Efficacy of PRP in tendinopathies

Tendinopathy is a major problem in medicine. It is caused, among other things, by mechanical overload. It remains a challenge for the medical world as its frequent resistance to conventional treatments never promises the patient a favorable response following therapeutic management. The development of PRP is a new hope when therapeutic treatments such as NSAIDs, corticosteroid injections, eccentric rehabilitation, shock waves, etc. have shown their limits. PRP is obtained by centrifuging autologous blood to obtain a higher concentration of platelets than in blood. Platelets contain growth factors and cytokines that can have an anti-inflammatory and/or healing effect.