Top5

Below are this month's selection of Dr Speedy's choice of the top five most topical and interesting research papers from recent sports medicine literature.

  1. Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Autologous Whole Blood for the Treatment of Chronic Lateral Elbow Epicondylitis A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

    Christos Thanasas,*y MD, George Papadimitriou,z MD, Charalambos Charalambidis,z MD, Ilias Paraskevopoulos,z MD, and Athanasios Papanikolaou,z MD, PhD

    AJSM PreView, published on August 2, 2011 as doi:10.1177/0363546511417113

  2. Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Robert J. de Vos, MD Adam Weir, MBBS Hans T. M. van Schie, DVM, PhD Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, PhD Jan A. N. Verhaar, MD, PhD Harrie Weinans, PhD Johannes L. Tol, MD, PhD

    JAMA. 2010;303(2):144-149

  3. Ongoing Positive Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Corticosteroid Injection in Lateral Epicondylitis

    Taco Gosens, MD, PhD, Joost C. Peerbooms, MD, Wilbert van Laar,z and Brenda L. den Oudsten,y PhD

    The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2011; Vol. 39, No. 6: 1200-6

  4. Ultrasound and Doppler-guided mini-surgery to treat midportion Achilles tendinosis: results of a large material and a randomised study comparing two scraping techniques

    Alfredson, Hakan

    Br J Sports Med 2011;45:407–410. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.081216

  5. One-Year Follow-up of Platelet-Rich Plasma Treatment in Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Suzan de Jonge,*yz MD, Robert J. de Vos,z MD, PhD, Adam Weir,z MD, Hans T. M. van Schie,y§ DVM, PhD, Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra,y|| PhD, Jan A. N. Verhaar,y MD, PhD, Harrie Weinans,y{ PhD, and Johannes L. Tol,z MD, PhD

    Am J Sports Med 2011 39: 1623 originally published online May 21, 2011