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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2014

Effectiveness of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services for patients with musculoskeletal problems.

Chris Salisbury, Alan A Montgomery, Sandra Hollinghurst, Cherida Hopper, Annette Bishop, Angelo Franchini, Surinder Kaur, Joanna Coast, Jeanette Hall, Sean Grove and 1 more

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Telerehabilitation for Knee Osteoarthritis in Brazil: A Feasibility Study.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Chris SalisburyCentre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.
Alan A MontgomeryBristol Randomised Controlled Trials Collaboration, University of Bristol, UK.
Sandra HollinghurstCentre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.
Cherida HopperCentre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.
Annette BishopArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Primary Care Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.
Angelo FranchiniBristol Randomised Controlled Trials Collaboration, University of Bristol, UK.
Surinder KaurCentre for Academic Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.
Joanna CoastHealth Economics Unit, School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Jeanette HallMusculoskeletal Outpatient Department, Bristol Community Health, Bristol, UK.
Sean GroveMusculoskeletal Outpatient Department, Bristol Community Health, Bristol, UK.
Nadine E FosterArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Primary Care Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

study questionAre PhysioDirect services, based on initial telephone assessment and advice from a physiotherapist, as effective as usual care involving patients waiting for a face-to-face appointment? SUMMARY ANSWER: Patients allocated to PhysioDirect received treatment more quickly than those allocated to usual care, and had equivalent clinical outcomes.

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Appointments and SchedulesFemaleHumansMaleMusculoskeletal DiseasesOutcome Assessment, Health CarePhysical Therapy Modalities

Identifiers

PMID25143469

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