ReviewEFORT open reviews2021
Return to sport after shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rate and timing of return to sport following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: a retrospective study of an active Australian cohort.JSES international · 2026Article
- Speed of return to normalcy after total shoulder arthroplasty.JSES international · 2026Article
- Variable Return-to-Sport Rates Despite Improved Shoulder Function and Outcomes Scores After Primary Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty in Active Patients: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Review
- The rate of return to play for pickleball is high following shoulder surgery.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Article
- Why do patients not return to sports or work after anatomical or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty? A systematic review and meta-analysis.JSES international · 2025Review
- Return to yoga following anatomic or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.JSES international · 2025Article
- Return to Outdoorsman Sports After Primary Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Rehabilitation and Long Term Outcomes Including Return to Work or Sport Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2025Review
- What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures.JSES international · 2025Article
- A High Rate of Return to Running Is Seen After Both Arthroscopic and Open Shoulder Surgery.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The main goal of this study was to determine the rate of return to sport (RTS) after shoulder arthroplasty.A systematic review of the literature was performed using the PRISMA guidelines. All clinical studies written in English, French or German, with a level of evidence of 1 to 4, and evaluating return to sport after shoulder arthroplasty, were included.A total of 23 studies were included with 2199 patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty (HA), anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RSA). Mean age was 68 years (range 18 to 92.6), sex ratio (male:female) was 1:1.5. The surgery was performed on the non-dominant/dominant shoulder in 1:1.8 cases. The mean follow-up was 4.2 years. The rate of RTS was 75.5% with a mean time of 7 months. It was 77.4% for TSA, 75% for RSA and 71.2% for HA (P = non-significant).RTS after shoulder arthroplasty is high, regardless the type of arthroplasty, with a trend for a higher rate after TSA. Patients who were able to maintain a sport activity preoperatively had a greater chance of RTS after arthroplasty. Failure to RTS seems to be mostly linked to the severity of the underlying condition and length of preoperative disability. Cite this article:
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