There was consistent evidence from two or more studies meeting 13 or more of our 24 quality assessment criteria, of an association between the following predictive factors and outcome i) higher ...

Background People suffering from musculoskeletal shoulder pain are frequently referred to physiotherapy. Physiotherapy generally involves a multimodal approach to management that may include; exercise ...

Background/aim Shoulder pain is a major musculoskeletal problem. We aimed to identify which baseline patient and clinical characteristics are associated with a better outcome, 6 weeks and 6 months ...

Positive self belief is the key to recovery from pain, say Uresearchers. The research team studied over 1,000 people undergoing physiotherapy for shoulder pain. They found that people are more likely ...

From injury prevention to managing pain, here are a few ways by which physiotherapy helps in dealing with shoulder injuries. The winter can be a difficult season to navigate through, even for the ones ...

Aims To explore the ability of a physiotherapist, using a standardised musculoskeletal physiotherapy assessment protocol, to accurately identify the structures potentially responsible for shoulder ...

Rachel Chester was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR CAT CDRF 10–008). Christina Jerosch Herold was funded by the NIHR (NIHR- SRF-2012-05-119). The funders of the study had no ...

Patients with chronic shoulder pain experience reduced symptoms and improved functioning following comprehensive physiotherapy and exercising to target myofascial trigger points, researchers have ...