Tendons are designed to take tensile load, but excessive load can cause overuse
tendinopathy. Overuse tendinopathy results in extensive changes to the cells and …

Overuse tendinopathy is problematic to manage clinically. People of different ages with
tendons under diverse loads present with varying degrees of pain, irritability, and capacity to …

Tendinopathy affects millions of people in athletic and occupational settings and is a
nemesis for patients and physicians. Mechanical loading is a major causative factor for …

Tendons are designed to withstand considerable loads. Mechanical loading of tendon tissue
results in upregulation of collagen expression and increased synthesis of collagen protein …

Chronic tendon problems or tendinopathies remain a common problem for both elite and
recreational athletes. Although acute, traumatic conditions such as ligament and muscle …

Tendinopathy is a common clinical problem with athletes and in many occupational settings.
Tendinopathy can occur in any tendon, often near its insertion or enthesis where there is an …

Despite the high prevalence of tendon pathology in athletes, the underlying pathogenesis is
still poorly understood. Various aetiological theories have been presented and rejected in …

The pathogenesis of tendinopathy and the primary biological change in the tendon that
precipitates pathology have generated several pathoaetiological models in the literature …

Tendinopathy has become the accepted term to describe a spectrum of changes that occur
in damaged and/or diseased tendons. Over the past 2 decades, there have been new …

Our understanding of the pathogenesis of" tendinopathy" is based on fragmented evidences
like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. We propose a" failed healing theory" to knit these fragments …