Physiotherapists prescribing medications to manage pain in emergency departments and outpatient clinics
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal pain of spinal originPeripheral musculoskeletal injuries / conditions / symptoms: sprains, strains, suspected simple fractures, subacute and chronic tendinitis, tendinosis, tenosynovitis, bursitis, tenovaginitis (trigger finger, DeQuervain’s) and osteoarthritic arthritic joint diseaseMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidentsPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000525583
- Lead Sponsor
- QEII Jubilee Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2500
1. Male or female aged 18 years and over
2. There is a requirement to prescribe medication to the extent necessary for the physiotherapist to practice physiotherapy,
3. Peripheral musculoskeletal injuries / conditions / symptoms: sprains, strains, suspected simple fractures, subacute and chronic tendinitis, tendinosis, tenosynovitis, bursitis, tenovaginitis (trigger finger, DeQuervain’s) and osteoarthritic arthritic joint disease OR Musculoskeletal pain of spinal origin
4. Ability to provide informed consent and accurately follow the instructions of the researcher
5. Attending emergency department or outpatient clinics for the management of their musculoskeletal condition
1. Open wounds
2. Infection
3. Active Inflammatory disease as the primary reason for intervention (i.e. rheumatoid disease and the seronegative arthritides)
4. Neoplastic disease as the primary reason for intervention
5. Cardiovascular disease as the primary reason for intervention
6. Metabolic disease as the primary reason for intervention
7. Central nervous system disorders as the primary reason for intervention
8. Cauda equina injury
9. Acute head injury
10. Loss or altered state of consciousness
11. Pain of non-mechanical origin
12. Polytrauma and high energy injuries including falls from above standing height
13. Respiratory distress
14. Abdominal pain
15. Women who are pregnant and the human foetus
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of adverse events, measured as number of clinical incidents reported and related to the physiotherapist intervention[Within 1 month post intervention]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient satisfaction as measured on a 5 point Likert Scale[Within one week of intervention];Staff satisfaction as measured on a 5 point Likert Scale[Within 6 months of trial commencement]