Pain Management

New Data from M. Sanchez et al Illuminate Research in Pain Management

Published in Blood Weekly, February 9th, 2012

2012 FEB 9 -- In this recent report published in the journal RHEUMATOLOGY, researchers in Vitoria, Spain conducted a study "To assess the safety and symptomatic changes of IA injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in patients with OA of the hip. Forty patients affected by monolateral severe hip OA were included in the study."

"Each joint received three IA injections of PRP, which were administered once a week. The primary end point was meaningful pain relief, which was described as a reduction in pain intensity of at least 30% from baseline levels as evaluated by the WOMAC subscale at 6-months post-treatment. The visual analogue scale (VAS) and...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-02-09)

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