Approximately Three Years of Prolotherapy Experience of a Traditional and Complementary Medicine Center: An Epidemiologic Study

dc.contributor.authorSolmaz, İlker
dc.contributor.authorÖrsçelik, Aydan
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-28T20:24:15Z
dc.date.available2024-12-28T20:24:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractObjective: Prolotherapy is a regenerative injection-based treatment which is increasingly using in musculoskeletal disorders. There are studies about the usage of prolotherapy in diseases but there is not an epidemiological study in the literature. The aim of this study is to resolve the lack of epidemiological studies about prolotherapy.Materials-Methods: Ten-thousand-three-hundred-nineteen patients who were applied to our outpatient clinic between January 1, 2017 and 2021 were included in the study.Results: The number of patients’ injured area was 10319 with the mean age of 54.2±13.8. 2886 male (28.0%) and 7433 females (72.0%) were evaluated, and 844 of these patients (8.2%) did not receive the treatment. The reasons for admission / treatment of the patients were 35.3% (3647) low back and hip pain, 33.9% (3503) osteoarthritis of the knee, 13.3% (1369) neck pain. The number of sessions was 3.90±2.0 for completed treatments. Treatment results of the patients showed a significant difference according to gender (p
dc.identifier.dergiparkDergiPark: 1040648
dc.identifier.doi10.53811/ijtcmr.1040648
dc.identifier.endpage70
dc.identifier.issn2717-7491
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage64
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.53811/ijtcmr.1040648
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2147879
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijtcmr/issue/71903/1040648
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/17160
dc.identifier.volume3
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDüzce Üniversitesi
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241228
dc.subjectProlotherapy
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal Disorders
dc.subjectPain
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectTraditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
dc.titleApproximately Three Years of Prolotherapy Experience of a Traditional and Complementary Medicine Center: An Epidemiologic Study
dc.typeArticle

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