SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
At What Age Do Children and Adolescents Develop Lower Limb Tendon Pathology or Tendinopathy? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Prolotherapy in the Treatment of Sports-Related Tendinopathies: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Review
- Female Tendons are from Venus and Male Tendons are from Mars, But Does it Matter for Tendon Health?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Conservative Treatment of Sever's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Changes in patellar tendon complaints and shear wave velocity patterns among competitive alpine skiers during a 4-year post-growth spurt follow-up.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Evidence for High-Level Patellar Tendon Strain as a Risk Factor for Tendinopathy in Adolescent Athletes.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Time-dependent extracellular matrix alterations of young tendons in response to stress relaxation: a model for the Ponseti method.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Narrative review of the prevalence and distribution of acute pain in children in the self-care setting.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2022Review
- Prevalence of Achilles tendinopathy in physical exercise: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sports medicine and health science · 2022Review
- Determining the feasibility of exercise therapy and activity modification for treating adolescents with heel pain: a study protocol.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
- The Burden and Risk Factors of Patellar and Achilles Tendinopathy in Youth Basketball: A Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Tendinopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021Review
- Autoregulation in Resistance Training for Lower Limb Tendinopathy: A Potential Method for Addressing Individual Factors, Intervention Issues, and Inadequate Outcomes.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- A Functional High-Load Exercise Intervention for the Patellar Tendon Reduces Tendon Pain Prevalence During a Competitive Season in Adolescent Handball Players.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Magnitude, Frequency, and Accumulation: Workload Among Injured and Uninjured Youth Basketball Players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Muscle and Tendon Morphology in Early-Adolescent Athletes and Untrained Peers.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundTendon pathology and tendinopathy have been reported in children and adolescents; however, the age at onset and prevalence of the conditions have not been examined systematically.
objectiveTo examine the prevalence of lower limb tendon pathology and tendinopathy in children and adolescents, and the factors associated with these conditions in this population.
methodsSix databases were searched (MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Scopus, the Web of Science and the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database). Studies were included if the prevalence of lower limb tendon pathology and/or tendinopathy were reported in humans under the age of 18 years. Studies were divided according to the method of diagnosis (physical examination, ultrasound or a questionnaire) and further divided into studies that reported prevalence data by tendon [reported two data points (right and left) for each participant] and those that reported prevalence data for each participant [reporting one data point (right or left) per participant].
resultsSeventeen studies met the inclusion criteria. Lower limb tendinopathy prevalence (presence of pain and dysfunction) ranged between 8.2 and 33.3%, and increased in prevalence as age increased up to 18 years. The odds ratio for studies reporting tendinopathy by tendon was 0.37 (95% confidence interval 0.20-0.69) in favour of boys presenting with tendinopathy. Study aims and reporting methods were heterogeneous.
conclusionsThe age at onset of lower limb tendinopathy in children and adolescents has not been widely studied. This systematic review found that tendinopathy is present in children and adolescents, and increases in prevalence with age up to 18 years. Male sex is significantly associated with tendinopathy in studies that report tendinopathy by tendon.
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