ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2022
Return to Sport After Shoulder Stabilization Procedures: A Criteria-Based Testing Continuum to Guide Rehabilitation and Inform Return-to-Play Decision Making.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Upper Extremity Return to Sport Functional Testing: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Elastic Resistance Bands in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review of Neuromuscular Mechanisms, Prescription, and Functional Applications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- High Rates of Return to Sport After Surgical Stabilization for Anterior Shoulder Instability in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Review
- [Optimized Return to Sport Criteria Following the Bristow-Latarjet Procedure for Shoulder Stabilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol].Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2026Article
- Optimized Return to Sport Criteria Following the Bristow-Latarjet Procedure for Shoulder Stabilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2026Article
- Return to performance criteria in soccer after musculoskeletal injury: A scoping review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation Utilizing Blood Flow Restriction Following Surgical Repair of a Bankart Lesion with a Buford Complex in an Elite High School Football Player: A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Shoulder Internal and External Rotator Strength Reliability and Validity in Healthy Adolescent Athletes.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Standard Versus Arm-Length-Normalized Conditions for Assessment of the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test in Healthy Youth Athletes.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Psychological factors influencing return to sport after shoulder stabilization: assessment tools and intervention strategies-a narrative review.Annals of joint · 2026Review
- Return to Sport Testing After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Conservative management of triceps brachii muscle transection injury in an elite NCAA division I intercollegiate athlete: a case report and clinical review.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2025Article
- Return to Competitive Sport After Anterior Shoulder Stabilization: A Scoping Review of Current Outcomes and Clearance Decision-Making Criteria.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Clinically Feasible Quantitative Assessments of Dynamic Scapular Motion: A Scoping Review.International journal of sports physical therapy · 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
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- Return to Play After a Shoulder Injury: Let's Not Put the Cart Before the Horse!International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
The athlete with shoulder instability poses a unique challenge to the sports medicine team. Clinical studies support surgical intervention followed by a phased approach to rehabilitation. In the latter phases, it is important to tailor this program to the individual's specific athletic needs, which requires ongoing qualitative assessment and objective measurement. Passing a return-to-sport testing battery has been shown to decrease the risk of recurrent instability. What is lacking in the literature is a consensus for how to best measure shoulder performance when the required athletic demands are widely varied by hand dominance, sport played, and playing position. Multiple upper-extremity tests have been described in the literature, but there is no consensus on which tests should be used to direct rehabilitation and to safely return the athlete to unrestricted athletic exposure. Using available evidence, we suggest a framework for return-to-play testing that integrates traditional rehabilitation phases with performance testing and graduated sports exposure. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, expert opinion.
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