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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the upper extremity (excluding shoulder)" and "Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the lower extremity (excluding Achilles)" and "Society guideline links: Shoulder soft tissue injuries (including rotator cuff)" and "Society guideline links: Achilles tendon injury".)
International
●International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium (ISTS): ICON 2019 – Consensus statement on clinical terminology (published 2020)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe opiates as first line treatment for tendinopathies (updated 2021)
United States
Europe
●European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR): Guidelines of MR imaging of sports injuries (2016)
United Kingdom
