Effects of Type II Diabetes Mellitus on Tendon Homeostasis and Healing

Over 300,000 tendon repairs are performed annually in the United States to repair damage to tendons as a result of either acute trauma or chronic tendinopathy. Individuals with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are four times more likely to experience tendinopathy, and up to five times more likely to experience a tendon tear or rupture than non‐diabetics. As nearly 10% of the US population is diabetic, with an additional 33% pre‐diabetic, this is...