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1               Definitions
                   In this instrument:
                                     being treated with a glucocorticoid drug as specified means:
         (a)          being treated with prednisolone, in the combinations of mode of administration, dose, duration of treatment and proximity to the clinical onset or worsening of patellar tendinopathy, as specified in Table 1 below; or
         (b)          being treated as specified in Table 1 with a glucocorticoid drug other than prednisolone in doses having an efficacy equivalent to prednisolone, that being calculated for the drugs listed in accordance with Table 2 below.
                   Table 1
Drug                 Mode           Dose                       Minimum duration of treatment  Proximity to clinical onset or worsening
Prednisolone         IV, IM, O      ≥ 0.5 grams over 6 months  6 months                       within the 3 years
≥ 3 grams            NS             within the 5 years
≥ 10 grams           NS             NS
Injection in tendon  ≥ 1 injection  NS                         within the 2 weeks
region

     Abbreviations: IV = intravenous; IM = intramuscular; O = oral; NS = not specified.
                   Table 2
 Glucocorticoid drug  Dose efficacy equivalence to prednisolone
 cortisone            5
 hydrocortisone       4
 prednisolone         1
 prednisone           1
 methylprednisolone   0.8
 triamcinolone        0.8
 paramethasone        0.4
 dexamethasone        0.15
 betamethasone        0.12

                                     chronic renal failure means:
         (a)           having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least three months; or
         (b)           a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
         (c)           undergoing chronic dialysis.
                                     MET means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion.  1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute, or 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour, or resting metabolic rate.
                                      MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     patellar tendinopathy—see subsection 7(2).
                                     relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                     VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.