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While tarsal pathology has been described previously in C57BL\/6N substrains, as well as in STR\/ort and B10.BR strain, no current literature describes this disease occurring in C57BL\/6J mice. More importantly the behavioral features that may result from such a change to the joint have yet to be evaluated. This condition was observed in older male mice of the C57BL\/6J lineage, around the age of 20 weeks or older, at a frequency of 1% of the population. To assess potential phenotypic sequela, this study sought to evaluate body weight, frailty assessment, home cage wheel running, dynamic weight bearing, and mechanical allodynia with and without the presence of pain relief with morphine. Overall mice with tarsal injuries had significantly higher frailty scores (p&lt; 0.05) and weighed less (p&lt;0.01) compared to unaffected mice. Affected mice had greater overall touch sensitivity (p&lt;0.05) and they placed more weight on their forelimbs (p&lt;0.01) compared to their hind limbs. 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