Table 1. The nine core health domains of tendinopathy as recommended by Vicenzino et al. (2020).

Domain	Description	Example
Patient rating of overall condition	A single assessment numerical evaluation	0–100%
Pain on activity or loading	Patient reported intensity of pain during a tendon loading activity.	VAS, NRS
Participation	Patient rating of participation levels in sport or engagement across other areas.	Tegner Activity Scale
Function	Patient rating of function and not referring to the intensity of their pain.	Patient Specific Function Scale
Psychological factors	Patient rating of psychological impact (e.g. Pain self efficacy, kinesiophobia, catastrophisation) .	PCS
Disability	Scores from a combination of patient rated pain and disability due to pain in relation to tendon specific loading activities	VISA-A
Physical function capacity	The quantitative measures of physical tasks such as number of hops, number of squats and dynamometry.	Single leg heel raise
Quality of life	Patient rating of general wellbeing	EQ-5D
Pain over a specified time	Patient reported intensity of pain over a specified time period (e.g. morning, night, 24 h).	VAS, NRS

Note:

VAS, visual analogue scale; NRS, numerical rating scale; PCS, pain catastrophisation scale; VISA, Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5 dimension.