Rehabilitation and return-to-sports activity after debridement and bone marrow stimulation of osteochondral talar defects

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 857-870

  Van Eekeren, Inge C M ^a   Reilingh, Mikel L ^a   Van Dijk, C Niek ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bone; bone disorders; growth factors; movement; sports; sports medicine; wound healing

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANKLE INJURY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW; CHONDROPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPORT; TALUS; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE DISEASES; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE DISEASES; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPHOSPHONATES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPORTS; TALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866093616     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11635420-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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