Urgent warning signs — calf pain or swelling, fever, the knee locking — are one tap away, always.Something feel wrong?Red flags →
AFTER MACI
Evidence / Sources / E134

Pietschmann MF, Horng A, Glaser C, et al. [Post-treatment rehabilitation after autologous chondrocyte implantation: state of the art and recommendations of the Clinical Tissue Regeneration Study Group of the DGU and DGOOC]. Unfallchirurg 2014;117(3):235-41. German. Location-specific recommendation with separate femoral and retropatellar protocols (its Infoboxes 1 and 2). Member survey → published recommendations; self-designates level IVb

Evidence strength 1 of 5
Narrative recommendations from a member survey · n = 21 authors / study-group membershipMACI ITSELFDOI / full text →
Everything on this site that leans on E134 — 3 claims
Program · Stage II (patellofemoral)“Walking in the brace, locked in extension — The near-opposite of the tibiofemoral rule on which variable is rationed. If your surgeon restricted your weight-bearing, theirs wins — …”Hard limits · stage 1 (patellofemoral)“Weight through this leg is authorised, never assumed”Hard limits · stage 2 (patellofemoral)“Full weight is a clearance, not a date”
Population
ACI, knee — femoral vs retropatellar stated separately
Selection policy
Sources enter the registry through docs/research — the evidence table records design, population, and size for every entry, and pages cannot cite anything outside it.