Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. bilateral degenerative chondropathy of the knees showing at least a grade 2-3 kellgren-lawrence classification (absence of severe osteoarthritis) 2. An overall Pain subscale score of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index between a value of 9 and 19. 3. Failure, intended as the persistence of symptomatology, after at least one conservative treatment cycle (pharmacological, physiotherapeutic or infiltrative treatment); 4. Ability and informed consent of patients to actively participate in the rehabilitation protocol and clinical and radiological follow-up; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients incapable of understanding and wanting; 2. Diagnosis of leukaemia, known presence of metastatic malignant cells, ongoing or planned chemotherapy; 3. Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, gout, ankylosing spondylitis or arthritis resulting from another inflammatory disease; infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis; chondrocalcinosis; 4. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus; 5. Patients with uncontrolled thyroid metabolic disorders; 6. Patients who abuse alcoholic beverages, drugs or medicines; 7. Patients with misalignment of the lower limbs above 10 degrees; 8. Body Mass Index \> 40; 9. Pregnant or lactating state or intention to become pregnant during the period of participation in the study. 10. Patients with a history of trauma or intra-articular infiltration of therapeutic substances in the 6 months prior to screening. 11. Patients who have had knee surgery in the 12 months prior to screening. 12. Patients with insufficient abdominal adipose tissue, assessed by the investigator