{"id":11210,"date":"2024-07-29T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=11210"},"modified":"2024-07-23T22:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:34:37","slug":"the-tendinopathy-severity-assessment-achilles-tendins-a-the-new-way-to-assess-the-severity-of-disability-in-achilles-tendinopathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2024\/07\/29\/the-tendinopathy-severity-assessment-achilles-tendins-a-the-new-way-to-assess-the-severity-of-disability-in-achilles-tendinopathy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tendinopathy Severity Assessment- Achilles (TENDINS-A): The new way to assess the severity of disability in Achilles tendinopathy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Keywords: <\/b>outcome measure, tendon pain, symptoms<\/p>\n<p>This blog summarises recent research <a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/58\/12\/665\">published<\/a> in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: TENDINopathy Severity assessment\u2013Achilles (TENDINS-A): evaluation of reliability and validity in accordance with COSMIN recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><b>What we did<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The newly developed TENDINopathy Severity assessment \u2013 Achilles (TENDINS-A) assesses the severity of the tendon-related disability, and consists of questions covering sub-domains of pain, symptoms, and physical function related to Achilles tendinopathy (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The TENDINS-A has adequate content validity (including relevance, comprehensiveness and comprehensibility), being co-designed by people with Achilles tendinopathy, expert clinicians and researchers (1)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Whilst the TENDINS-A has sufficient content validity, the structural validity and other measurement properties were unknown. Therefore, we investigated the measurement properties of the TENDINS-A.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What we found\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our evaluation of the TENDINS-A, which concluded there are 10-scoreable items across three sub-domains of pain, symptoms and physical function that have adequate construct validity and reliability (2)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0These findings, and the previously established content validity, ensure that the TENDINS-A can be recommended for immediate use in both research and clinical practice, being the preferred tool over other outcome measures to assess disability in individuals with Achilles tendinopathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find it<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To download a copy of the TENDINS-A to use with your patients in clinical practice or for your research, please visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendinopathyseverityassessment.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.tendinopathyseverityassessment.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where you can access the TENDINS-A for free. Also keep an eye on this page as the TENDINS-A is now being translated into over 10 different languages and they will be uploaded as they become available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The figure below is part of the TENDINS-A questionnaire that relates to the Physical Function section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11211\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-11.12.40-300x279.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-11.12.40-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-11.12.40-768x714.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-11.12.40-640x595.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-23-at-11.12.40.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Figure 1: Physical Function section of TENDINS-A<\/p>\n<p><b>Why we did it\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2018, people with tendinopathy, expert clinicians and researchers reported there are several core health domains that are important in tendinopathy, with one being tendon-related disability.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A group of research experts synthesised the literature and discovered many different self-reported outcome measures to assess disability, with little consistency between studies.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our research found that physical<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">therapists and sports and exercise medicine doctors rarely used<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">any of the self-reported outcome measures as they felt they were burdensome and irrelevant to their practice.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Relevance to clinicians and patients is one of the core requirements for an outcome measure having content validity. The most commonly used outcome measure to assess the severity of disability in Achilles tendinopathy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment &#8211; Achilles (VISA-A).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 However, a group of researchers reported poor content validity for this assessment tool and called for the development of a new tool.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>REFERENCES\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Murphy MC, Newsham-West R, Cook J, et al. TENDINopathy Severity Assessment &#8211; Achilles (TENDINS-A): Development and Content Validity Assessment of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Achilles Tendinopathy. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2024;54(1):70-85. doi: 10.2519\/jospt.2023.11964<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Murphy MC, McCleary F, Hince D, et al. TENDINopathy Severity assessment-Achilles (TENDINS-A): evaluation of reliability and validity in accordance with COSMIN recommendations. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British journal of sports medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2024;58(12):665-73. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2023-107741 [published Online First: 20240531]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Vicenzino B, de Vos R-J, Alfredson H, et al. ICON 2019\u2014International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: There are nine core health-related domains for tendinopathy (CORE DOMAINS): Delphi study of healthcare professionals and patients. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British journal of sports medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2019;54(8):444-51. doi: 10.1136\/bjsports-2019-100894<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gr\u00e4vare Silbernagel K, Malliaras P, de Vos R-J, et al. ICON 2020\u2014International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Systematic Review of Outcome Measures Reported in Clinical Trials of Achilles Tendinopathy. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sports medicine (Auckland, NZ)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2021 doi: 10.1007\/s40279-021-01588-6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Murphy M, Debenham J, Bulsara C, et al. Assessment and monitoring of Achilles Tendinopathy in clinical practice: A qualitative descriptive exploration of the barrier\u2019s clinicians face. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2022;ePub ahead of print<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Robinson JM, Cook JL, Purdam C, et al. The VISA-A questionnaire: a valid and reliable index of the clinical severity of Achilles tendinopathy. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British journal of sports medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2001;35(5):335-41. [published Online First: 2001\/10\/02]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Comins J, Siersma V, Couppe C, et al. Assessment of content validity and psychometric properties of VISA-A for Achilles tendinopathy. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PloS one<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2021;16(3):e0247152. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0247152 [published Online First: 20210311]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>AUTHORS OF BLOG:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Myles Murphy 1, Ebonie Rio 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2 La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia\u00a0<\/span><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keywords: outcome measure, tendon pain, symptoms This blog summarises recent research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: TENDINopathy Severity assessment\u2013Achilles (TENDINS-A): evaluation of reliability and validity in accordance with COSMIN recommendations. 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