Tendonitis - Definition and Overview

Tendonitis (also tenonitis or tendinitis) is an inflammation of a tendon. For example, patellar tendonitis (jumper's knee) is an inflammation of the patellar tendon, which connects the tibia to the patella.

See also

• repetitive strain injury
• stenosing tenosynovitis
• tenosynovitis

External links

• Tendinitis/Bursitis provided by the American College of Rheumatology (http://www.healthtouch.com/bin/EContent_HT/showAllLfts.asp?lftname=ACR035&cid=HT)
• Books about relieving tendinitis (http://bookstore.chirotx.com/subject_tendinitis.htm)
• eMedicine Health Tendinitis (http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/5738-1.asp)