Table 1.

Study characteristics

Author	Year	Journal	Setting	Population	Age	Type of study	Intervention/s	Comparator	Outcomes	Time points
Biernatet al 11	2014	J Strength Cond Res	University physical therapy	Male volleyball players with patellar tendinopathy	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Specific exercises including eccentric decline squat	Continued competitive activity and functional exercises	Visa-P Maximal power Jump height	Baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks
Cannellet al 16	2001	Br J Sports Med	Sports medicine centre	Mixed athletes with jumper’s knee	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Drop squat exercises	Leg extension/curl exercises	Pain score Quadriceps moment Hamstring moment	Baseline, 4 weeks
Jonsson et al 14	2005	Br J Sports Med	Sports medicine unit	Athletes with jumper’s knee	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Eccentric exercises	Concentric exercises	VISA Pain scores (VAS)	Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks
Topolet al 9	2011	Pediatrics	Physical medicine	Children with Osgood Schlatter’s who played sports	All <18 years old	Randomised controlled trial	Local anaesthetic and Local anaesthetic plus dextrose	Usual care	NPSS (Nirschl Pain Phase Scale)	Baseline, 3 months
Trailet al 10	1988	J Pediatr Orthop	Secondary care—Orthopaedics	Children with Osgood Schlatter’s	All <18 years old	Retrospective non-randomised parallel group design	Tibial sequestrectomy and mixture of cast/injections/physiotherapy	Reduction of activity/sport avoidance and mixture of cast/injections/physiotherapy	Proportion symptomatic Complication rate	Variable as at final review
Wanget al 12	2007	Am J Sports Med	Orthopaedic surgery department	Patients with chronic patellar tendinopathy	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Shockwave treatment followed by period of light activity	NSAIDs, physiotherapy and exercise program	Pain scores VISA Knee range of movement	Baseline, variable—2 to 3 years
Willberget al 15	2011	Br J Sports Med	Sports medicine unit	Patients with patellar tendinopathy	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Arthroscopic shaving	Sclerosing polidocanol injections	VAS at rest VAS on activity Satisfaction	Baseline, variable—approximately 12 months
Van Ark et al 13	2016	J Sci Med Sport	Physiotherapy department	Volleyball/basketball players with patellar tendinopathy	Mixed	Randomised controlled trial	Isometric exercises	Isotonic exercises	Pain score	Baseline, 4 weeks

NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.