musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis
Symptoms and Signs of Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis
Affected tendons are usually painful when actively moved or when natural motion is resisted. For example, because the posterior tibial tendon helps invert the foot, passive eversion plus active, resisted inversion causes pain in patients with posterior tibial tendinitis. Occasionally, tendon sheaths become swollen and fluid accumulates, usually when patients have infection, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) , or In Systemic Sclerosis , the tendon sheath may remain dry, but movement of the tendon in its sheath may cause friction, which can be felt or heard with a stethoscope. 