Title
Management of tendinopathies among south Indians using collagen II peptide, glucosamine and vitamin C
Authors
Madarapu Balaji1, Kadiri Venkata Ranganath2, G. Pugazhendhi3, Vinyas Mayasa4, K. Barathiraja5, R. Manimaran6 & Manoj Prathap Chandran7,*
Affiliation
1Department of Orthopaedics, Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitkul, Isnapur, Patancheruvu 502307, Telangana, India; 2Department of Orthopaedics, Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitkul, Isnapur, Patancheruvu 502307, Telangana, India; 3Department of Orthopaedics, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai 600044, India; 4Department of Pharmacology, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy, Telangana, India; 5Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai - 600100, India; 6Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai - 600044, India; 7Department of Orthodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai, Chennai - 600100, India; *Corresponding author; Communicated by U. Vidhya Rekha from Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital
Madarapu Balaji - E-mail:
balaji.madarapu@gmail.com
Kadiri Venkata Ranganath - E-mail:
drkvranganath@gmail.com
Pugazhendhi G - E-mail: pugazhendhi.g@bharathuniv.ac.in
Vinyas Mayasa - E-mail: vinyasmayasa7@gmail.com
K Barathiraja- E-mail: bharathiraja.k@bharathuniv.ac.in
R Manimaran - E-mail: manimaran.r@bharathuniv.ac.in
Manoj Prathap Chandran - E-mail: prathapmanoj12@gmail.com
U Vidhya Rekha - E-mail: drvidhyarekha@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received May 2, 2022; Revised June 30, 2022; Accepted June 30, 2022, Published June 30, 2022
Abstract
Tendinopathy is a multi-factorial, broad spectrum of tendon disorder, characterized by activity-related chronic tendon pain and local tenderness. The point of this study was to assess the adequacy of a nutritional supplement containing Glucosamine, type II collagen and vitamin C on the clinical and auxiliary advancement of tendinopathies. The prospective study was Hospital based randomized control trail comparing the efficacy of collage 2 peptide, glucosamine and vitamin c with placebo in various tendinopathies. All diagnosed patients willing for the treatment attending Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences during period of 2017-2019 were selected with regular follow up of 2nd week, 2nd month & 6 month. The statistics and visualizations of various observations made in the entire study which include a total of 80 patients with various tendinopathies. 60 of them were given collagen 2, glucosamine and vitamin c (cases) and 20 were given placebo (controls). At the end of 6 months almost 90% patients relieved completely of pain. The duration of maximum benefit to reach is almost around 24weeks. These are seen more commonly to affect non-athletes rather than athletes.
Keywords
Tendinopathy, Tendinitis, collagen II peptide
Citation
Balaji et al. Bioinformation 18(6): 558-561 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
