Immobilisation in external rotation vs immobilisation: Any instability: re‐dislocation or subluxation, composite outcome
It is very uncertain whether immobilisation in external rotation changes any instability: re‐dislocation or subluxation, composite outcome compared with immobilisation (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Immobilisation in external rotation vs immobilisation Any instability: re‐dislocation or subluxation, composite outcome · patients undergoing conservative management after closed reduction of traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder It is very uncertain whether immobilisation in external rotation changes any instability: re‐dislocation or subluxation, composite outcome compared with immobilisation (very low certainty). Conservative management following closed reduction of traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.84 [0.62, 1.14] | 3 studies · 395 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative management following closed reduction of traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.