Shoulder Symptom Irritability Scale: A Single-Blinded Observational Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Shoulder Pain, Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the reliability and use of the shoulder symptom irritability classification system for the purposes of determining an appropriate treatment intensity to better help people with shoulder pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02995941

Run by

St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, Pennsylvania

People needed

138

Starts

2016-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• State licensure as a physical therapist and regular clinical practice with patients with shoulder disorders, defined as a minimum of 500 clinical hours per year in an orthopaedic setting with >10% of patients with shoulder disorders

You may not qualify if…

• not meeting inclusion criteria
• Patient Group
• Inclusion Criteria:
• Presenting with a chief complaint of shoulder pain, not extending to the neck, for outpatient physical therapy consultation
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Illiteracy in English and age less than 18 years. Additionally, subjects will be excluded from the study if they present with pain or symptoms distal to elbow, have had shoulder surgery on the symptomatic side in the past year, if active or passive cervical spine ROM reproduces shoulder pain, have a positive Spurling's test, or if they are unable to complete the patient reported functional questionnaires

Where it is running

• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Washington — Washington, New Jersey, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Hamilton — Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - West End Medical Center — Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Bath — Bath, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - St. Luke's North — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Sports Medicine and Rehab Center — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Center Valley — Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Forks — Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Anderson — Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Emmaus — Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Hellertown — Hellertown, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Macungie — Macungie, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Northampton — Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Orefield — Orefield, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Quakertown — Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Stroudsburg — Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
• Physical Therapy at St. Luke's - Wind Gap — Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, United States

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