Haslock I.
Medicine North America, 1996;19:49-58

Common periarticular syndromes are soft tissue lesions that are painful and disabling. They can occur in various parts of the body:

• Shoulder (capsulitis, stiffness resulting from diabetes, supraspinatus tendinitis, bicipital tendinitis)
  
• Elbow (epicondylitis, inflammatory bursitis)
  
• Wrist (tenosynotivitis, repetitive strain syndrome)
• Hand (tenosynovitis, plant-thorn synovitis, Dupuytren's contracture)
  
• Hip (sub-trochanteric bursitis, tenosynotivitis of the groin)
  
• Knee (Baker's cyst, infrapatellar bursitis)
  
• Calf (musculo-tendinous tearing)
  
• Foot and ankle (tenosynovitis, central core degeneration, ligamentous lesions, plantar fascilitis, Dupuytren's contracture).
  

Important steps in the management of those with periarticular syndromes include:

• Careful examination of the patient
  
• Localizing the periarticular and soft tissue lesions
  
• Consideration of rheumatic disease especially if several sites are involved
  
• Consideration of the cause of the lesion
  
• Modification of factors causing the problem
  
• Patient education to avoid recurrences.
  
  

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