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Time to abandon the "tendinitis" myth
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Tendinitis such as that of the Achilles, lateral elbow, and rotator cuff tendons is a common presentation to family practitioners and various medical specialists.1 Most currently practising general practitioners were taught, and many still believe, that patients who present with overuse tendinitis have a largely inflammatory condition and will benefit from anti-inflammatory medication. Unfortunately this dogma is deeply entrenched. Ten of 11 readily available sports medicine texts specifically recommend non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for treating painful conditions like Achilles and patellar tendinitis despite the lack of a biological rationale or clinical evidence for this approach. 2 3 Instead of adhering to the myths above, physicians should acknowledge that painful overuse tendon conditions have a non-inflammatory pathology. Light …
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Metadata
- Authors
- Khan, K. M.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2002-03-16
- Volume
- 324
- Issue
- 7338
- Pages
- 626-627
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2009302738
- Cited by
- 478
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 14.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- ja
- Open access
- green
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