Table 1. Characteristics of the articles included in this review.

MSCs in regenerative rehabilitation	Main results	First author, journal, and year of publication (chronology)	Ref.
MSCs in the rehabilitation of damaged muscles	Rejuvenation of the aged skeletal muscle, increased muscle healing after severe injury, slowed muscle tissue degeneration, without significant complications.	McBride TA et al. Mech Ageing Dev, 1995.	43)
		Jubrias SA et al. J Appl Physiol, 2001.	44)
		Dreyer HC et al. Muscle Nerve, 2006.	42)
		Tanaka S et al. J Phys Ther Sci, 2009.	45)
		Ambrosio F et al. Tissue Eng Part A, 2010.	41)
		Tanaka S et al. J Phys Ther Sci, 2015.	46)
MSCs in stroke rehabilitation	Formation of synapses and axons and improvement in electrophysiological parameters, clinical improvement on determined by the Stroke Impact Scale and Action Research Arm Test, without significant complications.	Kondziolka D et al. Neurology, 2000.	47)
		Nelson PT et al. Am J Pathol, 2002.	49)
		Kondziolka D et al. J Neurosurg, 2005.	48)
		Lee JS et al. Stem Cells, 2010.	50)
		Bhasin A et al. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra, 2011.	51)
		Honmou O et al. Brain, 2011.	52)
		Park K et al. J Phys Ther Sci, 2015.	53)
MSCs in the rehabilitation of damaged peripheral nerves	Improved axonal organization and increased myelin thickness, better functional recovery and improvement in nerve regeneration, without significant complications.	Salomone R, et al. Muscle Nerve, 2013.	57)
		Guo ZY et al. Neural Regen Res, 2015.	54)
		Wang P et al. Neurosci Lett, 2015.	55)
		Seyed Foroutan K et al. Trauma Mon, 2015.	56)
		Lasso JM, et al. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 2015.	58)
MSCs in the rehabilitation of damaged cartilage	Repair of damaged cartilage, cartilage healing, efficient recovery of function, without significant complications.	Cao L, et al. Biomaterials, 2011.	61)
		Johnson K, et al. Science, 2012.	60)
		Wei X, et al. Acta Pharmacol Sin, 2013.	59)