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Luke Widstrom1, Andrew Slattengren1
1University of Minnesota-North Memorial Family Medicine Residency, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
The Journal of Family Practice
|September 28, 2016
Abstract:
Both approaches reduce pain, but the improvement with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is not clinically meaningful. Autologous blood injections (ABIs) are more effective than corticosteroid injections for reducing pain and disability in patients with tennis elbow in both the short and long term.
