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Tendon pain

MedGen UID:
533848
Concept ID:
C0231529
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Tenalgia; Tenodynia
SNOMED CT: Tenalgia (21545007); Tenodynia (21545007); Tendon pain (21545007)
 
HPO: HP:0032510

Definition

An unpleasant sensation characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching) localized to a tendon. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTendon pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Núñez-Martínez P, Hernández-Guillen D
J Sport Rehabil 2022 Mar 1;31(3):337-350. Epub 2021 Dec 23 doi: 10.1123/jsr.2021-0117. PMID: 34942594
Coombes BK, Bisset L, Vicenzino B
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2015 Nov;45(11):938-49. Epub 2015 Sep 17 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2015.5841. PMID: 26381484
Alfredson H, Pietilä T, Jonsson P, Lorentzon R
Am J Sports Med 1998 May-Jun;26(3):360-6. doi: 10.1177/03635465980260030301. PMID: 9617396

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Núñez-Martínez P, Hernández-Guillen D
J Sport Rehabil 2022 Mar 1;31(3):337-350. Epub 2021 Dec 23 doi: 10.1123/jsr.2021-0117. PMID: 34942594
Pearson SJ, Stadler S, Menz H, Morrissey D, Scott I, Munteanu S, Malliaras P
Clin J Sport Med 2020 Jul;30(4):335-340. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000625. PMID: 30095504
Aicale R, Tarantino D, Maffulli N
J Orthop Surg Res 2018 Dec 5;13(1):309. doi: 10.1186/s13018-018-1017-5. PMID: 30518382Free PMC Article
Beyer R, Kongsgaard M, Hougs Kjær B, Øhlenschlæger T, Kjær M, Magnusson SP
Am J Sports Med 2015 Jul;43(7):1704-11. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1177/0363546515584760. PMID: 26018970
Alfredson H, Pietilä T, Jonsson P, Lorentzon R
Am J Sports Med 1998 May-Jun;26(3):360-6. doi: 10.1177/03635465980260030301. PMID: 9617396

Diagnosis

Ekstrand J, Krutsch W, Spreco A, van Zoest W, Roberts C, Meyer T, Bengtsson H
Br J Sports Med 2020 Apr;54(7):421-426. Epub 2019 Jun 10 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100666. PMID: 31182429Free PMC Article
Aicale R, Tarantino D, Maffulli N
J Orthop Surg Res 2018 Dec 5;13(1):309. doi: 10.1186/s13018-018-1017-5. PMID: 30518382Free PMC Article
Mendonça LD, Ocarino JM, Bittencourt NFN, Macedo LG, Fonseca ST
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2018 Sep;48(9):676-684. Epub 2018 May 23 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.7426. PMID: 29792104
Cook JL, Rio E, Purdam CR, Docking SI
Br J Sports Med 2016 Oct;50(19):1187-91. Epub 2016 Apr 28 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095422. PMID: 27127294Free PMC Article
Alfredson H, Pietilä T, Jonsson P, Lorentzon R
Am J Sports Med 1998 May-Jun;26(3):360-6. doi: 10.1177/03635465980260030301. PMID: 9617396

Therapy

Pearson SJ, Stadler S, Menz H, Morrissey D, Scott I, Munteanu S, Malliaras P
Clin J Sport Med 2020 Jul;30(4):335-340. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000625. PMID: 30095504
van Ark M, Cook JL, Docking SI, Zwerver J, Gaida JE, van den Akker-Scheek I, Rio E
J Sci Med Sport 2016 Sep;19(9):702-6. Epub 2015 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.11.006. PMID: 26707957
Beyer R, Kongsgaard M, Hougs Kjær B, Øhlenschlæger T, Kjær M, Magnusson SP
Am J Sports Med 2015 Jul;43(7):1704-11. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1177/0363546515584760. PMID: 26018970
Rio E, Kidgell D, Purdam C, Gaida J, Moseley GL, Pearce AJ, Cook J
Br J Sports Med 2015 Oct;49(19):1277-83. Epub 2015 May 15 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094386. PMID: 25979840
Kongsgaard M, Kovanen V, Aagaard P, Doessing S, Hansen P, Laursen AH, Kaldau NC, Kjaer M, Magnusson SP
Scand J Med Sci Sports 2009 Dec;19(6):790-802. Epub 2009 May 28 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00949.x. PMID: 19793213

Prognosis

Cushman DM, Petrin Z, Cummings K, Eby SF, English J, Teramoto M
Clin J Sport Med 2022 Sep 1;32(5):493-500. Epub 2021 Nov 10 doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000984. PMID: 34759186Free PMC Article
Ekstrand J, Krutsch W, Spreco A, van Zoest W, Roberts C, Meyer T, Bengtsson H
Br J Sports Med 2020 Apr;54(7):421-426. Epub 2019 Jun 10 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100666. PMID: 31182429Free PMC Article
Splittgerber LE, Ihm JM
Curr Sports Med Rep 2019 Jun;18(6):192-200. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000600. PMID: 31385834
Jacobsen JS, Søballe K, Thorborg K, Bolvig L, Storgaard Jakobsen S, Hölmich P, Mechlenburg I
Acta Orthop 2019 Feb;90(1):40-45. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2018.1555637. PMID: 30712500Free PMC Article
Stasinopoulos D, Stasinopoulos I
J Hand Ther 2017 Jan-Mar;30(1):13-19. Epub 2016 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2016.09.001. PMID: 27823901

Clinical prediction guides

Kearney RS, Ji C, Warwick J, Parsons N, Brown J, Harrison P, Young J, Costa ML; ATM Trial Collaborators
JAMA 2021 Jul 13;326(2):137-144. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.6986. PMID: 34255009Free PMC Article
Agergaard AS, Svensson RB, Malmgaard-Clausen NM, Couppé C, Hjortshoej MH, Doessing S, Kjaer M, Magnusson SP
Am J Sports Med 2021 Mar;49(4):982-993. Epub 2021 Feb 22 doi: 10.1177/0363546520988741. PMID: 33616456
Mendonça LD, Ocarino JM, Bittencourt NFN, Macedo LG, Fonseca ST
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2018 Sep;48(9):676-684. Epub 2018 May 23 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2018.7426. PMID: 29792104
van Ark M, Cook JL, Docking SI, Zwerver J, Gaida JE, van den Akker-Scheek I, Rio E
J Sci Med Sport 2016 Sep;19(9):702-6. Epub 2015 Dec 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.11.006. PMID: 26707957
Rio E, Kidgell D, Purdam C, Gaida J, Moseley GL, Pearce AJ, Cook J
Br J Sports Med 2015 Oct;49(19):1277-83. Epub 2015 May 15 doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094386. PMID: 25979840

Recent systematic reviews

Murphy MC, Travers M, Chivers P, Debenham J, Docking SI, Rio EK, Gibson W, Ardern C
J Sci Med Sport 2023 Apr-May;26(4-5):253-260. Epub 2023 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.03.007. PMID: 36990866
Sahota B, Howes M, Rio E, Docking S, Cook J
Ann Phys Rehabil Med 2022 Jun;65(4):101638. Epub 2022 Apr 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2022.101638. PMID: 35093586
Núñez-Martínez P, Hernández-Guillen D
J Sport Rehabil 2022 Mar 1;31(3):337-350. Epub 2021 Dec 23 doi: 10.1123/jsr.2021-0117. PMID: 34942594
Lang TR, Cook J, Rio E, Gaida JE
Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2017 Feb;31(1):4-16. Epub 2016 Oct 5 doi: 10.1111/fcp.12228. PMID: 27477928
Lewis T, Cook J
J Athl Train 2014 May-Jun;49(3):422-7. Epub 2014 Apr 24 doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-49.2.09. PMID: 24762232Free PMC Article

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