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SURVEY ON PATELLAR TENDINOPATHIES

Patellar tendinopathy is a relatively common condition and may be debilitating for athletes engaged in highly demanding sports. There is still a lack of knowledge on the occurrence rate of this pathology and its proper management.
This ESMA survey among ESSKA members is aimed to improve our knowledge on the European management of this injury.
We are confident in receiving a high response rate.
Thank you in advance for cooperating!
1.How many patients visiting in a month report anterior knee pain (on average)?
2.How many of these cases are diagnosed as patellar tendinopathies?
3.Clinical evaluation: in what % do they present one of these characteristics?
4.In what % do they practice sports?
5.Which sports discipline(s) do they more frequently practice?
6.Which instrumental examination(s) do you usually require for a complete diagnosis?
7.Which conservative treatment do you usually suggest?
8.Which injection method do you prefer?
9.In what % did the conservative treatment fail and did you resort to surgery?
10.Which surgical approach do you usually choose?
11.If you prefer the open approach, which technique(s) do you usually perform?
12.If you prefer the arthroscopic approach, which procedure(s) do you usually perform?
13.What is the average postoperative recovery time before resuming sports?
14.Which criteria do you routinely consider before returning the patients to sport?
15.In what % did patients resume the same pre-injury activity level after surgery?
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