Trial reportBMJ open2021
How do people perceive different labels for rotator cuff disease? A content analysis of data collected in a randomised controlled experiment.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
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- What are people's perspectives on different labels for neck pain after a motor vehicle crash? A content analysis of randomized study data.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2025Trial
- The Influence of "Labels" for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2024Trial
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- Differences in the utilization of physical therapy for outpatients with non-specific shoulder pain labels and specific shoulder pain labels.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Rotator cuff surgery and semantics : definitions matter.Bone & joint open · 2025Article
- How Do Individuals Perceive Diagnostic Labels and Explanations for Hip Pain? A Qualitative Study Among Adults With Persistent Hip Pain.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- Negative expectations and related nocebo effects in shoulder pain: a perspective for clinicians and researchers.Pain management · 2025Review
- Perceptions of advice for acute low back pain: a content analysis of qualitative data collected in a randomised experiment.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Machine learning model successfully identifies important clinical features for predicting outpatients with rotator cuff tears.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesExplore how people perceive different labels for rotator cuff disease in terms of words or feelings evoked by the label and treatments they feel are needed.
settingWe performed a content analysis of qualitative data collected in a six-arm, online randomised controlled experiment.
participants1308 people with and without shoulder pain read a vignette describing a patient with rotator cuff disease and were randomised to one of six labels: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES: Participants answered two questions (free-text response) about: (1) words or feelings evoked by the label; (2) what treatments they feel are needed. Two researchers iteratively developed coding frameworks to analyse responses.
conclusionsWords or feelings evoked by certain labels for rotator cuff disease and perceived treatment needs may explain why some labels drive management preferences towards surgery and imaging more than others.
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