Articular Cartilage of the Knee

Part I: Normal Articular Cartilage.- Structure and Function of Articular Cartilage.- Growth and Development of Articular Cartilage.- Part II: Aging, Degeneration and Physiologic Articular Cartilage Healing.- Articular Cartilage: Homeostasis, Aging and Degeneration.- Articular Cartilage Degradation: Biochemical Markers and Dynamic Loading.- Part III: Knee Articular Cartilage Injury: Evaluation and Assessment.- Acute and Chronic Traumatic Cartilage Injuries of the Knee.- Diagnostic Imaging of Knee Cartilage Injury: Evaluation and Assessment.- Assessment of Knee Cartilage Injury: Arthroscopic Evaluation and Classification.- Part IV: Repair of Knee Articular Cartilage Injury: Non-Operative Approach.- Physical and Rehabilitative Therapy for Knee Cartilage Injury and Disease.- Pharmacologic Agents for Knee Articular Cartilage Injury and Disease.- Part V: Repair of Knee Articular Cartilage: Surgical Approach.- Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: Pathophysiology and Treatment.- Surgical Approach to Articular Cartilage Repair.- Clinical Outcome Assessment of Repaired Articular Cartilage.- Part VI: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Articular Cartilage Repair.- Pre- and Post-Operative Imaging of Knee Articular Cartilage.- MRI of the Ultrastructural Composition of Articular Cartilage in Disease and Repair.- Histopathological Evaluation of Articular Cartilage Disease and Repair.- Part VII: Research in Cartilage Repair and Cartilage Engineering Strategies.- Human Derived Cells in Chondral or Osteochondral Repair.- Relevance of Engineered Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair.- Commercially Available Bio-Engineered Cartilage Grafts.- Part VIII: Future Prospects for Knee Articular Cartilage Therapy.- Knee Articular Cartilage: Future Directions for Research and Practice.