Abstract:[Objective] To evaluate the efficacy and safety of platelet -rich plasma (PRP) versus corticosteroid (CS) therapy for tendinop-athy by using meta-analysis. [Methods] Randomized controlled trials (RCT) on PRP versus CS in Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Embase andWeb of Science were searched. Use Jadad to evaluate the quality of the literature, the data extracted from the literature was subjected to me-ta-analysis by using Revman 5.3 software. [Results] A total of 15 studies were included into this analysis, involving 957 patients. As resultsof meta-analysis, the CS group proved significantly superior to the PRP group in term of VAS score one month after treatment [MD=0.85,95%CI 0.12~1.58, P=0.02], while which became not significantly different between the two groups 3 months after treatment (P>0.05). How-ever, the PRP group was significantly better than CS group 6 months after treatment in term of VAS score [MD=-1.95, 95%CI 3.14~0.77, P<0.001]. At 1 and 3 months after treatment, there was no statistical significance in AOFAS score between the two groups (P>0.05). At 6months after treatment, AOFAS score in PRP group was significantly better than that in CS group [MD=5.25, 95%CI 2.45~8.06, P=0.0002].At 1 and 3 months after treatment, there was no significant difference in DASH scores between the two groups (P>0.05). [Conclusion] Forpatients with tendinopathy, CS is better than PRP in short-term therapeutic effect, which become not significantly different in the mediumtermtherapeutic effect, and while the PRP is better than CS in term of long-term therapeutic effect.