ArticleThe American journal of sports medicine2023
Predictors of Return to Work Following Primary Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: An Analysis of 1502 Cases.
Article in The American journal of sports medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Return to work and sports after posterior latissimus dorsi transfer for posterior superior irreparable rotator cuff tears.JSES international · 2026Article
- Arthroscopic PRP gel augmentation at the tendon-bone interface accelerates functional recovery and structural healing in rotator cuff repair: a retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Factors influencing return to work after rotator cuff surgery: A scoping review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Muscle strength measurements reflecting the extent of complete subscapularis tears: reliability in patients with rotator cuff tears.JSES international · 2025Article
- Revision Rotator Cuff Repair With Versus Without an Arthroscopically Inserted Onlay Bioinductive Implant in Workers' Compensation Patients.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and Subsequent Career Changes in Manual Workers: A Long-term Observational Study.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIt is undetermined which factors predict return to work after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. PURPOSE: To identify which factors predicted return to work at any level and return to preinjury levels of work 6 months after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. STUDY
designCase-control study; Level of evidence, 3.
methodsMultiple logistic regression analysis of prospectively collected descriptive, preinjury, preoperative, and intraoperative data from 1502 consecutive primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, performed by a single surgeon, was performed to identify independent predictors of return to work at 6 months postoperatively.
resultsSix months after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, 76% of patients had returned to work, and 40% had returned to preinjury levels of work. Return to work at 6 months was likely if patients were still working after their injuries but before surgery (Wald statistic [W] = 55,
conclusionSix months after rotator cuff repair, patients who continued to work after injury but presurgery were the most likely to return to work at any level, and patients who had less strenuous preinjury levels of work were the most likely to return to their preinjury levels of work. Greater preoperative subscapularis strength independently predicted return to work at any level and to preinjury levels.
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