Dianne Little, Peter C Amadio, Hani A Awad, Stephanie G Cone, Nathaniel A Dyment, Matthew B Fisher, Alice H Huang, Drew W Koch, Andrew F Kuntz, Rashad Madi, Kirk McGilvray, Lauren V Schnabel, Snehal S Shetye, Stavros Thomopoulos, Chunfeng Zhao, Louis J Soslowsky
Several tendon and ligament animal models were presented at the 2022 Orthopaedic Research Society Tendon Section Conference held at the University of Pennsylvania, May 5 to 7, 2022. A key objective of the breakout sessions at this meeting was to develop guidelines for the field, including for preclinical tendon and ligament animal models. This review summarizes the perspectives of experts for eight surgical small and large animal models of rotator cuff tear, flexor tendon transection, anterior cruciate ligament tear, and Achilles tendon injury using the framework: "Why, Who, What, Where, When, and How" (5W1H)...
August 12, 2023: Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society