Material and Methods: Patients with shoulder pain for more than three months not responding to NSAIDs or physiotherapy with a diagnosis of rotator cuff tendinitis, confirmed by MRI, were included in the study. Patients with rotator cuff tear or any other shoulder pathology were excluded. We included a total of 30 patients who received 5ml of landmark guided PRP injection in the subacromial space followed by a six-week exercise program. Patients were followed-up at 3, 6 and 12 weeks. and were assessed clinically using the VAS, SPADI and Constant and Murley Score.
Results: VAS score of patients improved from a pre injection score of 7.4 to a score of 1.9 in the 12th week. The mean SPADI score and Constant score improved from a pre injection score of 73.33 and 39.57 to a post injection score of 18.1 and 86.47, respectively.
Conclusion: Platelet Rich Plasma injections showed good to excellent early results, in patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy with improvement in VAS, SPADI and Constant scores.