Medical Advances in Treating the Masters Athlete

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• The Masters Athlete

  • Physiologic changes with aging and sports

  • Articular cartilage/osteoarthritis knee model

  • Pathologic changes that occur with aging

• Current Management

  • Conservative treatment

    • Assistive devices

    • Medications

    • Supplements

    • Viscosupplementation

  • Surgical options

    • Arthroscopy

    • Realignment surgery

    • Arthroplasty surgery

• Advances and Future Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

  • Tissue engineering

    • Autologous Chondrocyte Implanation

    • Stem cells

    • Matrix scaffolds

  • Growth factors and cytokines

  • Gene therapy

    • Vectors

• Summary and Conclusions

• References

• Review Questions