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Regenerative medicine and biomaterials for the repair of connective tissues
xvii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
The structure and regenerative capacity of synovial joint tissues -- The myofibroblast in connective tissue repair and regeneration -- The structure of articular cartilage -- Measuring the biomechanical properties of cartilage cells -- Understanding tissue response to cartilage injury -- Understanding osteoarthritis and other cartilage diseases -- Using animal models of cartilage repair to screen new clinical techniques -- Cartilage tissue repair : autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty -- Cartilage tissue repair : autologous chondrocyte implantation -- Cell sheet technologies for cartilage repair -- Cell therapies for articular cartilage repair : chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells -- Scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering -- Outcome measures of articular cartilage repair -- The structure of tendons and ligaments -- Tendon biomechanics -- Tendon injury and repair mechanisms -- Tissue engineering for ligament and tendon repair -- Cell-based therapies for the repair and regeneration of tendons and ligaments -- Scaffolds for tendon and ligament tissue engineering
edited by Charles Archer and Jim Ralphs.
Includes bibliographical references and index.