This article is part of the supplement: 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community .

Oral presentation

Pressure profile changes after cartilage biopsy at the postero-medial rim of the talar dome

Giovanni Arnoldo Matricali¹ , Ward Bartels², Luc Labey², Greta Dereymaeker², Frank Luyten¹ and Jos Vander Sloten²

¹  Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

²  Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

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from 1st Congress of the International Foot & Ankle Biomechanics (i-FAB) community
Bologna, Italy. 4–6 September 2008

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008, 1(Suppl 1):O9doi:10.1186/1757-1146-1-S1-O9

Published:	26 September 2008

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Autologous chondrocytes implantation is a promising technique to treat joint surface defects of the talar dome, especially when it is considered that a complete arthroscopic procedure is available yet [1]. However, the exact biopsy site as source of the cells to be expanded remains an issue of debate. Recently we showed that a limited biopsy can be harvested reliably and consistently at the postero-medial rim of the talar dome by arthroscopy [2]. Further research must establish if this location is indeed a "lesser weight bearing area". This study aims to determine the changes occurring in the pressure profile across the aforementioned site after a biopsy has been harvested.