Table 3. Examples of items mentioned by some therapists but not selected as final themes (<50%).

Themes	Items form theme
History	Time since onset
	Status since onset
Physical examination	Pain on resisted tests
Clinical reasoning process – diagnostic pathway	Specific tests depend on presentation
	Capsular restriction
	Painful arc linked to impingement syndrome
	Differentiating muscle, capsule and joint
	Hypothesis based on whole clinical picture
Clinical reasoning process – management pathway	Markers to judge treatment effectiveness
	Strategies to ease pain even if diagnosis unclear