title: Current treatment options for tendinopathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tendon disorders are frequent and are responsible for much morbidity, both in sport and the workplace. Although several therapeutic options are routinely used, very few well-conducted randomised prospective, placebo, controlled trials have been performed to assist in choosing the best evidence-based management.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a comprehensive search of PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, and Embase databases over the years 1966 - 2010 to review the best evidence-based options for the management of patients with tendinopathy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The reader will obtain information on the available medical and surgical therapies used to manage tendinopathy-related symptoms. The effectiveness of therapies, the length of management and the adverse effects are examined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Management of tendinopathy is often anecdotic and lacking well-researched scientific evidence. Teaching patients to control the symptoms may be more beneficial than leading them to believe that tendinopathy is fully curable.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Hospital, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4 DG, UK. n.maffulli@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
authors.forename: Umile Giuseppe
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loppini
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Denaro
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*