Dear all

Here is the latest in clinically relevant tendinopathy research. Some cool stuff, including our study showing eccentrics do not lead to better tendon adaptation than concentric after 12 weeks loading if load intensity is similar

Enjoy

Peter

The first study to suggest that, as in muscle, tendon adaptation may be more load rather than contraction type dependent.

Patellar tendon adaptation in relation to load-intensity and contraction type

http://www.jbiomech.com/article/S0021-9290(13)00216-9/abstract

Achilles are at risk during the preseason and elite football teams can expect about 1 Achilles flare per year

Recurrence of Achilles tendon injuries in elite male football players is more common after early return to play: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2013/06/13/bjsports-2013-092271.abstract

Another study showing lack of association between Doppler imaging and pain

Neovascularization Prevalence in the Supraspinatus of Patients With Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23732364

Interesting conference abstract adding to very limited evidence comparing tendinopathy loading programs

Comparing two eccentric exercise programmes for the management of Achilles tendinopathy. A pilot trial

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23757719

PRP works…but so do most things in the short term when not compared to anything else!

Platelet-rich plasma to treat chronic upper patellar tendinopathies

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/10/e3.7.abstract

Review of eccentric training studies and potential mechanisms – some potential mechanisms missing but an interesting read

Eccentric Training for the Treatment of Tendinopathies

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669088