TABLE 3.

Rehabilitation of patellar tendinopathy.

Authors (year)	Study design	Study participants	Rehabilitation
Mani-Babu et al. (2015)	Systematic review and meta-analysis	Not included	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
Frizziero et al. (2014)	Review and meta-analysis	Not included	Eccentric training
McCreesh, Riley and Crotty (2013)	Case report	Age:34 years Gender: Male	Eight-week programme of eccentric training, twice/day, 10 repetitions
Malliaras et al. (2013)	Systematic review	Not included	Eccentric training; eccentric-concentric loading alongside
Dimitrios, Pantelis and Kalliopi (2012)	Controlled clinical trial	Age:18–30 years Gender:16 male, 6 female	Eccentric training as well as eccentric training and static stretching in combination
Da Cunha et al. (2012)	Randomised controlled study	Age:18 years Gender:14 male, 3 female	Eccentric training: 12 weeks with or without pain
Van der Worp et al. (2011c)	Randomised controlled trial	Age:18–50 years	Focus and radial shockwave therapy, three times per week with eccentric training, 2 × 15, twice daily, 5 days a week
Romero-Rodriguez, Gual and Tesch (2011)	Case series	Age:18–35 years Gender: Male	Eccentric training: 6 weeks, 12 sessions for 24 minutes
Zwerver et al. (2010)	Pilot study	Age:18–58 Gender: Male	Three extracorporeal shock wave therapy treatments
Goldman and Lentz (2010)	Case report	Age:18 years Gender: Male	Eccentric training: 6 weeks, once daily, three times per week, stretching and strengthening