AccScience Publishing / IJB / Online First / DOI: 10.36922/ijb.4925
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Revolutionizing regenerative rehabilitation: Three-dimensional printing for musculoskeletal regeneration

Ai-Jia Guan1,2 Yong-Chao Zhao3 Xiao-Na Xiang1,2 Ma-Ling Gou3* Hong-Chen He1,2*
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1 Rehabilitation Medicine Center and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
2 Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine in Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
3 Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
Submitted: 24 September 2024 | Accepted: 7 November 2024 | Published: 8 November 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders, such as bone fractures, osteoarthritis, meniscus injuries, muscle diseases, and tendon injuries, are common disorders among individuals in need of rehabilitation, which are mainly caused by trauma, sports-related injuries, and degeneration. Regenerative rehabilitation medicine aims to enhance the regenerative capacity of musculoskeletal tissues and optimize functional recovery through the combination of regenerative medicine and rehabilitation medicine treatments. However, the ability of these treatments is not sufficient for complete restoration of damaged tissue structures. Three-dimensional printing (3D printing) technology, referred to as additive manufacturing (AM) technique, has the capacity to accelerate process of rehabilitation for musculoskeletal diseases, especially for developing regenerative rehabilitation and engineering rehabilitation. Recently, more and more studies reported the basic and clinical applications of 3D printing in assisting in treating musculoskeletal disorders. Therefore, this review summarized how the 3D printing technologies change the methods of treatment and assessment as well as improving therapeutic outcomes in regenerative rehabilitation for musculoskeletal diseases. Finally, this review discussed the current status of the clinical translation for 3D printing.

Keywords
Three-dimensional printing
Regenerative Rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal Disorder
Medical devices
Tissue engineering
Funding
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (82302884), the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province (2022JDKP0015), the Sichuan University Education Foundation (23JZH002), and the Sichuan University Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary Innovation Fund (JCXK2215).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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