Ability to return to sports 5 years after matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation in an average population of active patients

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2815-2821

  Zak, Lukas ^a   Aldrian, Silke ^a   Wondrasch, Barbara ^b,c   Albrecht, Christian ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Vienna Sports Medicine Center   (Austria)

^c Norwegian School for Sport Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

MACT; return to sports; sports ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORT; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPORTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870557984     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512462382     Document Type: Article

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