| ASC | Adipose-tissue-derived stromal/stem cells |
| cSVF | Cellular stromal vascular fraction |
| EQ-5D | EuroQol 5 dimensions |
| EQ-VAS | EuroQol 5 visual analogue scale |
| FDO | Fat-derived orthobiologics |
| FJS | Forgotten Joint Score |
| HA | Hyaluronic acid |
| ICRS | International Cartilage Repair Society Macroscopic Evaluation of Cartilage Repair |
| IKDC | Subjective International Knee Documentation Committee |
| IKS | International Knee Society score |
| K-L | Kellgren–Lawrence |
| KOOS | Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score |
| KKS | Knee Society score |
| LoE | Level of evidence |
| Lysholm | Lysholm knee score |
| ME | Meniscectomy |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MKM | Marx knee measure |
| MOCART | MRI observation of cartilage repair tissue |
| MQ | Methodological quality |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| OA | Osteoarthritis |
| OARSI | Outcome measures in rheumatology–osteoarthritis research society international |
| OKS | Oxford knee score |
| PGIC | Oatients’ global impression of change scale |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PRP | Platelet-rich plasma |
| PROMs | Patient-Reported Outcome Measures |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| SF-12 | Short form health survey-12 |
| SVF | Stromal vascular fraction |
| Tegner | Tegner activity scale |
| tSVF | Tissue stromal vascular fraction |
| TUG | Timed up and go test |
| WOMAC | Western Ontario and McMaster universities |
| 10 m WT | 10 m walk test |
| 5 × STS | 5 times sit to stand test |