Platelet-rich-plasma Treating Tennis Elbow

Zimmer Biomet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Biological: Corticosteroid Injection; Biological: PRP Injection

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00757289

BMET NL 03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is to compare the efficacy of autologous platelet concentrate injections to corticosteroid injection in patients suffering from tennis elbow with respect to pain and function.

Full description

Patients with chronic plantar fasciitis will be allocated randomly to have a steroid injection or an autologous platelet concentrate injections. Data will be collected before the procedure, 4, 8, 12, 26 weeks and 1 year after the procedure. The main outcome measures of this study are pain and function measured with questionnaires.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient with chronic epicondylitis lateralis who do not react to conservative treatment and therefore are send to the orthopedic surgeon

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

PRP injection

Treatment:

Biological: PRP Injection

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Corticosteroid Injection

Treatment:

Biological: Corticosteroid Injection