Participants
psychological disorder, radiculopathy, psychosis, pain, depression
RADICULOPATHY, THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME
Consecutive patients between 2018 and 2022 with RCRSP who were referred to Urbaniak Sports Sciences Institute by primary care physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, and physician assistants for physical therapy were recruited for the trial. Study activities were not initiated until after the patient provided written consent. The institutional review board of Duke University approved the study.Inclusion criteria for this protocol included: ages 18 to 70; a mobile or land-line telephone; the ability to read, write, and speak English; and an RCRSP diagnosis inclusive of both acute and chronic cases. We excluded patients who had received, or were scheduled for, a surgical intervention for their shoulder condition, demonstrated any evidence of cervicogenic pain and/or radiculopathy from cervical origin, or who demonstrated symptoms consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome; all of which were identified during the clinical examinations by the attending physician and physical therapist. We also excluded individuals who were undergoing treatment for a serious psychological disorder (e.g., severe depression, psychosis).