Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- início insidioso
- sensibilidade bem localizada
Other diagnostic factors
- dor durante atividade
- espessamento do tendão
- nodularidade do tendão
- crepitação
Risk factors
- atividades atléticas
- equipamentos inadequados
- superfícies de treino dura e de alta fricção
- idade mais avançada
- tratamento com fluoroquinolona
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- diagnóstico clínico
Investigations to consider
- ultrassonografia
- RNM
- radiografia
Treatment algorithm
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

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
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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Differentials
- Ruptura do manguito rotador
- Doença de Osgood-Schlatter
- Doença de Sinding-Larsen-Johansson
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