• María Isabel Gallardo Vidal, Leonor Calleja Delgado, Juan Carlos Tenezaca Marcatoma, Iván Calleja Guadix, Alicia Daimiel Yllera, and David Morales Tejera.
• Unidad de Fisioterapia, Gerencia de Atención Primaria de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, España; Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidad de Antonio Nebrija, Madrid, España.
• Aten Primaria. 2022 May 1; 54 (5): 102284.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the experiencie with a health education program in Primary Care in patients with chronic shoulder pain of musculoskeletal origin, on pain and disability and establish the protocol in primary care.DesignQuasi-experimental longitudinal descriptive observational study.LocationArroyo de la Vega Health Center, Alcobendas, Madrid.ParticipantsPatients referred by their Primary Care Physician to the Primary Care Physiotherapy Unit for shoulder pain of musculoskeletal origin.Intervention7 group sessions of health education and therapeutic exercise.Main MeasurementsPain intensity was assessed through the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the disability of the upper limb with the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire and the level of disability and shoulder pain with the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) questionnaire.ResultsStatistically significant differences were found in the reduction of pain and disability (P<.01), in addition, drug use and recurrences were reduced.ConclusionsThe shoulder physiotherapy protocol with health education was effective in reducing pain and disability in patients with chronic shoulder pain of musculoskeletal origin in Primary Care.Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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