Patient Characteristics and Clinical Management of Patients with Shoulder Pain in U.S. Primary Care Settings: Secondary Data Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Authors

James L. Wofford, Wake Forest Univer sity School of Medicine
Richard J. Mansfield, Dartmouth College
Raquel S. Watkins, Wake Forest Univer sity School of Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-3-2005

Publication Title

BioMed Central Musculoskeletal Disorders

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

Although shoulder pain is a commonly encountered problem in primary care, there are few studies examining its presenting characteristics and clinical management in this setting. We performed secondary data analysis of 692 office visits for shoulder pain collected through the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (Survey years 1993–2000). Information on demographic characteristics, history and place of injury, and clinical management (physician order of imaging, physiotherapy, and steroid intraarticular injection) were examined.

DOI

10.1186/1471-2474-6-4

Original Citation

Wofford JL, Mansfield RJ, Watkins RS. Patient characteristics and clinical management of patients with shoulder pain in U.S. primary care settings: secondary data analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2005 Feb 3;6:4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-4. PMID: 15691370; PMCID: PMC549528.

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Wofford, James L.; Mansfield, Richard J.; and Watkins, Raquel S., "Patient Characteristics and Clinical Management of Patients with Shoulder Pain in U.S. Primary Care Settings: Secondary Data Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey" (2005). Dartmouth Scholarship. 657.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/657