SynthesisBMC musculoskeletal disorders2022
Psychosocial and individual factors affecting Quality of Life (QoL) in patients suffering from Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review.
Synthesis in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07685509 (Comparison of Two Treatment Methods for Achilles Tendon Pain With a Focus on Pain, Function, Vascular Ingrowth, Immune Cell Response, and Cell Composition), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Comparison of Two Treatment Methods for Achilles Tendon Pain With a Focus on Pain, Function, Vascular Ingrowth, Immune Cell Response, and Cell Composition
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Both Radiofrequency Microtenotomy and Physical Therapy Provide Significant Improvements in Patients With Chronic Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy at a Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Total flavonoids of Rhizoma Drynariae promote osteogenic differentiation of tendon-derived stem cells through the TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway, thereby improving bone regeneration after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in rats.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2026Article
- Serum Advanced Glycation End Products as Drivers of Poor Tendon Outcomes in Diabetes? An Emerging Hypothesis and Narrative Review.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Pain, Pain-Related Cognitions, and Central Sensitization in Patients With Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of different macromolecular crowding agents in human tenocyte cultures.Biomaterials and biosystems · 2026Article
- Psychological correlates of pain catastrophizing and disability in patients with Achilles tendinopathy: The roles of resilience and psychological inflexibility.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2026Article
- Article
- Loadless Tendon Explant Model Exhibits Spontaneous Degradative Phenotypes: AnJournal of clinical medicine research · 2025Article
- Are Large Language Model-Based Chatbots Effective in Providing Reliable Medical Advice for Achilles Tendinopathy? An International Multispecialist Evaluation.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Achilles tendinopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025Review
- TENDINopathy Severity Assessment-Achilles: a study protocol for cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties patient-reported outcome instrument in Persian athletes with Achilles tendinopathy.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAchilles tendinopathy (AT) is a joint condition that causes functional restrictions and pain. This condition negatively impacts patients' social connectedness and psychological well-being, reducing their quality of life (QoL). This review aims to summarise the current information on QoL in patients suffering from AT from different angles: compared to a healthy population, reported individual factors that influence it and the effects of some AT interventions on QoL.
methodsA systematic review was conducted at PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and PsycINFO using tendinopathy and QoL-related keywords up to November 2021. Articles were included if they compared QoL to demographic factors such as age or gender, lifestyle factors (physical activity levels), comorbidity factors (diabetes, obesity), and/or a control group.
resultsThree hundred twenty-nine articles were reviewed; 23 met the inclusion criteria. SF-36, EQ-5D, and VISA-A were the most common instrument used. Patients with AT reported low QoL when compared to no AT population. When women were compared to men, women reported worse QoL. The patients who participated in different exercise programs (strengthening and stretching) showed improvements in QoL. Surgical AT intervention improved QoL, although results varied by age.
conclusionAT has a substantial impact on QoL. In AT patients, QoL is also influenced by specific individual factors, including gender and physical activity. Exercise, education, and surgical treatment improve QoL. We suggest more research on AT patients to better understand the aspects leading to poor QoL.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.