Talk:Calcific tendinitis

Calcification articles
There are already several articles encompassing or parallelling this topic. Perhaps some integration should be done or reciprocal references be inserted in key positions. 99.251.114.120 (talk) 03:40, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Change article name to calcareous tendinopathy? 488,000 search results, dwarfing usage of other names
Names by Google hits, Jan 24, 2015, in descending order

calcareous tendinopathy 488,000 results

Calcific tendinitis 97,300 results

calcified tendonitis 82,600 results

hydroxyapatite deposition disease OR HADD  58,200 results

Calcific tendonitis 63,800 results

calcareous tendonitis 57,500 results

calcifying tendinopathy 41,500 results

Calcific tendinopathy 36,600 results

calcified tendinopathy 28,900 results

calcified tendinitis 25,500 results

calcifying tendinitis 24,600 results

tendinosis calcarea 21,600 results

calcifying tendonitis 13,300 results

calcific periarthritis 12,900 results

calcareous tendinitis 5,760 results — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdcntx (talk • contribs) 23:38, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Reference note
Just a note that Kim, et al. 2020 has a brief Etiology section that lists two of the three theories in our article's Cause section, and has several classification schemes we don't mention here. Just dropping this here so that I, or someone else, might follow up. Ajpolino (talk) 14:12, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Page name change
Calcium is very common in degenerated tendons. There is no clear reason to distinguish tendinopathy with and without calcium.

This chapter collates the evidence that calcification in tendons is a common variation in asymptomatic people: DOI 10.1016/s0950-3579(89)80009-3

As an orthopedic surgeon, I recommend this page be changed to "Acute calcific tendinitis" to address the much less common circumstance in which the calcium breaks free of the tendon and causes a brief, intense, inflammation that mimics the symptoms and signs of infection.

Examples here: https://ima-files.s3.amazonaws.com/302619_4e04e699-dddb-44db-913f-fbadabec9b62.pdf Ischyros7 (talk) 16:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't have any topic knowledge but in general article titles should be simple and follow common usage (WP:COMMONNAME) and I'm not sure that "Acute" would suit that. This page might not get much attention and you could ask for opinions at WT:WikiProject Medicine. By the way, I see that Tendinopathy is not linked in this article except in the "Soft tissue disorders" navigation box at the bottom. Johnuniq (talk) 23:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Recent changes/acute calcific tendinitis
Hi, I'm sorry to have reverted your recent changes to the article. I don't doubt your expertise as you allude to above. However, here on Wikipedia we strive to reflect mainstream consensus on topics by summarizing the most recent high-quality sources. You seem to feel that the mainstream mischaracterizes "calcific tendinitis" by misunderstanding the role of calcium deposits in shoulder pain (that is, folks assume they're a cause rather than an effect of tendinitis). That may be true. But I think your quarrel may be with the authors of articles and websites on calcific tendinitis. Once those change their framing, the Wikipedia article will follow. This general idea is fleshed out a bit at WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. Ajpolino (talk) 20:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * To follow-up on the above, this is a general-knowledge encyclopedia, not a review article. And it's written by pseudonymous volunteers, not recognized experts. To try to keep us on track and relying on the best possible sources when we write medical articles, we've put together a set of guidelines, codified at Identifying reliable sources (medicine). We summarize recent review articles and/or textbook chapters, preferring those over older or primary sources. I hope that helps. As Johnuniq alluded to above, this is probably not a highly watched page. If you think I'm misunderstanding your intent, or am just plain stupid (both possible!) you're more than welcome to post at WT:MED, which is a noticeboard for medicine-interested editors. Best, Ajpolino (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)