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Tendonitis, Tendinosis, or Tendinopathy?

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Abstract

The term tendinopathy does not seem more suited to describe the processes that the tendon undergoes during its rearrangement in the case of its biological and structural distress. In effect, the inflammatory process would seem to be absent, or in any case very limited, from a temporal point of view, while it would seem to prevail the biological degeneration process. For this reason, it would seem preferable to use the term “tendinopathy.” In effect, this term would describe much better the profound processes of biological and structural rearrangement that the tendon suffers. However, one cannot ignore the fact that often inflammatory and degenerative processes can coexist.

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Notes

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    Pyknosis: in cytology, the contraction of the cell nucleus (pyknotic core) or of all the protoplasm, which looks like a mass intensely colored without regular pattern. It is generally a degeneration sign.

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    The phospholipase A2 are enzymes that have the task to separate the fatty acids from the oxidized phospholipids.

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    Heat shock proteins (HSP) are a class of functionally linked proteins, involved in folding and unfolding of other proteins.

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