Clinical guidelines reference

The Flex Physiotherapy team have created a one stop shop for clinical guidelines.

Diagnosis Year Author Title
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 2016  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline
2014 Huisstede et al. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Hand Surgeons, Hand Therapists, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Agree on a Multidisciplinary Treatment Guideline Results From the European HANDGUIDE Study
2016 Royal College of Surgeons Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 2013 Harden et al. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Practical Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines, 4th Edition
2014 Netherlands Society of Anaesthesiologists Updated Guidelines for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1
2014 Royal College of Physicians Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Adults UK Guidelines for Diagnosis, Referral and Management in Primary and Secondary Care
2014 Royal College of Physicians Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Concise Guidance to Good Practice Series
de Quervain's Syndrome 2014 Huisstede et al. Consensus on a Multidisciplinary Treatment Guideline for de Quervain Disease: Results From the European HANDGUIDE Study
2014 Ashraf & Devadoss Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on Steroid Injection Therapy for de Quervain's Tenosynovitis in Adults
Duypuytren's Disease 2013 Huisstede et al. Dupuytren Disease: European Hand Surgeons, Hand Therapists, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians Agree on a Multidisciplinary Treatment Guideline: Results from the HANDGUIDE Study
Distal Radius Fracture 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons The Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures Guideline and Evidence Report
Guyon's Canal Syndrome 2013 Hoogvliet et al. How to treat Guyon's canal syndrome? Results from the European HANDGUIDE study: a multidisciplinary treatment guideline
Lateral Epicondylalgia 2013 Coombes et al. Effect ofCorticosteroid Injection, Physiotherapy, or Both on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia A Randomized Controlled Trial
2015 Coombes et al. Management of Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: One Size Does Not Fit All
2015 Bisset et al. Physiotherapy Management of Lateral Epicondylalgia
2016 Coombes et al. Economic Evaluation Favours Physiotherapy But Not Corticosteroid Injection as a First-Line Intervention for Chronic Lateral Epicondylalgia: Evidence From a Randomised Clinical Trial
2010 Coombes et al. Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroid Injections and Other Injections for Management of Tendinopathy: a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
Neck pain 2008 Childs et al. Neck Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health From the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association
Scaphoid Fracture 2013 Government of Western Australia Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Scaphoid Fracture
2013 The College of Emergency Medicine Guideline for the Management of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in the Emergency Department
Shoulder - Subacromial Pain Syndrome 2014 Diercks et al. Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Subacromial Pain Syndrome; A Multidisciplinary Review by the Dutch Orthopaedic Association
2014 Royal College of Surgeons Commissioning Guide: Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Shoulder - Rotator Cuff 2013 University of New South Wales Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Rotator Cuff Syndrome in the Workplace
Shoulder - Adhesive Capsulitis 2011 Hanchard et al. Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Assessment and Physiotherapy Management of Contracted (Frozen) Shoulder
2013 Kelley et al. Shoulder Pain and Mobility Deficits: Adhesive Capsulitis Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health From the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association
2015 Rangan et al. BESS/BOA Patient Care Pathways Frozen Shoulder
Shoulder - Instability 2014 Brownson et al. BESS/BOA Patient Care Pathways Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability
  2014 Gaunt et al. The American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists' Consensus Rehabilitation Guideline for Arthroscopic Anterior Capsulolabral Repair of the Shoulder
2010 Paterson et al. Position and Duration of Immobilization After Primary Anterior Shoulder Dislocation; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature
Trigger Finger 2014 Huisstede et al. Multidisciplinary Consensus Guideline for Managing Trigger Finger: Results From the European HANDGUIDE Study