**7. Conclusions**

In summary, tendons are highly responsive to morphological, biochemical, and biomechanical modifications in response to exercise training. Those changes emphasize the importance of extracellular matrix investigation and its remarkable characteristics in this tissue type. With respect to mechanical loading, is well known that exercise exerts beneficial effects in distinct regions of tendons. However, tendon remodeling is not the same in different tendon regions concerning the same mechanical loading application. Also, muscle contraction intensity is a key element in tendon adaptive responses. Finally, accumulating evidence from animal and human studies suggests several beneficial effects of exercise on the tendon remodeling, which might contribute to clinical conditions and performance, as well as understanding the potential of mechanical loading in different types of exercise conditions.
