Comparison of Steroid, PRP,and PRP Plus Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Rotator Cuff Lesions.
Comparison of Steroid, Platelet-rich Plasma and Platelet-rich Plasma Plus Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Rotator Cuff Lesions
Tien-Ching Lee
80 participants
Feb 17, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Rotator cuff tear is a common cause of shoulder pain. Steroids, hyaluronic acid (HA), and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are becoming popular for the treatment of chronic rotator cuff partial tear. The investigators plan to evaluate the effect of the new product of PRP combined with HA on the rotator cuff and prove its benefit of pain control and function recovery.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- A. Shoulder pain for at least 1 months
- B.partial-thickness tear diagnosed by MRI or Echo
- C.age between 20 and 85 years old
Exclusion Criteria11
- A. inflammatory disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, etc.
- B. pregnancy
- C. known malignancy
- D. hematologic disease (or hemoglobin <10 g/dl, platelet <150.000 ul)
- E. history of shoulder infection
- F. history of shoulder surgery
- G. prior steroid injection for 3 times or more
- H. full-thickness tear
- I. other shoulder problems, such as osteoarthritis, fracture malunion, etc.
- J. subjects who cannot comply with the protocol of study
- K. The shoulder pain area has been treated with PRP for less than 3 months
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Interventions
improve tissue repair
Locations(1)
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NCT06237647