e-space
Manchester Metropolitan University's Research Repository

    Self-reported management among people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain: An observational study.

    Smythe, A, Rathi, S, Pavlova, N, Littlewood, C ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-727X, Connell, D, Haines, T and Malliaras, P (2020) Self-reported management among people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain: An observational study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 51. p. 102305. ISSN 2468-8630

    [img]
    Preview
    Accepted Version
    Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.

    Download (1MB) | Preview

    Abstract

    Background Rotator cuff related shoulder pain is the most common cause of shoulder pain. Whilst guidelines recommend conservative management prior to imaging, injection or surgical management, recent findings suggest that patients experience management contrary to guideline recommendations. Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate self-reported management among people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP) and their beliefs towards management. Materials and methods Cross-sectional survey of people with RCRSP recruited when referred for imaging (n = 120). Electronic survey about demographic factors, management people had had (including imaging, injections, surgery, exercise, adjuncts), and beliefs about treatments. The frequency of various treatments was reported (separately for each cohort and traumatic onset) as well as the timing of interventions related to first-line care. Results Most people had tried exercise (99/120, 82.5%) but only one in five people reported exercise was helpful, and one in six reported it was unhelpful or made their symptoms worse. Approximately a third of the cohort reported not receiving activity modification advice (34.2%, 41/120), those that did received inconsistent information. People with both traumatic (imaging 31/43, 72.1%; injections 13/24, 54.2%, surgery 8/21, 38.1%) and atraumatic onset pain (imaging 43/77, 55.8%; injections 31/51, 60.8%, surgery 4/19, 21.1%) had similarly high rates of intervention prior to trialling conservative management. Patient beliefs in regards to management showed trends towards interventionalist care. Conclusion Patient reported management of RCRSP is often inconsistent with guideline recommended management.

    Impact and Reach

    Statistics

    Activity Overview
    6 month trend
    444Downloads
    6 month trend
    102Hits

    Additional statistics for this dataset are available via IRStats2.

    Altmetric

    Repository staff only

    Edit record Edit record