Tissue engineering composites for bone defect treatment is currently a hot spot of the research field.Mechanical loading on tissue engineering composites is important to bone formation and related research has attracted more and more attention.In the field of tissue engineering research,the establishment of a standardized animal model is the basis of experimental research for exploring the effects of different mechanical loading on in situ repair of bone defect and its action mechanism.This paper reviews the approaches used to establish experimental model of bone defect under mechanical loading such as animal selection,defect preparation,fixation and loading mode in order to provide a reference for related research.