Development and validation of a new visa questionnaire (VISA-H) for patients with proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

Background: There is a need for a patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaire to evaluate patients with proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT).

Objective: To develop a PRO questionnaire based on VISA questionnaire forms for patients with PHT.

Methods: Item generation, item reduction, item scaling and evaluation of the psychometric properties were used to develop a questionnaire to assess the severity of symptoms, function and ability to play sports in patients with PHT and healthy subjects.

Reliability and validity of three pain provocation tests used for the diagnosis of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

Background: The clinical assessment of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) in athletes is a challenge to sports medicine. To be able to compare the results of research and treatments, the methods used to diagnose and evaluate PHT must be clearly defined and reproducible.

Objective: To assess the reliability and validity of three pain provocation tests used for the diagnosis of PHT.

Shockwave therapy for the treatment of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy in professional athletes.

Background: Chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy is an overuse syndrome that is usually managed by nonoperative methods. Shockwave therapy has proved to be effective in many tendinopathies.

Hypothesis: Shockwave therapy may be more effective than other nonoperative treatments for chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

Effectiveness of treatment of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder by disodium EDTA.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of disodium EDTA administration in the treatment of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder.

Methods: Eighty patients with radiographically verified calcific tendinitis of the shoulder were enrolled between September 2001 and October 2003. Patients were randomly assigned to either a study group (n = 40) or a control group (n = 40).

Effectiveness of radial shock-wave therapy for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder: single-blind, randomized clinical study.

Background And Purpose: Radial shock-wave therapy (RSWT) is a pneumatically generated, low- to medium-energy type of shock-wave therapy. This single-blind, randomized, "less active similar therapy"-controlled study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of RSWT for the management of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder.

Subjects: Ninety patients with radiographically verified calcific tendinitis of the shoulder were tested.