Randomized Double-Blinded Prospective Study

Published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine • May 22, 2017

Authors:

Anders Boesen

Rudi Hansen

Morten Ilum Boesen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Injection therapies are often considered alongside exercise for chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy (AT), although evidence of their efficacy is sparse. PURPOSE: To determine whether eccentric training in combination with high-volume injection (HVI) or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) inj...

Subject

Tendinopathy

Medicine

Platelet-rich plasma

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