Autologous chondrocyte implantation postoperative care and rehabilitation: Science and practice

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1020-1038

  Hambly, Karen ^a,e   Bobic, Vladimir ^b   Wondrasch, Barbara ^c   Van Assche, Dieter ^d   Marlovits, Stefan ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Grosvenor Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Medical University of Vienna ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI); Cartilage repair; Knee; Patellofemoral; Rehabilitation; Tibiofemoral

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FIBRIN GLUE;

ATHLETIC REHABILITATION; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION; CRYOTHERAPY; CYCLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ERGOMETRY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OPEN KINETIC CHAIN EXERCISE; ORTHOSIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTECTION; REST; REVIEW; ROWING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BIOMECHANICS; CHONDROCYTES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33646559513     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505281918     Document Type: Review

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