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tendinopathy
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Tendinopathy
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- tendinitis, tendinosis
- Medical condition (new).image
- Achilles-tendon.jpg
- Medical condition (new).image_size
- 200px
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Achilles tendon (a commonly affected tendon)
- Medical condition (new).field
- Orthopedics
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Pain, swelling
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Injury from vacation repetitive activities, overuse
- Medical condition (new).diagnosis
- Based on symptoms, examination, medical imaging
- Medical condition (new).treatment
- Rest, NSAIDs, splinting, physiotherapy
- Medical condition (new).prognosis
- 80% better within 6 months for overuse tendinopathy
- Medical condition (new).frequency
- Common
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Research
19,729 papers- Tendinopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021
- Achilles Tendinopathy.Sports medicine and arthroscopy review · 2018
- Exercise therapy for tendinopathy: a mixed-methods evidence synthesis exploring feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023
- Achilles tendinopathy.Sports medicine and arthroscopy review · 2009
- Effect of resistance exercise dose components for tendinopathy management: a systematic review with meta-analysis.British journal of sports medicine · 2023
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Cause
- Types
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- Medical imaging
- Treatment
- Exercise Therapy
- NSAIDs
- Steroids
- Other injections
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- Terminology
- Research
- Other animals
- References
Tendinopathy is a type of tendon disorder that results in pain, swelling, and impaired function. The pain is typically worse with movement. It most commonly occurs around the shoulder (rotator cuff tendinitis, biceps tendinitis), elbow (tennis elbow, golfer's elbow), wrist, hip, knee (jumper's knee, popliteus tendinopathy), or ankle (Achilles tendinitis).
Causes may include an injury or repetitive activities. Less common causes include infection, arthritis, gout, thyroid disease, diabetes and the use of quinolone antibiotic medicines. Groups at risk include people who do manual labor, musicians, and athletes. Diagnosis is typically based on symptoms, examination, and occasionally medical imaging. A few weeks following an injury little inflammation remains, with the underlying problem related to weak or disrupted tendon fibrils.