Table 1.

Core Domains for Tendinopathy Assessment (International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus 2019)³⁵ and Specific Examples Pertaining to Patellar Tendinopathy

Core Domain for Tendinopathy	Patellar Tendinopathy–Specific Example
Patient rating of condition	Global rating from 0% to 100% of the patient's feeling about patellar tendinopathy status
Activity participation	Tegner Activity Scale, Activities of Daily Living Scale
Pain during activity, loading, or both	100-mm Visual analog scale immediately after single-legged squat on the affected limb(s)
Patient function	Lower Extremity Functional Scale, Lysholm Knee Scale
Psychological factors	Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Physical function capacity	Quadriceps strength, quadriceps flexibility, single-limb hop for distance, 6-m hop test
Disability	Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment–Patella or Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center–Patellar Tendinopathy
Health-related quality of life	Short Form Survey-36
Pain over a specific time	100-mm Visual analog scale for pain