ReviewHSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery2020
Prevalence and Treatment Outcomes of Hand and Wrist Injuries in Professional Athletes: A Systematic Review.
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- Cannabis Use Disorder and Postoperative Pain: Elevated Analgesic Requirements After Surgical Repair of Hand Fractures.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Safety of Early Return to Play After Metacarpal or Scaphoid Fracture: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Treatment Options, Return to Play, and Functional Performance after Operatively and Non-operatively Managed Acute Scaphoid Fractures.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- Multimodal sensorimotor assessment of hand and forearm asymmetries: a reliability and correlational study.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Strains/Sprains and Fractures Are the Most Common Hand and Wrist Injuries in National Basketball Association Athletes Who Return to Preinjury Player Efficiency and Equal or Greater True Shooting Percentage Within Two Years of Injury.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Management of Hand and Wrist Injuries in NCAA Division I Football Players From a Single Institution: Factors Associated With Epidemiology, Surgical Intervention, and Return to Play.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- The Effect of Metacarpal Shortening on Finger Strength and Joint Motion: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2023Article
- Cryoneurolysis for Digital Neuralgia in Professional Baseball Players: A Case Series.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInjuries to the hand and wrist constitute up to 25% of all athletic injuries, yet not much information is available on the effects of such injuries on the careers of professional athletes. Understanding whether elite athletes can return to sport and at what level has value for athletes, coaches, managers, and others, including athletes at other levels of play. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: The purpose of this study was to systematically review the literature on injuries of the hand and wrist in professional athletes to determine the prevalence and types of injuries sustained in professional sports, the management and clinical outcomes of such injuries, and the statistics regarding return to play.
methodsA systematic review was conducted of PubMed/MEDLINE and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials to identify all studies reporting on hand and wrist injuries in professional athletes that were published between January 1970 and April 2019. Inclusion criteria were injuries of the upper extremity distal to the elbow that occurred in professional athletes during athletic competition, English language, and a study cohort consisting of four or more subjects. Details of injury sustained, sport, treatment, clinical outcome, and return to sport were extracted.
resultsWe identified 32 nonoverlapping studies involving a total of 4299 hand and wrist injuries. The most common sport studied was baseball (eight studies), followed by football (seven), boxing (six), and basketball (five). Specific injury type was included in 29 of 32 studies and totaled 792 injuries. Metacarpal fractures were the most common injuries (
conclusionsBased on the available evidence, a large majority of hand and wrist injuries in professional athletes are treated conservatively. Athletes frequently return to preinjury levels of performance after surgery. Additionally, return to play after a hand injury appears to be faster than that after other bony injuries. Further research is needed into the impact of these injuries on athletic performance, as well as how surgical intervention affects validated patient-reported outcome measures in professional athletes.
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