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. 2019 Jul 30;13:2603–2618. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S204135

Table 2.

Comprehensive list of in vivo models of joint stiffness with medical treatment in chronological order

Author/year Animal, joint Induction of trauma Drug Application Reduction of contracture Decreased myofibroblast numbers
Clark et al,112 1971 Rat, knee No Triamcinolone Intraarticular injection Yes Not measured
Namba et al,95 1992 Rabbit, ankle Yes Triamcinolone Singular intraarticular injection Yes Not measured
Kikuchi et al,104 1993 Rabbit, knee No High-molecular-weight sodium hyaluronate (SL-1010) Intraarticular injection Yes Not measured
Fukui et al,16 2000 Rabbit, knee Yes TGF-β1 neutralizing antibody Continuous intraarticular injection via implanted pumps Yes Not measured
Fukui et al,96 2001 Rabbit, knee Yes Proteoglycan decorin Continuous intraarticular injection via implanted pumps Yes Not measured
Brunelli et al,97 2005 Rabbit, knee Yes Cross linked hyaluronan (Hyaloglide) Singular intraarticular injection Not measured, but reduction of capsular adhesion observed. Not measured
Monument et al,18 2010 Rabbit, knee Yes Ketotifen fumarate Subcutaneous injection twice daily Yes Yes
Kocoaglu et al,98 2011 Rat, knee Yes Mitomycin C Weekly intraarticular injection Not measured, but reduction of arthrofibrosis observed. Not measured
Emami et al,99 2012 Rabbit, knee Yes Bevacizumab One or two intraarticular injections Yes, but only after two injections Not measured (but fibroblast numbers decreased)
Li et al,108 2013 Rabbit, knee Yes Celecoxib Orally, twice daily Yes Not measured (but fibroblast numbers decreased)
Li et al, 201319 Rat, knee Yes Lentivirus (LV)-mediated ERK2 siRNA Two intraarticular injections Yes Yes
Efird et al,109 2014 Rat, knee Yes a) Montelukast,
b) Forskolin or
c) Triamcinolone
a) orally, daily
b and c) two intraarticular injections
Yes Not measured
Kanazawa et al,100 2015 Rat, knee No Hyaluronic acid with high molecular weight Singular intraarticular injection Not measured, but more elasticity observed Not measured
Sotobayashi et al,64 2016 Rat, knee No Ribbon-type decoy oligodeoxynucleotides for HIF-1 Singular intraarticular injection Yes Not measured
Ozawa et al,110 2016 Rat, knee No Celecoxib Orally, daily No Not measured
Barlow et al,111 2016 Rabbit, knee Yes Rosiglitazone Subcutaneous injection on the first 2 days, afterward orally daily No No
Steplewski et al,17 2017 Rabbit, knee Yes Non modified anti-α2Ct antibody (ACA) and PEGylated ACA (P-ACA) Continuous intraarticular injection via implanted pumps Yes Not measured
Gao et al,101 2017 Rat, knee Yes Botulinum toxin A Singular intraarticular injection Yes Not measured (but fibroblast numbers decreased)
Kaneguchi et al,113 2018 Rat, knee No Dexamethasone Daily by subcutaneous injection Partially Yes
Itaya et al,102 2018 Rat, knee No Pulsed ultrasound 20 mins daily Yes Not measured
Wong et al,103 2018 Rat, knee No Collagenase Singular intraarticular injection Yes Not measured