Tendinopathy

Question 1

State the difference between tendinitis and tendinosis

Answer 1

Tendinitis: inflammatory disorder
Tendinosis: degenerative disorder

Question 2

State the most common sites for tendinopathy (7)

Answer 2

Achilles, patella, hamstrings, glutes, peroneal, tibialis posteriors and plantar fascia

Question 3

In order state the structures that make up a whole tendon starting from tendon (4)

Answer 3

Fascicle, fibre, fibril, tropocollagen

Question 4

What is a tendon cell called?

Answer 4

Tenocyte

Question 5

Name some chemical reactions that occur in a tenocyte during tendinopathy (4)

Answer 5

Inflammation, cell proliferation, collagen remodelling and neoangiogenesis

Question 6

What two molecules make ground substance?

Answer 6

PG and GAG

Question 7

Are PG and GAG hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

Answer 7

Hydrophilic

Question 8

What is the effect of water being drawn into the tendon?

Answer 8

Causes it to bulge, damaging cross fibres and occasionally tearing the tendon

Question 9

What is neovascularization?

Answer 9

Influx of blood vessels that associate with nerve fibres into the tendon causing pain on movement