Tissue-engineering strategies for the tendon/ligament-to-bone insertion

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Smith, Lester ^a   Xia, Younan ^b   Galatz, Leesa M ^a   Genin, Guy M ^b   Thomopoulos, Stavros ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering of graded tissues; Enthesis; Fibrocartilage; Mechanical conditioning of engineered tissues; Mineralized fibrocartilage; Tendon to bone insertion site

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEALING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; STEM CELL; TENDON INJURY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84863403970     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2011.650804     Document Type: Review

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