Types and epidemiology of tendinopathy

This article first discusses tendinopathy from a histopathological viewpoint. We then describe the basic epidemiological issues facing physicians when dealing with such conditions. Some forms of tendinopathies are discussed, but we stress that these are not detailed, in-depth descriptions, and that the conditions selected, though representative, are only a small cross-section of clinically relevant tendinopathies. We stress that reliable, well conducted epidemiological studies are not available for most tendinopathies.