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MANUAL THERAPY
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 468-472Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.07.005
Keywords
Rotator cuff tendinopathy; Exercise; Rehabilitation; Pain
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- Department of Health [DRF-2011-04-090] Funding Source: Medline
- National Institute for Health Research [DRF-2011-04-090] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [DRF-2011-04-090] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
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Tendinopathy is a term used to describe a painful tendon disorder but despite being a well-recognised clinical presentation, a definitive understanding of the pathoaetiology of rotator cuff tendinopathy remains elusive. Current explanatory models, which relate to peripherally driven nocioceptive mechanisms secondary to structural abnormality, or failed healing, appear inadequate on their own in the context of current literature. In light of these limitations this paper presents an extension to current models that incorporates the integral role of the central nervous system in the pain experience. The role of the central nervous system (CNS) is described and justified along with a potential rationale to explain the favourable response to loaded therapeutic exercises demonstrated by previous studies. This additional consideration has the potential to offer a useful way to explain pain to patients, for clinicians to prescribe appropriate therapeutic management strategies and for researchers to advance knowledge in relation to this clinically challenging problem. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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