Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Tendon injury commonly occurred during athletic sports. Following tendon injury, the entire tendon sheath was destructed, whose healing cycle was long, even difficult to recover. With the application of tissue engineering treatment technique, to athletic medicine, artificial biomaterial in intervening tendon injury healing and rehabilitation maneuver has become various and mature.
OBJECTIVE: To classify and summarize artificial materials in intervening tendon rehabilitation and treatment methods, and to explore rehabilitation, treatment methods and mechanism of artificial biomaterial intervention following tendon injury.
METHODS: A computer-based online search was performed on PubMed database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed) and CNKI (www.cnki.net/index.htm). In the titles and abstracts, the key words included “biomaterial”, and “tendon”. Articles addressing tendon treatment methods, material properties, biocompatibility and its application effects were included, and those in the same field that published recently or in authoritative journals. Finally, 34 articles were included.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The tendon sheath is the important barrier to prevent tendon adhesion. Following tendon injury, especially severe injury, the entire tendon sheath is destructed. In clinic, the tendon sheath following injury is difficult to be sutured. Therefore, how to avoid adhesion form is a key to solve repair following injury during the healing of tendon. The perfect application of modern artificial biomaterials provides possibility and insurance for rapid good rehabilitation following tendon injury.