National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute shoulder pain.

Guideline Title
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute shoulder pain.

Bibliographic Source(s)
Wise JN, Daffner RH, Weissman BN, Bancroft L, Bennett DL, Blebea JS, Bruno MA, Fries IB, Jacobson JA, Luchs JS, Morrison WB, Resnik CS, Roberts CC, Schweitzer ME, Seeger LL, Stoller DW, Taljanovic MS, Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute shoulder pain. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2010. 7 p. [31 references]

Guideline Status
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Steinbach LS, Daffner RH, Dalinka MK, DeSmet AA, El-Khoury GY, Kneeland JB, Manaster BJ, Morrison WB, Pavlov H, Rubin DA, Weissman BN, Haralson RH III, Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging. Shoulder trauma. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2005. 6 p. [37 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute shoulder pain.