Progress in research into tendon-to-bone attachment, from structure, development, treatment to animal models / 中华创伤骨科杂志

Tendon-to-bone attachment, the junction of tendon and bone, is a special complex structure which spreads stress from skeletal muscles to bone, effectively reducing the stress concentration and balancing elastic modulus between tendon and bone. Injury to its interface is a kind of trauma in sports, such as rotator cuff tear, ACL/PCL tear and the Achilles tendon injury. The enthesis is not regenerated after injury and the healing enthesis consists of disorganized scar tissue, resulting in a high rate of rupture recurrence. Given a high incidence of tendon and ligament injuries and complex structural and cellular composition of the native enthesis, the reparative strategies for tendon-to-bone attachment are facing great dificulties. Although injury to tendon-to-bone attachment is always a major concern and challenge in sports medicine, not much is known about its pathogenesis. In this review, we summarize the recent literature published at home and abroad from 4 perspectives of structure, development, treatment and animal models of enthesis. We hope this review may help clinical professionals understand more about the tendon-to-bone attachment.

Progress in research into tendon-to-bone attachment, from structure, development, treatment to animal models / 中华创伤骨科杂志

Tendon-to-bone attachment,the junction of tendon and bone,is a special complex structure which spreads stress from skeletal muscles to bone,effectively reducing the stress concentration and balancing elastic modulus between tendon and bone.Injury to its interface is a kind of trauma in sports,such as rotator cuff tear,ACL/PCL tear and the Achilles tendon injury.The enthesis is not regenerated after injury and the healing enthesis consists of disorganized scar tissue,resulting in a high rate of rupture recurrence.Given a high incidence of tendon and ligament injuries and complex structural and cellular composition of the native enthesis,the reparative strategies for tendon-to-bone attachment are facing great dificulties.Although injury to tendon-to-bone attachment is always a major concern and challenge in sports medicine,not much is known about its pathogenesis.In this review,we summarize the recent literature published at home and abroad from 4 perspectives of structure,development,treatment and animal models of enthesis.We hope this review may help clinical professionals understand more about the tendon-to-bone attachment.