Anabolic Therapies & Injections

The broad field of anabolic injections focuses on stimulating injured tissues to heal—accelerating healing, shutting down inflammation, limiting scar formation, and recruiting the body’s self-repair cells. At the Stone Research Foundation, we no longer focus on injecting cells directly. Since the body has billions of stem cells and their derivatives, and since directly injected cells die quickly, it makes more sense to stimulate and recruit the body’s own vast reserves of healing agents.

CURRENT STUDIES

Testosterone Injection and Prevention of Muscle Atrophy Post-Surgery Study

The loss of muscle mass post-surgery restricts recovery efforts and leads to a delay in a patient’s ability to return to activities. Although the use of testosterone in aging and chronic muscle loss has been investigated, our study hopes to provide evidence that short-term use of testosterone may be effective in preventing muscle atrophy in men following knee surgery.

Injections of Growth Factors to Improve Osteoarthritis Study

Injection of growth factors into an osteoarthritic joint can activate and recruit local support cells to the diseased area and result in a positive, anabolic, and prolonged effect. The primary purpose of this study is to examine whether certain growth factors can reduce inflammation and pain in joints and accelerate healing following osteoarthritis onset, injury, or surgery.

Injections Outcomes Study

We aim to report clinical outcomes of anabolic injections to joints and tissues as measured by duration of procedure-induced benefit and subjective outcome scores.