Definitions

Question 1

Tendinitis

Answer 1

INFLAMMATION of the TENDON

Question 2

Tendinosis

Answer 2

DEGENERATION of the tendon at the collagen FIBRE level

Question 3

Paratenonitis

Answer 3

used to be known as tenosynovitis or peritendinitis

INFLAMMATION of the SHEATH covering the tendon

Question 4

Enthesopathies

Answer 4

INFLAMMATION at the tendon INSERTION, also known as insertional tendinopathy

Question 5

Tendon subluxation

Answer 5

tendon has slipped out of its normal POSITION