TABLE 2.

Care Pathway by Body Part Affected

Initial Care Pathway	Overall Population (N = 189)	Lower Back (N = 86)	Knee (N = 35)	Neck (N = 22)	Hip (N = 15)	Shoulder (N = 10)	Other (N = 21)
Home exercise	46.6% (N = 88)	41.9% (N = 36)	54.3% (N = 19)	54.5% (N = 12)	66.7% (N = 10)	40.0% (N = 4)	33.3% (N = 7)
Physical therapy	31.2% (N = 59)	38.4% (N = 33)	28.6% (N = 10)	18.2% (N = 4)	26.7% (N = 4)	30.0% (N = 3)	23.8% (N = 5)
Orthopedic referral	5.2% (N = 10)	1.2% (N = 1)	14.3% (N = 5)	4.5% (N = 1)	0.0% (N = 0)	10.0% (N = 1)	9.5% (N = 2)
Primary care referral	2.1% (N = 4)	2.3% (N = 2)	0.0% (N = 0)	4.5% (N = 1)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	4.8% (N = 1)
Physical medicine referral	8.5% (N = 16)	16.3% (N = 14)	2.9% (N = 1)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	10.0% (N = 1)	0.0% (N = 0)
Additional behavioral health referral to EAP∗	24.9% (N = 47)	27.9% (N = 24)	20.0% (N = 7)	31.8% (N = 7)	20.0% (N = 3)	50.0% (N = 5)	4.8% (N = 1)
Exception†	2.1% (N = 4)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	18.2% (N = 4)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)
Other‡	4.2% (N = 8)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	0.0% (N = 0)	6.7% (N = 1)	10.0% (N = 1)	28.6% (N = 6)

EAP, employee assistance program.

^∗Participants who reported behavioral health symptoms were referred to their EAP in addition to their primary musculoskeltal pathway.

^†Exception refers to those participants who were not eligible for Risalto services and referred out for other care.

^‡Other refers to a non-standard care pathway (eg, for ankle or other body part for which there was not a standard pathway).