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...
Achilles Tendon Tear The patient is a 71-year-old male physician who ruptured his Achilles tendon. While playing badminton, he heard a pop and shortly afterwards was evaluated by an orthopaedist and received x-rays and an MRI. The MRI demonstrated a severe right Achilles tendon rupture involving...
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