| Description |
1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Structure and function of cartilage properties -- Articular cartilage development -- Articular cartilage pathology and therapies -- Tissue engineering of articular cartilage -- Methods for evaluating articular cartilage quality -- Perspectives on the translational aspects of articular cartilage -- Biology -- Experimental protocols |
| Summary |
"Well-known for their inability to heal, articular cartilage injuries often degenerate inexorably to disastrous impairment. Multitudes of treatments have been devised for this problem, but no satisfactory long-term solutions have been established. Written by world-class experts, Articular Cartilage covers the latest research and advancements related to biology, development, pathology, clinical applications, and tissue engineering. This book is useful for rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, cartilage biologists, and cartilage engineers as well as for professionals working in the orthopaedic and other musculoskeletal industries. This book also belongs in the library of primary care physicians, gerontologists, physical therapists, kinesiologists, and chiropractors. Written at a level that allows accessibility to a wide audience, it provides an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the breadth and depth of basic science, bioengineering, translational science, and detailed methodologic approaches. The authors examine the major events and signaling molecules that lead to development of articular cartilage from precursor cells, and the changes in cartilage as it matures and ages. They focus on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, and therapeutic approaches for cartilage injury and the major arthritides that affect cartilage and the synovial joints such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout. They supply an up-to-date overview of the field of tissue engineering as applied to articular cartilage repair. They examine a number of methods used to assess structure, composition, biology, and biomechanical function. Each chapter contains extensive references to enhance additional study"--EBL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ebrary, viewed on March 5, 2014) |
| Subject |
Articular cartilage.
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Cartilage, Articular
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Articular cartilage
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Athanasiou, K. A. (Kyriacos A.), author.
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Darling, Eric M., author.
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DuRaine, Grayson D., author
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Hu, Jerry C., author.
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Reddi, A. H., 1942- author.
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| LC no. |
2012042958 |
| ISBN |
9781439853252 |
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1439853258 |
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9781315181547 |
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1315181541 |
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9781351722575 |
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1351722573 |
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9781138073111 |
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1138073113 |
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