Tendon injuries are common and can dramatically impair patient mobility and productivity,
resulting in a significant socioeconomic burden and reduced quality of life. Because the …

Partial thickness rotator cuff tears (PRCTs) are a challenging disease entity. Optimal
management of PRCTs continues to be controversial. Although advances in magnetic …

Purpose To determine the differences in the scar tissue formation during the healing of the
repaired retracted cuff tear from that of the nonretracted tear. Methods Eighteen right rabbit …

Tendon degeneration is typically described as an overuse injury with little distinction made
between magnitude of load (overload) and number of cycles (overuse). Further, in vivo …

Injured adult tendons heal fibrotically and possess high re-injury rates, whereas fetal
tendons appear to heal scarlessly. However, knowledge of fetal tendon wound healing is …

Background: Osteoadsorptive fluorogenic sentinel 3 (OFS-3) is a recently described
compound that contains a bone-targeting bisphosphonate (BP) and cathepsin K (Ctsk) …

Background Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after rotator cuff repair can
sometimes demonstrate healing with nontendinous tissue that extends from the footprint to …

Tendon injuries are difficult to heal, in part, because intrinsic tendon healing, which is
dominated by scar tissue formation, does not effectively regenerate the native structure and …

Background Infusion catheters facilitate a controlled infusion of local anesthetic (LA) for pain
control after surgery. However, their potential effects on healing fibroblasts are unspecified …

Objective Rotator cuff tendon tears are the most common soft tissue injuries in the shoulder
joint. Various animal models have been described for this condition, but all current …