Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Previous studies demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential of multi-directional differentiation, and applied to many field. Stem cells therapy will be a revolutionary progress for tissue injury repairing.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the situation and new progress of soft tissue injury with stem cells therapy at home and abroad.
METHODS: The articles related to stem cells involved in the treatment of soft tissue injury in CNKI database and Elsevier database from January 2000 to September 2010 were retrieved by computer with the key words of “stem cells, treatment, soft tissues injury” in Chinese and in English. The content of articles related to stem cells therapy, and recently published or published in authoritative magazines in the same field were selected, and 36 documents of them were involved for summarization.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The competitive state of athletes was seriously affected by tendon, skeletal injury in sports, and it is difficult to radical cure, often recurrent attacks. The research of stem cells technology has a great significance in the treatment of injury of athletes. At present, MSCs as a basis of cells therapy is becoming a hot spot and most forward in the field of regenerative medicine research. Therefore, MSCs as the most important source of adult stem cells has a vital application prospect.