Prolotherapy Research

Definition = Injection intended to stimulate healing of soft tissue. 

Research on Dextrose, Platelet Rich Plasma, Stem Cells, and other Proliferants 

Alternate Term:  Regenerative Injection Therapy (RIT) 

Site Administrator: K. Dean Reeves, M.D., AAPM&R, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas.   DeanReevesMD@gmail.com

 

Our latest chapter is not a chapter on technique but provides a general summary of  the present and future forms of regenerative injection therapy.  Readers will also find interesting a section on ultrasound followup of changes with   The reference is. 

Reeves KD Topol GA Fullerton BD Evidence-based regenerative injection therapy (prolotherapy) in sports medicine. In Seidenberg PH, Beutler PI. (Eds). The Sports Medicine Resource Manual. Saunders (Elsevier); 2008: 611-619.

To view the chapter in PDF form, click here. Sports Medicine Resource Manual 2008 Chapter 50.pdf

 

 

 

 

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