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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2005

Patellar tendinopathy in athletes: current diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations.

Koen H E Peers, Roeland J J Lysens

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06729437 (Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Functionality and Pain in Individuals With Patellar Tendinopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06729437 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Functionality and Pain in Individuals With Patellar Tendinopathy: Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ValenciaRan2024 to 2027Enrolled42ConditionsPatellar TendinopathyArmstDCS + Therapeutic eccentric exercise, Sham tDCS + Therapeutic eccentric exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 264 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Koen H E PeersDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gasthuisberg and Pellenberg University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. Koen.Peers@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Roeland J J Lysens
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Formerly known as 'jumper's knee', patellar tendinopathy gives rise to considerable functional deficit and disability in recreational as well as professional athletes. It can interfere with their performance, often perseveres throughout the sporting career and may be the primary cause to end it. The diagnosis of patellar tendinopathy is primarily a clinical one but new imaging techniques, such as Doppler ultrasonography, may provide additional diagnostic value. Current therapeutic protocols are characterised by wide variability ensuing from anecdotal experience rather than evidence. Moreover, numerous reports in recent years have shattered previous doctrines and dogmatic belief on tendon overuse. Histopathological and biochemical evidence has indicated that the underlying pathology of tendinopathy is not an inflammatory tendinitis but a degenerative tendinosis. Consequently, pain in chronic patellar tendinopathy is not inflammatory in nature, but its exact origin remains unexplained. In pursuit of pathology- and evidence-based management, conservative therapy should be shifted from anti-inflammatory strategies towards a complete rehabilitation with eccentric tendon strengthening as a key element. If conservative management fails, surgery is opted for. However, considering the heterogeneity of surgical procedures and the absence of randomised studies, no conclusive evidence can be drawn from the literature regarding the effectiveness of surgical treatment for patellar tendinopathy. Parallel with the improved knowledge on the pathophysiology and pain mechanisms in patellar tendinopathy, new treatment strategies are expected to emerge in the near future.

Indexed as

Tendon InjuriesAthletic InjuriesDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ImagingHumansPatellaRange of Motion, Articular

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PMID15651914
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