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Simple and Evidence-based Examination and Treatment of Shoulder Pain in General Practice

Norway250 participantsStarted 2021-03-11

Plain-language summary

Previous research suggests that general practitioners find handling patients with shoulder pain difficult and that the current care for shoulder pain is not in line with the best available evidence (1).This project aims to assess the effectiveness, costs and implementation of an evidence-based guideline for shoulder pain in general practice.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pain in the shoulder region * Above 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to fill in self-report questionnaires or do not understand Norwegian * Acute injury with clinical suspicion of fracture, luxation of shoulder joints or large tendon ruptures * Clinical suspicion of referred pain to the shoulder area from other organs * Signs of inflammatory joint disease * Suspicion of malignant disease * Symptoms and signs of cervical radiculopathy

What they're measuring

Change in Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)

Timeframe: Change from 0 to 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04806191

SponsorUniversity of Oslo

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-05-30

Contact for this trial

Stein J Pedersen, MD

90162213 s.j.pedersen@medisin.uio.no

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