2021 Volume 67 Issue 2 Pages 112-118
I performed basic research at the University of Connecticut, New England, USA from October 2016 to June 2018. I worked in the Human Soft Tissue Research Laboratory, which is part of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut. I performed basic research to develop new treatments for shoulder joint disease with Prof. Augustus D. Mazzocca, who has done extensive work in biological and biomechanical orthopedics, especially for shoulder disease. I was fortunate to be able to work alongside seven highly motivated German orthopedic surgeons from the Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich. During my 2 years at the University of Connecticut, I performed biological, biomechanical, and clinical studies of shoulder surgery and observed the medical and cultural differences between Japan, the USA, and Germany. In this review, I summarize the biological and biomechanical studies that I performed at the University of Connecticut.
