There is a lot we do not know about tendinopathy, but we know many athletes have tendon pain during or after sports. You may be surprised to learn that basic—dare we say foundational—issues surrounding clinical terminology and labels for tendon pathology have never been agreed on. We clinicians and researchers use a very wide range of terms inconsistently. This confuses patients, makes interpreting and comparing new research hard for clinicians and hampers communication among those engaged with the research. Are you looking for a guide on what patient characteristics to report in tendon treatment trials? Good luck! We lack uniform standards for reporting participant characteristics in tendon research. There has been no meeting to discuss the clinical domains that should be included when evaluating patients in tendon trials. Should we measure pain or function do we need imaging? What about quality of life? This Babylonian tower of confusion …

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ICON 2019——国际科学肌腱病研讨会：建造ICONic肌腱塔——开启临床肌腱病研究的新纪元

我们对肌腱病知之甚少，但我们知道许多运动员在运动期间或运动后会出现肌腱疼痛。您可能会惊讶地发现，围绕临床术语和肌腱病理学标签的基本（我们敢说是基础）问题从未达成一致。我们临床医生和研究人员不一致地使用了非常广泛的术语。这使患者感到困惑，使临床医生难以解释和比较新研究，并妨碍参与研究的人员之间的交流。您是否正在寻找有关在肌腱治疗试验中报告哪些患者特征的指南？祝你好运！我们缺乏报告肌腱研究参与者特征的统一标准。没有会议讨论在肌腱试验中评估患者时应包括的临床领域。我们应该测量疼痛还是功能，我们需要成像吗？生活质量怎么样？这座巴比伦的混乱之塔……