“…40,47 Items with the highest average scores were for diagnostic certainty and outcome criteria (description of outcome measures, timing of assessment, and use of outcomes with good reliability and sensitivity). Items with lower average item scores were for type of study and procedure of outcome assessment.In terms of lesion location, 6 studies 19,24,39,40,47,59 included participants with lesions in the tibiofemoral (medial/ lateral femoral condyle, tibial plateau)With cartilage terms plus English language/humans filter (searches 1 and 2), n = 7326 Initial search (with variables of interest, searches 4, 5, 6, 7 and removed duplicates), n = 2612 • Outcomes related to muscle performance (search 4), n = 421 • Outcomes related to biomechanics/joint loading (search 5), n = 401 • Outcomes related to performance-based function (search 6), n = 1403 • Outcomes related to rehabilitation protocols (search 7), n = 387Excluded based on animal and cadaver studies (not found by filter), cartilage defects in other joints (not the knee), concomitant or additional surgeries performed with cartilage procedure, n = 762Excluded based on patient population of interest (eg, osteoarthritis, pediatric); outcome measures not related to performance-based measures (eg, patient-reported outcomes only); outcomes pertaining to histology, imaging, or surgery (eg, adverse events); or surgical-technique studies, n = 1834 and patellofemoral (patella, trochlea) compartments, and 10 studies [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]20,68,69 included only those with lesions in the tibiofemoral compartments (medial/ lateral condyle, tibial plateau). Of the 16 included studies, 3 evaluated outcomes following MF techniques 24,68,69 and 15 studies [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]39,40,…”