Research into practice: improving musculoskeletal care in general practice.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Prognostic Factors and Treatment Effect Modifiers for Physical Health, Opioid Prescription, and Health Care Utilization in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders in Primary Care: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of the STEMS Randomized Trial of Direct Access to Physical Therapist-Led Care.Physical therapy · 2024
   Trial
2. Social prescribing services for patients with musculoskeletal conditions compared with other long-term health conditions in the UK: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2025
   Article
3. A rheumatology curriculum in Pakistan for empowering family physicians and fighting disability.Clinical rheumatology · 2020
   Article
4. New episodes of musculoskeletal conditions among employed people in Norway, sickness certification and return to work: a multiregister-based cohort study from primary care.BMJ open · 2018
   Observational

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Funding

Abstract

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