Increasing Capacity for the Treatment of Common Musculoskeletal Problems: A Non-Inferiority RCT and Economic Analysis of Corticosteroid Injection for Shoulder Pain Comparing a Physiotherapist and Orthopaedic Surgeon

• Darryn Marks ,

  * E-mail: darryn.marks@health.qld.gov.au

  Affiliations Gold Cost Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport, 4215, Gold Coast, Australia, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222, Gold Coast, Australia

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• Leanne Bisset,

  Affiliation Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222, Gold Coast, Australia

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• Tracy Comans,

  Affiliations Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222, Gold Coast, Australia, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, 112 Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006, Brisbane, Australia

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• Michael Thomas,

  Affiliation Gold Cost Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast University Hospital, 1 Hospital Boulevard, Southport, 4215, Gold Coast, Australia

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• Shu Kay Ng,

  Affiliation Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222, Gold Coast, Australia

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• Shaun O’Leary,

  Affiliations School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia, Physiotherapy Department, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Butterfield Street, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia

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• Philip G. Conaghan,

  Affiliation Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, & NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, LS7 4SA, United Kingdom

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• Paul A. Scuffham

  Affiliation Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4222, Gold Coast, Australia

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