Gene Therapy and Tissue Engineering in Sports Medicine

IN BRIEF: Treatment of sports injuries has improved through sophisticated rehabilitation programs, novel operative techniques, and advances in biomechanical research during the past two decades. Despite considerable progress, treatments remain limited due to poor healing capacity for anterior or pos...

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Published in:The Physician and sportsmedicine 2000-02, Vol.28 (2), p.34-51
Main Authors: Martinek, Vladimir, Fu, Freddie H., Huard, Johnny
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of the osteoarticular system. Orthopedic treatment
Engineering
Gene therapy
Genetic Disorders
Genetics
Individualized Instruction
Injuries
Medical sciences
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Rehabilitation Programs
Sports injuries
Sports medicine
Tissue engineering
Trauma
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Summary:IN BRIEF: Treatment of sports injuries has improved through sophisticated rehabilitation programs, novel operative techniques, and advances in biomechanical research during the past two decades. Despite considerable progress, treatments remain limited due to poor healing capacity for anterior or posterior cruciate ligament rupture, central meniscal tear, cartilage lesions, and delayed bone fracture. New biological approaches seek to treat these injuries with growth factors to stimulate and hasten the healing process. Gene therapy using the transfer of defined genes such as those encoding growth factors represents a promising way to deliver therapeutic proteins to the injured tissue. Tissue engineering, which may eventually be combined with gene therapy, offers the potential to create tissues or scaffolds for regeneration of defects occurring from trauma.
ISSN:0091-3847
2326-3660
DOI:10.3810/psm.2000.02.691