Therapeutic Potential of Multilineage-Differentiating Stress-Enduring Cells for Osteochondral Repair in a Rat Model

Table 2

Macroscopic scoring system.

Coverage
>75% fill	4
50–75% fill	3
25–50% fill	2
<25% fill	1
No fill	0
Neocartilage color
Normal	4
25% yellow/brown	3
50% yellow/brown	2
75% yellow/brown	1
100% yellow/brown	0
Defect margins
Invisible	4
25% circumference visible	3
50% circumference visible	2
75% circumference visible	1
Entire circumference visible	0
Surface
Smooth/level with normal	4
Smooth but raised	3
Irregular 25–50%	2
Irregular 50–75%	1
Irregular >75%	0