The clinical diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy: a scoping review

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Introduction

Methodology

Study design

Search strategy

Eligibility criteria

Data extraction and synthesis

Results

Selection of sources of evidence

Characteristics of sources of evidence

Results of individual sources of evidence

Clinical guidelines and consensus statements

Systematic reviews

Randomised controlled trials

Cohort studies

Case-control studies

Cross-sectional studies

Narrative reviews

Case-reports

Protocols

Outcome measures

Discussion

Overview

Terminology

The nine core health domains of tendinopathy

Subjective history

Objective clinical tests

Outcome measures

An example evidence-based method for clinically diagnosing Achilles tendinopathy

Limitations

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Raw Data.

All collected data from all included studies used in the scoping review.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12166/supp-1

PRISMA Checklist.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12166/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Wesley Matthews conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Richard Ellis conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

James Furness conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Wayne A. Hing conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplementary File.

Funding

This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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