Predicting change in symptoms and function in patients with persistent shoulder pain: a prognostic model development study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persistent shoulder pain causes considerable disruption of the individual's life and imposes high costs on healthcare and society. Well-informed treatment and referral pathways are crucial as unsuccessful interventions and longer duration of symptoms minimizes the likelihood of success in future interventions. Although physiotherapy is generally recommended as first line treatment, no prognostic model or clinical prediction rules exists to help guide the treatment of patients with persistent shoulder pain undergoing physiotherapy. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop a prognostic model to inform clinical decision making and predict change in symptoms and function in patients with persistent shoulder pain.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study of

SUBMITTER: Ronnow MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8401246 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature