Considering the existing literature on the relationship between genetic factors and tendinopathy, this study aims to examine the association of different SNP genotypes with structural abnormalities indicative of elbow tendon pathology, namely COL5A1 rs12722, COL11A1 rs3753841, COL11A1 rs1676486 and COL11A2 rs1799907, selected in order to compare results with previous studies on patellar24,31, Achilles13,25 and elbow tendinopathies14. The gene discussed is COL5A1; the disease is disease of the tendon.