Orthopedic & Muscular System: Current Research
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Department of Sports Medicine, RWJ Barnabas Health, New Jersey, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Long Duration Ultrasound Combined with Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection for Return to Sport after Soft Tissue Injury: A Single Center Study
  Author(s): Jason Krystofiak, Jan Bruins, Ethan Bates and Josh Kummer*
  
  Objective: The use of Long-Duration Ultrasound (LDU) and Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) treatments to facilitate injury healing and pain relief are typically utilized independently in sports medicine. Our study aimed to investigate the combined regenerative effect of daily LDU with high-concentration single-injection PRP for treating sport-related musculoskeletal injuries. Methods: In total, thirty-five competitive athletes (n=35) with grade II sprains and strains and tendinopathies injured during sport and unable to continue to play were sequentially administered PRP (n=20, 20.4 yoa, 18 male, 2 female) or PRP+LDU (n=15, 20.27 yoa, 14 male, 1 female). In the PRP treatment group, each subject was treated with a single injection of PRP consisting of 1.28 billion platelets/mL under ultrasound-image guidance to the injury site. The P.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0533.23.12.366

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