Table 3.
Variables
| Baseline measures T = 0 | Demographic variables |
| • Age | |
| • Gender | |
| • Employment status | |
| Specific disease characteristics | |
| • Affected side | |
| • Possible cause of shoulder complaints | |
| • Duration of complaints | |
| • History of shoulder complaints | |
| Co-morbidity | |
| Physical activity | |
| Workload | |
| Treatment credibility and preference | |
| Prognostic measures T = 0 | Mobility of glenohumeral joint |
| • HIB (hand in back), HIN (hand in neck), passive exorotation | |
| • Active and passive abduction | |
| Mobility of cervicothoracal spine | |
| Severity of main complaint | |
| Psychosocial variables | |
| • Anxiety1 | |
| • Depression1 | |
| • Somatisation1 | |
| • Distress1 | |
| Job content | |
| Outcome measures T = 1,2,3 | Perceived recovery of complaints Functional limitations to daily activities2 |
| Process measures T = 0,1,2,3 | Psychosocial variables |
| • Kinesiophobia3 | |
| • Fear avoidance and beliefs4 | |
| • Catastrophising5 | |
| • Coping with pain5 | |
| • Internal locus of control5 | |
| • External locus of control5 | |
| Global assessment | |
| Shoulder pain6 | |
| General health7 | |
| Cost T = 0–26 weeks | Health care utilisation8 |
| Direct non-medical costs | |
| Indirect costs | |
1 four-dimensional complaint list [25]
2 Shoulder Disability Questionnaire [20]
3 Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia – Dutch version (partly) [26]
4 Fear Avoidance and Beliefs Questionnaire – Dutch version (partly) [27]
5 Pain Coping and Cognition List [28]
6 Shoulder Pain Score [29]
7 Generic Health Related Quality of Life [30]
8 Cost Diary [21]