SynthesisJournal of clinical epidemiology2015
Core domain and outcome measurement sets for shoulder pain trials are needed: systematic review of physical therapy trials.
Synthesis in Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02541279 (Effectiveness of a Group Intervention for the Treatment of Shoulder Pathologies), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Effectiveness of a Group Intervention for the Treatment of Shoulder Pathologies
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Changes From Baseline in Patient- Reported Outcomes at 1 Year Versus 2 Years After Rotator Cuff Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The American journal of sports medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Image-guided glucocorticoid injection versus injection without image guidance for shoulder pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Shoulder replacement surgery for osteoarthritis and rotator cuff tear arthropathy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Shock wave therapy for rotator cuff disease with or without calcification.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Surgery for rotator cuff tears.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- Progressive exercise compared with best-practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for rotator cuff disorders: the GRASP factorial RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
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- Surgical treatments compared with early structured physiotherapy in secondary care for adults with primary frozen shoulder: the UK FROST three-arm RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- Internet and Telerehabilitation-Delivered Management of Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain (INTEL Trial): Randomized Controlled Pilot and Feasibility Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
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- Outcome measures used in the conservative management of people with non-specific thoracic spine pain (NTSP): a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Identifying common core outcome domains from core outcome sets of musculoskeletal conditions: protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Protocol for the development of a core domain set for individuals with ankle osteoarthritis.Trials · 2022Article
- Study protocol for developing, piloting and disseminating the PRISMA-COSMIN guideline: a new reporting guideline for systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the outcome domains and measurement instruments reported in published randomized controlled trials of physical therapy interventions for shoulder pain (rotator cuff disease, adhesive capsulitis, or nonspecific shoulder pain). STUDY DESIGN AND
settingWe included trials comparing physical therapy to any other intervention for shoulder pain, indexed up to March 2015 in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, or CINAHL Plus. Two authors independently selected trials for inclusion and extracted information on the domains and measurement instruments reported.
resultsWe included 171 trials. Most trials measured pain (87%), function (72%), and range of movement (67%), whereas adverse events, global assessment of treatment success, strength, and health-related quality of life were measured in 18-27% of trials, and work disability and referral for surgery were measured in less than 5% of trials. Thirty-five different measurement instruments for pain and 29 for function were noted. Measurement of function increased markedly from 1973 to 2014. In rotator cuff disease trials, there was a more frequent measurement of pain and strength and a less frequent measurement of range of movement compared with adhesive capsulitis trials.
conclusionsThere was wide diversity in the domains and measurement instruments reported. Our results provide the foundation for the development of a core domain and outcome measurement set for use in future shoulder pain trials.
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