Society guideline links: Shoulder soft tissue injuries (including rotator cuff)

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: General issues in muscle and tendon injury diagnosis and management" and "Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the upper extremity (excluding shoulder)".)

Canada

●Diagnosing, managing, and supporting return to work of adults with rotator cuff disorders: A clinical practice guideline (2022)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't prescribe opiates as first line treatment for tendinopathies (updated 2020)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order an MRI as an initial investigation for suspected rotator cuff tendinopathy (updated 2020)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic shoulder pain (revised 2022)

●American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Clinical practice guideline on the management of rotator cuff injuries (2019)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on shoulder pain – Atraumatic (2018)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on the evaluation, management, and outcomes of and return-to-play criteria for overhead athletes with superior labral anterior-posterior injuries (2018)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on shoulder pain – Traumatic (revised 2017)

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guidelines on shoulder pain and mobility deficits – Adhesive capsulitis (2013)

●The American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists (ASSET): Consensus rehabilitation guideline for arthroscopic anterior capsulolabral repair of the shoulder (2010)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on biodegradable subacromial spacer insertion for rotator cuff tears (2023)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on extracorporeal shockwave therapy for calcific tendinopathy in the shoulder (2022)

●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on superior capsular augmentation for massive rotator cuff tears (2018)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't provide ongoing manual therapy for patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (reviewed 2016)