A stratified approach integrated with eHealth in primary care physiotherapy for patients with neck and/or shoulder complaints: a cluster randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletale klachten van de nek en de schouderNeck and/or shoulder complaints
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON52723
- Lead Sponsor
- Hogeschool Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 139
- consulting for physiotherapy for neck and/or shoulder complaints;
- one of the following physiotherapeutic diagnoses: subacromial complaints,
biceps tendinosis, shoulder instability or non-specific musculoskeletal
complaints of the neck and/or shoulder (not caused by acute trauma (fracture or
rupture) or by any systemic disease);
- 18 years or older;
- sufficient mastery of the Dutch language.
- neck and/or shoulder complaints caused by specific pathology, except for
subacromial impingement, biceps tendinosis and shoulder instability (e.g.
shoulder pain with loss of active and passive range of motion (frozen
shoulder), vertebral fracture, tendon rupture, Parkinson*s disease, hernia
nucleus pulposus, cervical stenosis)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome: neck and shoulder-specific pain and disability on the long<br /><br>term (9 months). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcomes are: neck and shoulder-specific pain and disability on the<br /><br>short term (3 months), long-term reduction of neck and shoulder related costs,<br /><br>pain intensity, quality of life, illness perceptions, self-management skills,<br /><br>physical activity, exercise adherence, perceived effect, satisfaction with<br /><br>treatment and number of treatment sessions.</p><br>