Regenerative Strategies for the Treatment of Knee Joint Disabilities

Part I. Articular Cartilage Lesions: Clinical Management and Regenerative Strategies

1. Knee Articular Cartilage
Marta Ondrésik, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

2. Synovial Knee Joint
Isabel Oliveira, Cristiana Gonçalves, Rui Luís Reis, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira

3. Clinical Management of Articular Cartilage Lesions
Carlos A. Vilela, Cristina Correia, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Amandi Sousa, Rui Luís Reis, João Espregueira-Mendes

4. Osteoarthritis
Marta Ondrésik, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

5. Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Strategies
Alain Silva Morais, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

6. Advances in Biomaterials for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects
Cristiana Gonçalves, Hajer Radhouani, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

Part II. Osteochondral Lesions of the Knee: From Repair towards Regeneration

7. Fundamentals on Osteochondral Tissue Engineering
Viviana Ribeiro, Sandra Pina, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

8. Pre-clinical and Clinical Management of Osteochondral Lesions
Sandra Pina, Viviana Ribeiro, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

9. Rapid Prototyping for the Engineering of Osteochondral Tissues
Alessandra Marrella, Marta Cavo, Silvia Scaglione

10. Biomimetic Approaches for the Engineering of Osteochondral Tissues
Le-Ping Yan

11. Osteochondral Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Strategies
Raphaël F. Canadas, Alexandra P. Marques, Rui Luís Reis, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira

Part III. Meniscus Injuries: Replacement, Repair and Regeneration

12. Basics of the Meniscus
Ibrahim Fatih Cengiz, Joana Silva-Correia, Helder Pereira, João Espregueira-Mendes, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

13. Biomaterials in Meniscus Tissue Engineering
João B. Costa, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

14. Advanced Regenerative Strategies for Human Knee Meniscus
Ibrahim Fatih Cengiz, Joana Silva-Correia, Helder Pereira, João Espregueira-Mendes, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis

Part IV. Knee Ligament Injuries

15. Fundamentals on Injuries of Knee Ligaments in Footballers
Hélder Pereira, Sérgio Gomes, Luís Silva, António Cunha, Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Rui Luís Reis, João Espregueira-Mendes

16. Clinical Management of Ligament Injuries of the Knee and Postoperative Rehabilitation
Sebastián Irarrázaval, Z. Yaseen, D. Guenther, Freddie H. Fu

17. Biomaterials as Tendon and Ligament Substitutes: Current Developments
Mariana L. Santos, Márcia T. Rodrigues, Rui M. A. Domingues, Rui Luís Reis, Manuela E. Gomes

18. Ligament Tissue Engineering
Wasim Khan

19. Regenerative Engineering of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Paulos Y. Mengsteab, Mark McKenna, Junqiu Cheng, Zhibo Sun, Cato T. Laurencin

Nyckelord: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials