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----- Original Message -----
From: Thorsten Rudroff
To: orthopod@mailbase.ac.uk
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:11 PM
Subject: cartilage repair
Dear listmembers,
I have been following with great interest the internet symposium on cartilage repair in Sweden. Following are some comments from myself : The methods of Articular Cartilage Repair seem to consistently develop positively. What has come to my attention though is the lack of research concerning rehabilitation strategies. Patients are often advised not to bear weight on the joints for months at a time. I feel that this immobilisation is detremental to the rehabilitation progress.
How can functional rehabilitation support the articular cartilage repair ?
The function being that the joint is a weight bearing structure and therefore compression would be the right functional stimulus.
One last question : Are there any questionnaires which allow the documentation of the progress ?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
T. Rudroff
Munich,Germany
Sport Medicine Scientist
----- Original Message -----
From: Thorsten Rudroff
To: orthopod@mailbase.ac.uk
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:11 PM
Subject: cartilage repair
Dear listmembers,
I have been following with great interest the
internet symposium on cartilage repair in Sweden. Following are some comments
from myself : The methods of Articular Cartilage Repair seem to consistently
develop positively. What has come to my attention though is the lack of research
concerning rehabilitation strategies. Patients are often advised not to bear
weight on the joints for months at a time. I feel that this immobilisation is
detremental to the rehabilitation progress.
How can functional rehabilitation support the
articular cartilage repair ?
The function being that the joint is a weight
bearing structure and therefore compression would be the right functional
stimulus.
One last question : Are there any questionnaires
which allow the documentation of the progress ?
I look forward to hearing from
you.
Thank you.
T. Rudroff
Munich,Germany
Sport Medicine Scientist