All Outputs (5)

Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health? (2024)
Journal Article
Salt, E., Khalid, M., Van Der Windt, D., & Hill, J. (2025). Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health?. Physiotherapy (Elsevier), 126, Article 101445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2024.101445

Background There is increasing burden on musculoskeletal (MSK) First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in primary care. One possible solution is to use digital technologies such as clinical decision support syste... Read More about Are clinical decision support systems seen as helpful to First Contact Practitioners (FCPs) working in musculoskeletal health?.

Optimising physiotherapy treatment for people with lateral elbow tendinopathy: development and pilot/feasibility testing of an evidence-based treatment approach (2024)
Thesis
Bateman, M. Optimising physiotherapy treatment for people with lateral elbow tendinopathy: development and pilot/feasibility testing of an evidence-based treatment approach. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/853496

Background: There are a wide range of physiotherapy treatment options for people with lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET), however previous studies have reported inconsistent approaches to treatment and a lack of evidence demonstrating clinical effectiv... Read More about Optimising physiotherapy treatment for people with lateral elbow tendinopathy: development and pilot/feasibility testing of an evidence-based treatment approach.

Benchmarking community and primary care musculoskeletal services: Developing recommendations using evidence syntheses, consensus methods and secondary data analysis (2022)
Thesis
Burgess, R. M. Benchmarking community and primary care musculoskeletal services: Developing recommendations using evidence syntheses, consensus methods and secondary data analysis. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/423511

Introduction: High quality data on service performance is essential in healthcare. There is however a paucity of publicly reported data in community/primary care musculoskeletal (MSK) services. There is also a lack of guidance on which metrics servic... Read More about Benchmarking community and primary care musculoskeletal services: Developing recommendations using evidence syntheses, consensus methods and secondary data analysis.

Investigating the use of stratified primary care for older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods study (2021)
Thesis
Birkinshaw, H. Investigating the use of stratified primary care for older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods study. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420359

Introduction
Musculoskeletal pain is common in older adults (aged =65), but current assessment and management in primary care is suboptimal. Prognostic stratified care matches treatment options to patients based upon their risk of persistent pain si... Read More about Investigating the use of stratified primary care for older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods study.

Primary care decision-making for shoulder pain: identifying treatment effect moderators using clinical expertise (2018)
Thesis
McRobert, C. Primary care decision-making for shoulder pain: identifying treatment effect moderators using clinical expertise. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/411441

Background
Shoulder pain is a common, costly condition with variable prognosis. Commonly used treatments for shoulder pain in primary care include: (i) advice & analgesia, (ii) exercise and/or manual therapy, and (iii) corticosteroid injection. Curr... Read More about Primary care decision-making for shoulder pain: identifying treatment effect moderators using clinical expertise.