title: Overuse syndrome and its differential diagnosis.
abstract: In general, tender structures are usually absent in the conditions imitated by overuse syndrome; swelling over overused structure is minor rather than major and it should be possible to reconcile the areas of perceived pain with tender structures. When obvious questions of primary and secondary gain are present, one's clinical skills may be stretched to the limit.
mesh_terms: D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000175:diagnosis*