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  • Musculoskeletal Imaging
  • General Practice
  • Diagnostic Trends

Background:

  • General practitioners (GPs) often manage patients with low back, neck, shoulder, and knee complaints.
  • Diagnostic imaging is frequently requested for these common musculoskeletal conditions.
  • Understanding current imaging request patterns is crucial for optimizing patient care and resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze imaging requests by GPs for patients with low back, neck, shoulder, and knee complaints over a five-year period (2014-2018).
  • To identify trends in imaging modality selection and timing relative to diagnosis.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the Australian Population Level Analysis and Reporting database.
  • Inclusion of patients with low back, neck, shoulder, and/or knee complaints.
  • Examination of imaging requests including X-ray, CT, MRI, and ultrasound, within two weeks before to one year after diagnosis.

Main Results:

  • Over 133,000 patients were analyzed, with low back pain being the most common complaint.
  • Shoulder complaints had the highest imaging request rate (49%), followed by knee (43%), neck (34%), and low back (26%).
  • A significant annual increase in MRI requests for low back and neck complaints was observed, with a concurrent decrease in CT and X-ray requests, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • GPs commonly request early diagnostic imaging for musculoskeletal complaints, often deviating from recommended practices.
  • There is an observable trend towards utilizing more complex imaging modalities, such as MRI, for neck and back complaints.
  • These findings highlight potential areas for guideline reinforcement and physician education regarding appropriate imaging use.