ADL	Activities of Daily Living
AD-MSC	adipose-derived stromal cells
BMI	Body Mass Index
CFU-F	colony-forming unit–fibroblast
CT	computed tomography
FAOS	Foot and Ankle Outcome Score
GMP-grade	Good Manufacturing Practice
IL-6	Interleukin-6
KL	Kellgren–Lawrence (grading system)
KOOS	Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
M	mean value
MCP-1	Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MSC	mesenchymal stromal cells
N	number of participants
OA	osteoarthritis
QoL	Quality of Life
Rs	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
SD	standard deviation
SPSS	Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS software)
SVF	stromal vascular fraction
TNC	total nucleated cell count
VAS	Visual Analog Scale