Emerging Options for Treatment of Articular Cartilage Injury in the Athlete

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-40

  Mithoefer, Kai ^a   McAdams, Timothy R ^b   Scopp, Jason M ^c   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^d Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Novel; Reconstruction; Repair; Return to sport; Sports athlete

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; AGGRECAN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 9; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE PLATE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE INJURY; CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROGENESIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMUR CONDYLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE INJURY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENISCAL SURGERY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFRACTURE; NEOCARTILAGE IMPLANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT TRANSFER; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 57049084062     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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