Prolotherapy improved the pain and function in five knees with osteoarthritis. All five degenerated knees showed evidence of articular cartilage regeneration in their standard weight-bearing X-rays after Prolotherapy...
PROLOTHERAPY RESEARCH Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Hooper RA, Ding M. Retrospective case series on patients with chronic spinal pain treated with dextrose prolotherapy. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Aug;10(4):670-4. Advanced Spinal Care Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical benefits of dextrose prolotherapy in...
PROLOTHERAPY RESEARCH Pain physician Wilkinson HA. Injection therapy for enthesopathies causing axial spine pain and the "failed back syndrome": a single blinded, randomized and cross-over study. Pain Physician. 2005 Apr;8(2):167-73. BACKGROUND: Enthesopathies are a common cause of axial pain that is amenable to "minimally invasive" therapy. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate...
PROLOTHERAPY RESEARCH Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine Reeves KD, Hassanein KM. Long-term effects of dextrose prolotherapy for anterior cruciate ligament laxity. Altern Ther Health Med. 2003 May-Jun;9(3):58-62. CONTEXT: Use of dextrose prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is defined as injection that causes growth of normal cells or tissue. OBJECTIVE: Determine...
When trying a new therapy, doctors would ask patients if they felt better. This was before double-blinded studies began. If patients showed improvement it was accepted and presumed that the therapy was effective. With a new therapy, of course it was taught...