Richard B. Aguilar
Chief Clinical Officer, Cano Health Inc
Title: The Addition Of A Single Dose of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) After Sarapin Therapy For Treatment Of Chronic Knee Pain In Elderly Patients In A Primary Care Setting
Biography
Biography: Richard B. Aguilar
Abstract
The efficacy of PRP in Chronic Knee Pain (CKP) has not been confirmed and usually requires up to 3 injections (1,2). Recently, significant improvement in CKP was reported in a cohort of 95 elderly patients following the administration of 3 weekly intraarticular injections of low cost aqueous Sarapin (3). This study sought to explore the effect of adding a single intraarticular injection of PRP to this cohort after completing the initial series of 3 Sarapin injections. A pain and functional limitation survey (a modified Lower Extremity Functional Scale (mLEFS)) was administered prior to initiating treatment (Entry Survey (ES)), one week After 3 Sarapin injections (AS) and then 30 (PRP30), 60 (PRP60), and 90 (PRP90) days after the single PRP injection. Higher scores denote a worse condition.