Regenerative medicine and biomaterials for the repair of connective tissues /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Archer, Charles W., Ralphs, Jim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Oxford : CRC Press ; Woodhead Publishing, 2010.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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