Cartilage Repair in Football (Soccer) Athletes: What Evidence Leads to Which Treatment? A Critical Review of the Literature

Cartilage

Volumn 3, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Bekkers, J E J ^a   de Windt, Th S ^a   Brittberg, M ^b   Saris, D B F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

articular cartilage tissue; athlete; patient profiling; treatment selection

Indexed keywords

CHONDROCYTE IMPLANT;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MICROFRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION; SOCCER; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CAREER; FOOTBALL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION; SOCCER PLAYER;

EID: 84875798394     PISSN: 19476035     EISSN: 19476043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947603511416973     Document Type: Article

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