Orthopaedic triage at a physiotherapist-led ‘Musculoskeletal Assessment Clinic’: A seven-month service evaluation of outcomes

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 565-571

  O'Farrell S ^a   Smart, K M ^b   Caffrey, A ^b   Daly, O ^b   Doody, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Orthopaedic triage; Outcomes; Physiotherapy; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER TENDINOPATHY; TENDINITIS; THORAX PAIN; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY; AGED; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919881874     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-013-1052-5     Document Type: Article

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