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Adults with shoulder pain
Conduct an appropriate clinical evaluation
Risk factors for serious pathologies?
No
Other conditions?
Offer information on nature, management, course of shoulder pain as a framework for initiation of a program of care
Is treatment required?
Yes
Are symptoms ≤3 months?
Management of Symptoms
Based on shared decision making between the patient and provider, any one of the following therapeutic interventions is recommended:
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Is the person recovered after 3 months?
Incomplete recovery: Initiate persistent protocol
Major symptom change (new or worsening physical, mental or psychological symptoms): refer to physician
Refer to appropriate services
Go to appropriate clinical care pathways and
co-manage
Discharge
Are symptoms >3 months?
Is the person recovered?
Incomplete recovery: Refer to physician
Literature search updated April 2015
