Frequency of common management options including imaging investigations and referrals
| USS (n%) | MRI (n%) | Pain medications (n%) | Corticosteroid shoulder injection (n%) | Physiotherapy (n%) | MSK and specialist referral (n%) | ||
| Rare | (0%–10%) | 394 (57) | 638 (94) | 5 (0.7) | 179 (26) | 34 (5) | 310 (45) |
| Low | (11%–25%) | 120 (18) | 29 (4) | 4 (0.6) | 175 (25) | 67 (10) | 180 (26) |
| Moderate | (26%–50%) | 131 (19) | 14 (2) | 42 (6) | 264 (38) | 281 (40) | 172 (25) |
| Regular | (51%–75%) | 31 (5) | 0 | 43 (6) | 49 (7) | 166 (24) | 21 (4) |
| Routine | (76%–100%) | 11 (1) | 1 (0.1) | 604 (87) | 27 (4) | 148 (21) | 11 (2) |
| Total | 687 | 682 | 698 | 694 | 696 | 694 | |
MSK, musculoskeletal; USS, ultrasound scan, MRI magnetic resonance imaging