ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2026
Development and Validation of the Elbow Instability-Return to Sport After Injury (EI-RSI) Scale: Assessing Psychological Readiness for Return to Sport.
Article in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Psychological readiness is an essential determinant of safe return to sport (RTS) after injury, yet it is often underrepresented in assessments of patients with elbow instability. The Elbow Instability-Return to Sport after Injury (EI-RSI) scale is a questionnaire designed to evaluate psychological readiness in athletes after lateral ulnar collateral ligament (LUCL) reconstruction for posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow. Purpose: To develop and validate the EI-RSI scale. Study Design: Cohort study (diagnosis); Level of evidence, 3. Methods: The EI-RSI was developed from the anterior cruciate ligament return-to-sport index (ACL-RSI) and the shoulder instability return-to-sport index (SI-RSI) with input from 10 patients with LUCL reconstruction (10 elbow joints), then tested in a retrospective cohort (2015-2021). Validity was assessed by correlating with the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) and the Patient-Rated Elbow Evaluation (PREE). Reliability was assessed using test-retest analysis. RTS was measured via a questionnaire assessing participation (yes/no), return to preinjury level, and time to return. Statistical analyses included the Mann-Whitney Results: A total of 47 patients (47 elbow joints; mean age, 40.7 ± 13 years; 22 men) were analyzed, with a median follow-up of 77 months (interquartile range [IQR], 36-110). The EI-RSI demonstrated good construct validity, showing a moderate positive correlation with MEPS ( Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that the EI-RSI is a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating psychological readiness to RTS after LUCL reconstruction for posterolateral rotatory elbow instability. Its clinical implementation may facilitate informed RTS decisions and identify patients who could benefit from psychological support before safely resuming athletic activity.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.