Study	Reason for exclusion
Arslan 2001	Ineligible intervention: randomised controlled trial of glucocorticoid injection versus physical therapy plus non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drug. Not able to separate out the effect of physical therapy. Included in Cochrane Review of corticosteroid injection for shoulder disorders
Buchbinder 2007	Ineligible intervention: placebo ultrasound was provided to one group (and compared to other physical therapies)
Celik 2010	Ineligible intervention: TENS was provided to both groups (along with a physical therapy)
Fang 2006	Ineligible intervention: trial compared transcutaneous electrical point stimulation to electroacupuncture, each applied to various acupuncture points (which would not be able to be delivered by a manual therapist/physical therapist/physiotherapist)
Grossi 1986	Seventy‐three patients with either lateral epicondylitis or adhesive capsulitis (numbers of each individual diagnosis not given). Not possible to separate lateral epicondylitis and adhesive capsulitis data
Johnson 2007	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound was provided to all groups (along with a physical therapy)
Koh 2013	Ineligible intervention: TENS provided to all groups (with or without bee venom acupuncture)
Ma 2013	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound and interferential current provided to all groups (with or without cryotherapy)
Morgan 1996	Ineligible intervention: RCT of the use of TENS to control pain during a painful intervention for shoulder disorder, not an intervention for the disorder
Nellutla 2009	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound was provided to all groups (with or without a co‐intervention)
Sharad 2011	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound was provided to all groups (with or without a co‐intervention)
Sirajuddin 2010	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound was provided to all groups (with or without a co‐intervention)
Vecchini 1984	Adhesive capsulitis data not presented separately. Twelve of the 24 subjects in the study had adhesive capsulitis, while the remaining 12 had lateral epicondylitis of the elbow
Wen 2009	Ineligible intervention: interferential current was provided to all groups (with or without a co‐intervention)
Yang 2012	Ineligible intervention: therapeutic ultrasound was provided to all groups (with or without a co‐intervention)
Zhu 2004	Ineligible intervention: trial compared exercises plus Chinese medicine iontophoresis to pain block therapy. A manual therapist/physical therapist/physiotherapist would be unable to deliver the Chinese medicine components