The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) was asked to assess the evidence for the use of platelet-rich plasma injections for the treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy. This treatment ...

To justify suboptimal techniques with the qualifying statement ‘…the Achilles tendon is superficial, and the symptomatic area can be easily identified’ is disingenuous. PRP injections require ...

To our knowledge, only one prospective study provides data to suggest that imaging of patients with overuse Achilles tendon disorders may improve ... Thus, in tendons with midsubstance tendinopathy, ...