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of PRP in competitive athletes amid some concerns that it boosted performance-enhancing growth factors. However, that ban was lifted the following year, after it was concluded that there was a "lack of any current evidence concerning the use of these methods for purposes of performance enhancement".
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There is some debate about the effectiveness of the procedure on improving healing times, with some doctors suggesting the evidence is inconclusive or contentious.
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ruled that blood-spinning could be used to introduce banned substances, and in 2010 the agency went as far as banning the use of
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Wasterlain AS, Braun HJ, Harris AH, Kim HJ, Dragoo JL (2013). "The systemic effects of platelet-rich plasma injection".
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Numerous professional athletes in a variety of sports have used blood-spinning to help recover from injuries, including
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When the tube of blood is removed from the centrifuge, the components have separated into three layers:
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to be isolated from other blood components. The platelets and plasma are then combined forming
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This procedure has been deemed controversial at times, especially when used by
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A diagram of a test tube showing three layers, with plasma on top, red blood cells on bottom, and a thin layer, called the buffy coat, in between
blood serum
buffy coat
medical procedure
healing
injury
blood
centrifuge
platelets
blood serum
platelet-rich plasma
growth factors
athletes
World Anti-Doping Agency
intramuscular injections
professional tennis player
Rafael Nadal
professional golfer
Tiger Woods
NFL
Hines Ward
FIFA
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
José Mourinho
"What Is Blood Spinning?"
"Rapid healing trick falls foul of anti-doping rules"
doi
10.1177/0363546512466383
PMID

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