@inbook {19741, title = {Return to Play Following Cartilage Injuries}, booktitle = {Return to Play in Football}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-03-17 00:00:00}, pages = {593-610}, publisher = {Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg}, organization = {Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg}, chapter = {44}, abstract = {

Football (soccer) is the most played sport worldwide, practiced by more than 300 million people [1]. It is a high-impact contact sport, and with the increasing competitive level, it often results in sports-related damage of the knee structures, including articular cartilage injuries [2{\textendash}4]. These articular cartilage injuries can also be caused by forceful and repetitive mechanical stresses on the knee joint during the football practice [5{\textendash}8].
When the cartilage damage reaches the subchondral bone, it often results in knee complaints [9],
including pain, swelling, catching, and locking [3, 10, 11]. Nonetheless, articular cartilage injuries
may be present in asymptomatic athletes which, if not treated properly, may lead to an early onset of knee osteoarthritis [12{\textendash}14].

}, keywords = {cartilage, football, lesions}, isbn = {978-3-662-55713-6}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_44}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55713-6_44}, author = {Andrade, R. and Pereira, R. and Bastos, R. and Pereira, H. and Oliveira, J. M. and Reis, R. L. and Espregueira-Mendes, J.}, editor = {Musahl, V.} }