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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

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Background

Corticosteroid injections and physiotherapy exercise programmes are commonly used to treat rotator cuff disorders but the treatments' effectiveness is uncertain. We aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a progressive exercise programme with a single session of best practice physiotherapy advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, in adults with a rotator cuff disorder.

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00846-1

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6881-6984
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Botnar Research Centre
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0692-8112
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Role:
Author

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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
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Volume:
398
Issue:
10298
Pages:
416-428
Publication date:
2021-07-12
Acceptance date:
2021-04-12
DOI:
EISSN:
1474-547X
ISSN:
0140-6736


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1182115
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pubs:1182115
Deposit date:
2021-06-15

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