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.