PATELLAR Tendinopathy Evidence Based Guide [What Physical Therapists Need to Know]

By dpope2020

August 24, 2024

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PATELLAR Tendinopathy Evidence Based Guide [What Physical Therapists Need to Know] 

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In today's video we go over PATELLAR Tendinopathy Evidence Based Guide [What Physical Therapists Need to Know]: FPF Show Episode 143

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 0:45 Tendinitis vs. tendinopathy vs. tendinosis vs. tenodesis
  • 3:59 Does patellar tendinopathy force athletes to leave their sport?
  • 4:55 Where is patellar tendon pain mostly located? (Superior vs inferior pole)
  • 6:29 How do we diagnose patellar tendinopathy?
  • 10:19 Is the diagnosis of quadriceps tendinopathy any different then patellar tendinopathy?
  • 12:19 Differential diagnosis of Patellar tendinopathy 
  • 18:29 What is the prevalence of patellar tendinopathy? (Is it common?)
  • 22:29 Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy
  • 32:14 What happens in the tendon during tendinopathy?
  • 34:22 Prognosis: Can we successfully treat patellar tendinopathy and does it commonly recur?

Good old jumper's knee...

- Dan Pope DPT,OCS,CSCS

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