Continuum Model Proposed For Tendinopathy

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by Laurie Erickson.

09-23-2008

Research abstract and photos of two lead authors from Perelman School of Medicine.

Dr. Jill Cook suggests that tendinopathy occurs as a continuum and that different stages would be best served by different treatments. She writes. "We propose that there is a continuum of tendon pathology that has three stages: reactive tendinopathy, tendon dysrepair (failed healing) and degenerative tendinopathy."