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Physiotherapy Assessment of Patients Referred to Orthopaedic Surgeon

NCT02265172 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2014-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary healthcare are referred to orthopaedic surgeon, however, a relatively low percentage of these patients are considered suitable for orthopaedic intervention.

Physiotherapists are suitable for musculoskeletal assessments and are used as such in many countries i.e. Advanced Practice Physiotherapists or Extended Scope Physiotherapists, however, this is not an existing model of care in Sweden. To be able to consider this model for implementation in Sweden it is necessary to evaluate it from a healthcare as well as from a patient perspective.

The study is a randomised controlled trial. Overall aim is to evaluate if a orthopaedic manual therapy assessment (physiotherapy) assessment of patients referred to orthopaedic surgeon bring any changes to referral routines, patient satisfaction and health-related variables when compared to standard practice.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy screening

Physiotherapy screening.

PROCEDURE

Standard practice

Orthopaedic surgeon assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vastra Gotaland Region

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Larsson, PhD · Närhalsan Research and development, Region of Västra Götaland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
67 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

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