Regenerative medicine for tendinous and ligamentous injuries of sport horses.
After tendon injury, the scar tissue that replaces the damaged tendon results in a substantial risk for reinjury. The goal of regenerative therapies is to restore normal structural architecture and biomechanical function to an injured tissue. Successful restoration processes for any tissue are thought to recapitulate those of development, in which there are spatial and temporal interactions between scaffold, growth factors, and cell populations.
Fortier
Lisa A
LA
Department of Clinical Sciences, VMC C3-181, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. laf4@cornell.edu
Smith
Roger K W
RK
D000818:Animals; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D006736:Horses / Q000293:injuries*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000293:injuries*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013177:Sports; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*