title: [Research progress of scaffold materials in skeletal muscle tissue engineering].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the current researches of scaffold materials for skeletal muscle tissue engineering, to predict the development trend of scaffold materials in skeletal muscle tissue engineering in future.
  
  
  METHODS
  The related literature on skeletal muscle tissue engineering, involving categories and properties of scaffold materials, preparative technique and biocompatibility, was summarized and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Various scaffold materials were used in skeletal muscle tissue engineering, including inorganic biomaterials, biodegradable polymers, natural biomaterial, and biomedical composites. According to different needs of the research, various scaffolds were prepared due to different biomaterials, preparative techniques, and surface modifications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development trend and perspective of skeletal muscle tissue engineering are the use of composite materials, and the preparation of composite scaffolds and surface modification according to the specific functions of scaffolds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Anatomy, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou Guangdong 510515, PR China.
authors.forename: Weiyi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D008422:Materials Testing; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds