Appendix 1. MEDLINE (Ovid) search strategy

1. Tendinopathy/

2. Tendinopathy.tiab.

3. Tendinopathies.tiab.

4. Tendinitis.tiab.

5. Tendinitides.tiab.

6. Tendonitis.tiab.

7. Tendonitides.tiab.

8. Tendinosis.tiab.

9. Tendinoses.tiab.

10. Tendon Injuries/

11. Tendon adj5 Injur$

12. 12 OR/1‐11

13. Patellar Ligament/

14. Patella$

15. Patella/

16. OR/13‐15

17. 12 AND 16

18. exp EXERCISE/

19. fitness/

20. exercise test/

21. exercise tolerance/

22. exp Sport/

23. pliability/

24. exp "physical activity, capacity and performance"/

25. exertion$.tiab.

26. exercis$.tiab.

27. sport$.tiab.

28. ((physical or motion) adj5 (fitness or therap$)).tiab.

29. (physical$ adj2 endur$).tiab.

30. ((strength$ or endurance or weight$) adj5 (exercis$ or train$)).tiab.

31. (skate$ or skating).tiab.

32. run$.tiab.

33. jog$.tiab.

34. treadmill$.tiab.

35. swim$.tiab.

36. bicycl$.tiab.

37. (cycle$ or cycling).tiab.

38. walk$.tiab.

39. (row or rows or rowing).tiab.

40. muscle strength$.tiab.

41. isokinetic/

42. isometric/

43. OR/18‐42

44. 17 AND 44

45. randomized controlled trial.pt.

46. controlled clinical trial.pt.

47. randomized.ab.

48. placebo.ab.

49. clinical trials as topic.sh.

50. randomly.ab.

51. trial.ti.

52. OR/43‐49

53. exp animals/ not humans.sh.

54. 50 not 51

55. 44 AND 54