5 97 Standardized Pain Mapping for Diagnosing Achilles Tendinopathy in the current Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, the implementation of the pain map in primary care could be evaluated, where the pain map could be used for self-reported pain location and initial self-care. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that a self-administered pain map could be useful for diagnosing Achilles tendinopathy. There was almost a perfect agreement between patient-reported pain on a standardized pain map and a physician-established clinical diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy. There was also substantial agreement between the patient-selected location of the pain and the location-specific diagnosis (insertional or midportion Achilles tendinopathy) as determined by the physician. This self-reported outcome measure should be further developed, especially for the location-specific element of diagnosing Achilles tendinopathy (insertional versus midportion). This tool could aid healthcare providers and researchers for screening purposes and for performing large epidemiological studies.
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