Clinical Guidelines: Musculoskeletal / Orthopaedics

Cervico-Thoracic

1. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of whiplash associated disorder. Moore A, Jackson A, Jordan J, Hammersley S, Hill J, Mercer C, Smith C, Thompson J, Woby S, Hudson A (2005) Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, UK. (Quick reference guide available here).
2. Neck pain: clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2008 Sep).
   

Shoulder

1. Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Shoulder Injuries and Related Disorders the best practice evidence based guideline from New Zealand Guideline Group
2. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, assessment and physiotherapy management of contracted (frozen) shoulder, Nigel Hanchard, Lorna Goodchild, Jackie Thompson, Tracy O’Brien, Dot Davison, Christine Richardson, Helen Watson, Sibongile Mtopo, Mary Wragg, Martin Scott and endorsed by the CSP.

Wrist & Hand

1. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care. Royal College of Physicians, May 2012.

Lumbo-Pelvic

1. Adult acute and subacute low back pain. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). Adult acute and subacute low back pain. Bloomington (MN): Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI); 2012 Jan.
2. Anthony Delitto, Steven Z. George, Linda R. Van Dillen, Julie M. Whitman, Gwendolyn Sowa, Paul Shekelle, Thomas R. Denninger, Joseph J. Godges. Low Back Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. 2011
3. Guideline for the evidence-informed primary care management of low back pain.  Toward Optimized Practice. Guideline for the evidence-informed primary care management of low back pain. Edmonton (AB): Toward Optimized Practice; 2009
4. Savigny P, Kuntze S, Watson P, Underwood M, Ritchie G , Cotterell M, Hill D, Browne N, Buchanan E, Coffey P, Dixon P, Drummond C, Flanagan M, Greenough,C, Griffiths M, Halliday-Bell J, Hettinga D, Vogel S, Walsh D. Low Back Pain: early management of persistent non-specific low back pain. London: National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care and Royal College of General Practitioners. (2009)
   
5. Chou R, Qaseem A, Snow V, Casey D, Cross JT Jr, Shekelle P, Owens DK; Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians; American College of Physicians; American Pain Society Low Back Pain Guidelines Panel. Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Oct 2;147(7):478-91.
6. Rossignol M, Arsenault B, Dionne C et al (2007) �Clinic on low back pain in interdisciplinary practice (CLIP) guidelines.
7. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of persistent Low Back Pain (LBP): Exercise - Part One from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, UK. (2009)
   
8. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of persistent Low Back Pain (LBP): Manual Therapy - Part Two  from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, UK.(2009)
   
9. The Norwegian Back Pain Network- The communication unit. Acute low back pain. Interdisciplinary clinical guidelines. Oslo, 2002: The Norwegian Back Pain Network.
   
10. European guidelines for prevention in low back pain. AK Burton, F Balagué, G Cardon, HR Eriksen, Y Henrotin, A Lahad, A Leclerc, G Müller, AJ van der Beek On behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Prevention in Low Back Pain (2004).
    
11. European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care. Maurits van Tulder, Annette Becker, Trudy Bekkering, Alan Breen, Maria Teresa Gil del Real, Allen Hutchinson, Bart Koes, Even Laerum, Antti Malmivaara, on behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain in Primary Care (2004). 
12. European guidelines for the management of chronic non-specific low back pain.  O Airaksinen, JI Brox, C Cedraschi, J Hildebrandt, J Klaber-Moffett, F Kovacs, AF Mannion, S Reis, JB Staal, H Ursin, G Zanoli On behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic Low BackPain (2004). 
13. European guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic girdle pain. Andry Vleeming, Hanne B Albert, Hans Christian Östgaard, Britt Stuge, Bengt Sturesson On behalf of the COST B13 Working Group on Guidelines for Chronic Low BackPain (2004). 
14. New Zealand Acute Low Back Pain Guidelines the best practice evidence based guideline from New Zealand Guideline Group
    

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Hip

1. Hip pain and mobility deficits - hip osteoarthritis: clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2009 Apr).

Knee

1. Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Knee Injuries: Internal Derangements the best practice evidence based guideline from New Zealand Guideline Group
2. Knee pain and mobility impairments: meniscal and articular cartilage lesions. The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2010 Jun).
3. Knee stability and movement coordination impairments: knee ligament sprain. The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2010 Apr).

Ankle & Foot

1. Achilles pain, stiffness, and muscle power deficits: Achilles tendinitis.  The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2010 Sep).
   
2. Heel pain - plantar fasciitis: clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (2008 Apr).

Pain

1. Complex regional pain syndrome in adults UK guidelines for diagnosis, referral and management in primary and secondary care. Royal College of Physicians, May 2012.