One-off physiotherapy and at-home exercise are effective in treating shoulder pain.

Saul, Helen; Gursul, Deniz; Hopewell, Sally · BMJ · 2022

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The studyHopewell S, Keene DJ, Marian IR, et al. Progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of patients with rotator cuff disorders (GRASP): a multicentre, pragmatic, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised controlled trial. <i>Lancet</i> 2021;398:416-28.To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/one-off-physiotherapy-session-effective-for-shoulder-pain/.

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