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The indications for surgical intervention are to ensure a return to preinjury activity level or to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis. In the US this figure is higher and up to 200 000 reconstructions are performed each year. According to the national ACL registers in the Scandinavian countries some 50% of the injured patients will require an ACL reconstruction. The incidence of an ACL injury is almost 1 injury per 1000 of the physical active population 1. A knee injury in sports is often associated with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and this injury has been studied extensively both concerning the short and long term effects. There has been much focus on sports related knee injuries and the risk of developing posttraumatic knee OA early in life after these injuries. An increased risk of hip and knee OA has been shown in former top level soccer players regardless of injuries. Since soccer is the most popular sports activity in the world with about 40 million participants it is a useful model for studying OA. Soccer is a sport that combines high joint loading and a considerable risk for injuries, especially knee injuries. Use and abuse of joints, as well as joint trauma can influence the development of osteoarthritis (OA). The purpose of this lecture is to present the current concepts with respect to the Athlete's Articular Cartilage the histological, biochemical and clinical implications and contemporary treatments from a historical and an evolutionary prospective as applied during or after their competitive years. The challenge of ACL injury reduction, articular cartilage repair and regeneration and osteoarthitis prevention in the soccer athlete continues to be significant despite significant recent advances. Lesions to articular cartilage are common acutely but are associated with ACL injuries and long-term chondropenia and Osteoarthitis. In this group of high demand participants any increase in activity and loading beyond the articular cartilage threshold for injury, results in a clinical overuse response with the potential negative adaptive consequences of chondropenia and an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis.

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It is the fact that any partial or full thickness loss results in loss of day to day resilience and a spectrum of soreness, stiffness, pain and swelling and most importantly.

In the soccer athlete it is articular cartilage that confers the highest levels of performance. The clinical consequences of full thickness Articular Cartilage defects are pain, swelling, mechanical symptoms athletic and functional disability and osteoarthitis. The role of the Sports Medicine team is to prevent injury, restore the joint and ultimately return the athlete to sport while preventing Osteoarthritis. Chondropenia conceptually defines the complex nature of the multivariable processes over time including acute and chronic injury, modulators and the aging process. The soccer athlete has a greater incidence of overuse and acute knee injuries and as a consequence is at most risk for chondropenia and osteoarthritis.