Animal Experiments Using Rotator Cuff

Chung,  Seok Won; Kim,  Sae Hoon; Oh,  Joo Han

doi:2014.17.2.84

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Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2014;17(2):84-90.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5397/CiSE.2014.17.2.84 Published online June 30, 2014.

Animal Experiments Using Rotator Cuff

Seok Won Chung, Sae Hoon Kim, Joo Han Oh

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. ohjh1@snu.ac.kr

Received: 5 May 2014 • Revised: 3 June 2014 • Accepted: 9 June 2014

Abstract

In conducting animal studies using rotator cuff, researchers should select the appropriate types of animals and experimental models. This should also be followed by complete understanding of the selected experimental animals as well as the methods for evaluating the results. Thus, researchers could minimize errors and failure in conducting animal experimental studies. Further, this will provide a basis of establishing new idea and theory about rotator cuff diseases.

Key Words: Animal; Rotator cuff