ReviewArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2021
Return to Play After Arthroscopic Stabilization for Posterior Shoulder Instability-A Systematic Review.
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- Treatment of Posterior Shoulder Instability in National Hockey League Players: A Survey of NHL Team Physicians.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Beach Chair Versus Lateral Decubitus Surgical Positioning for Arthroscopic Shoulder Stabilization Surgery: What Does The Evidence Say?Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2026Review
- Objective clinical tests to inform decision-making prior to return to sport in athletes with shoulder instability: A scoping review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Defining clinical significance following primary stabilization of posterior shoulder instability.JSES international · 2025Article
- Minimum 10-Year Outcomes of Arthroscopic Capsulolabral Repair for Posterior Shoulder Instability.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Objective Measures for Assessing Readiness to Return to Sport After Shoulder Instability Procedures Are Not Standardized: A Systematic Review.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Criteria-based return-to-sport testing helps identify functional deficits in young athletes following posterior labral repair but may not reduce recurrence or increase return to play.JSES international · 2023Article
- Neurocognitive and Reactive Return to Play Testing Protocol in Overhead Athletes Following Upper Extremity Injury.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for Overhead Sports Activities.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- The Outcomes of Soft-Tissue Repair for Posterior Shoulder Instability Surgery.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2022Article
- Return to Sport After Shoulder Stabilization Procedures: A Criteria-Based Testing Continuum to Guide Rehabilitation and Inform Return-to-Play Decision Making.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Rehabilitation and Return to Play of the Athlete after an Upper Extremity Injury.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Single-Portal Arthroscopic Posterior Shoulder Stabilization.Arthroscopy techniques · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo ascertain the rate and timing of return to play (RTP) and the availability of specific criteria for safe RTP after arthroscopic posterior shoulder stabilization.
methodsMedline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were searched according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to find studies on arthroscopic posterior shoulder stabilization. Studies were included if they reported RTP data or rehabilitation protocols and excluded if concomitant procedures influenced the rehabilitation protocol. Rate and timing of RTP, along with rehabilitation protocols, were assessed.
resultsThis review found 25 studies, including 895 cases, meeting the study's inclusion criteria. The majority of patients were male (82.7%), with an age range of 14 to 66 years and a follow-up range of 4 to 148.8 months. The overall RTP rate ranged from 62.7% to 100.0%, and 50.0% to 100.0% returned to the same level of play. Among collision athletes, the overall rate of RTP was 80.0% to 100.0%, with 69.2%-100.0% returning to the same level of play. In overhead athletes, the overall rate of RTP was 85.2% to 100.0%, with 55.6% to 100.0% returning to the same level of play. Four studies (128 patients) specifically addressed the timing of RTP, and the range to RTP was 4.3 to 8.6 months. Specific RTP criteria were reported in a majority of studies (60%), with the most reported item being restoration of strength (44%).
conclusionThere is a high rate of return to sport after arthroscopic posterior shoulder stabilization, ranging from 4.3 to 8.6 months after surgery. Return to preinjury level is higher for collision athletes compared with overhead athletes. However, there is inadequate reporting of RTP criteria in the current literature, with no clear timeline for when it is safe to return to sport. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV, systematic review of level II to IV studies.
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