Intervention description {11a}
The experimental arm will receive APP-led care. Patients will be independently managed (assessment and intervention) by a PT (The control arm will receive the usual ED physician care delivered by an ED physician. This will include independent assessment, treatment, and discharge by an ED physician with no physiotherapy within the ED but a physician’s referral to outpatient physiotherapy or other professionals/medical specialists will be possible. Overall care offered by the ED physician will not be standardized but will be systematically documented.Participants in both arms presenting a non-MSKD condition after assessment will be excluded from the study. The proportion of excluded participants per group, as well as the reasons for exclusion, will be systematically collected and analyzed (Fig. Trial flow chart