18 December 2023>: Clinical Research
Enhanced Pain Relief and Function Improvement in Children with Osgood-Schlatter Disease: Leukocyte-Rich Platelet-Rich Plasma (LR-PRP) as a Complementary Treatment to Standard Conservative Therapy
Tomasz Guszczyn 1ABDEF* , Monika Kulesza 2BCDEF , Aleksandra Kicman 3CF , Joanna Motyka 2CF , Sławomir Ławicki 2AEGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941523
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941523
Table 2 The comparison of the results of the knee pain and function scales (VAS, Lysholm, Tegner, and KOOS) before and after PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) injection.
Median | Mean±SD | Min–max | p* (before injection vs after injection) | ||
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VAS scale | Pre-injection | 7 | 6.88±1.48 | 1–10 | p |
Post-injection | 1 | 1.49±1.73 | 0–7 | ||
TEGNER scale | Pre-injection | 5 | 5.58±1.35 | 4–9 | p |
Post-injection | 6 | 6.25±1.64 | 4–10 | ||
LYSHOLM scale | Pre-injection | 84 | 84.20±4.94 | 69–98 | p |
Post-injection | 95 | 93.57±4.77 | 81–100 | ||
KOOS scale | Pre-injection | 83 | 83.17±5.93 | 60–92 | p |
Post-injection | 97 | 94.33±6.13 | 75–100 |