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Tendinopatia

Last reviewed: 21 Jul 2025
Last updated: 09 Mar 2023

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • início insidioso
  • sensibilidade bem localizada
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Other diagnostic factors

  • dor durante atividade
  • espessamento do tendão
  • nodularidade do tendão
  • crepitação
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Risk factors

  • atividades atléticas
  • equipamentos inadequados
  • superfícies de treino dura e de alta fricção
  • idade mais avançada
  • tratamento com fluoroquinolona
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Investigations to consider

  • ultrassonografia
  • RNM
  • radiografia
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

ombro com tendinopatia do manguito rotador

ombro com tendinopatia no bíceps

cotovelo com epicondilite lateral

cotovelo com epicondilite medial

joelho com tendinopatia patelar

joelho com tendinopatia do poplíteo, quadríceps ou banda iliotibial

tornozelo com tendinopatia de Aquiles

Contributors

Authors

James H-C. Wang, PhD
James H-C. Wang

Professor and Director

MechanoBiology Laboratory

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh

PA

Disclosures

JHW declares that he has no competing interests.

Benjamin B. Rothrauff, MD, PhD

Research Fellow

UPMC Center for Sports Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

PA

Disclosures

BBR declares that he has no competing interests.

Kevin J. Byrne, MD

Research Fellow

UPMC Center for Sports Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

PA

Disclosures

KJB declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr James H-C. Wang, Dr Benjamin B. Rothrauff, and Dr. Kevin J. Byrne would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Kivanc Atesok, Dr Chad Griffith, Dr Garth N. Walker, Dr Chealon Miller, Dr Paulo H. Araujo, Dr Margaret S. Lo, Dr Márcio Albers, and Dr Freddie H. Fu, previous contributors to this topic. Unfortunately, we have since been made aware that Dr Freddie H. Fu is deceased.

Disclosures

KA, CG, GNW, CM, PHA, MSL, and MA declare that they have no competing interests. FHF declared that he had no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Per Renström, MD

Professor Emeritus

Karolinska Institute

Stockholm

Sweden

Disclosures

PR declares that he has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Almekinders LC, Temple JD. Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of tendonitis: an analysis of the literature. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998 Aug;30(8):1183-90. Abstract

Beaudreuil J, Dhénain M, Coudane H, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical management of rotator cuff tears in adults. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2010 Apr;96(2):175-9.Full text  Abstract

Schepsis AA, Jones H, Haas AL. Achilles tendon disorders in athletes. Am J Sports Med. 2002 Mar-Apr;30(2):287-305. Abstract

Kukkonen J, Joukainen A, Lehtinen J, et al. Treatment of nontraumatic rotator cuff tears: a randomized controlled trial with two years of clinical and imaging follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Nov 4;97(21):1729-37. Abstract

Reference articles

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