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Pathogenesis of tendinopathies: inflammation or degeneration?

Overview of attention for article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy, January 2009
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72 tweeters
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6 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Pathogenesis of tendinopathies: inflammation or degeneration?
Published in
Arthritis Research & Therapy, January 2009
DOI 10.1186/ar2723
Pubmed ID
Authors

Michele Abate, Karin Gravare-Silbernagel, Carl Siljeholm, Angelo Di Iorio, Daniele De Amicis, Vincenzo Salini, Suzanne Werner, Roberto Paganelli

Abstract

The intrinsic pathogenetic mechanisms of tendinopathies are largely unknown and whether inflammation or degeneration has the prominent role is still a matter of debate. Assuming that there is a continuum from physiology to pathology, overuse may be considered as the initial disease factor; in this context, microruptures of tendon fibers occur and several molecules are expressed, some of which promote the healing process, while others, including inflammatory cytokines, act as disease mediators. Neural in-growth that accompanies the neovessels explains the occurrence of pain and triggers neurogenic-mediated inflammation. It is conceivable that inflammation and degeneration are not mutually exclusive, but work together in the pathogenesis of tendinopathies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 5 <1%
Brazil 3 <1%
United States 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Austria 2 <1%
Italy 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Cyprus 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Other 3 <1%
Unknown 758 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 121 16%
Student > Master 120 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 78 10%
Researcher 62 8%
Other 58 7%
Other 182 23%
Unknown 159 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 267 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 91 12%
Sports and Recreations 83 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 5%
Engineering 26 3%
Other 82 11%
Unknown 195 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2023.
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#690,845
of 24,067,703 outputs
Outputs from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#53
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#2,204
of 175,989 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#7
of 109 outputs
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