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

NCT04806191 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2022-11-03

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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.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Rotator Cuff Tendinosis
  • Myalgia
  • Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome
  • Rotator Cuff Tear or Rupture, Not Specified as Traumatic

Interventions

OTHER

Evidence based treatment strategy

Evidence-based clinical examination and treatment plan

OTHER

Targeted patient information package

GPs will in cooperation with the patients tailor a information package targeted to the patients needs regarding their clinical shoulder diagnosis and individual implications and needs (Pain, sleep, exercises etc.).

OTHER

Treatment as usual (TAU)

Usual care as provided by the GP

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helse Fonna

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Niels G Juel, MD, PhD · Department of General practice, University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-11
Primary Completion
2023-05-30
Completion
2023-12-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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