OE Journal

In adults presenting to emergency departments with uncomplicated musculoskeletal conditions, did physiotherapist-led care, compared with usual physician-led or nurse practitioner-led care, reduce emergency department length of stay while maintaining patient safety, improving patient satisfaction, and reducing health-care costs over a 42-day follow-up period?

In adults with chronic lateral epicondylitis who had failed conservative treatment, did PRP injection, compared with corticosteroid injection, provide greater improvements in pain and upper extremity function, as measured by PRTEE and DASH scores, over 12 months?

In elderly patients aged ≥60 years undergoing HA or THA for displaced femoral neck fractures, did cemented femoral stem fixation, compared with uncemented fixation, reduce mortality, periprosthetic fractures, dislocations, and wound infections across postoperative follow-up periods?

In adults with acute Rockwood type III to V ACJ dislocations, how did operative management compare with nonoperative management in improving shoulder function, PROMs, cosmetic satisfaction, return to work or sport, and complication rates over follow-up periods ranging from 12 to 229.2 months?

In adults with rotator cuff tendinopathy or partial-thickness tears, did PRP injections, compared with CS injections, improve pain, shoulder function, and safety outcomes at 3–6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months?