Elbow research

Elbow – Epicondylitis
Both PRP and CS injections are effective treatments for patients with LE. CS provides better short-term (<2 months) functional improvement and may be more advantageous in terms of short-term pain relief, while PRP provides better long-term (≥6 months) functional improvement and better performance regarding long-term pain relief.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03635465231213087

Corticosteroid injections alleviated symptoms of LET (tennis elbow) over short-term follow-up providing quicker symptomatic relief; however, the effect faded off over the long term. PRP injections provided a more gradual but sustained improvement over the long-term follow-up, indicating the biological healing potential of PRP.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37274509/

Both large and small concentrations of platelets depict significant reduction in pain, however, between subgroups there was no significance. It can thus be concluded that concentration of platelets in PRP does not impact overall pain relief.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38874535/

Prolotherapy injections and physiotherapy used singly and in combination for lateral epicondylalgia: a single-blinded randomised clinical trial  BMC Musculoskelet Disord : There were no significant differences amongst the Physiotherapy, Prolotherapy and Combined groups in PRTEE and global impression of change measures over the course of the 12-month trial.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31679521/