Return To Sport

Since superior labrum lesions were first described in 1985 and the term “SLAP” lesion was coined in 1990, surgeons began to fixate on that region as a pain generator, especially in the overhead athlete population.

Published results showed competitive athletes who underwent ulnar collateral ligament repair with internal bracing had similar patient-reported outcomes and faster return to sport vs. athletes who underwent UCL reconstruction.

SAN ANTONIO — An analysis of advanced analytics from Major League Baseball pitchers showed time to return to full performance after ulnar collateral ligament surgery may be lengthier than previously reported using traditional metrics.

According to results published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, isokinetic strength testing may predict return to sport outcomes for athletes who undergo a Latarjet procedure for glenohumeral instability.

DENVER — According to results presented here, ACL reconstruction with a single-stage slope-reducing high-tibial osteotomy may have similar return to sport rates to isolated primary ACL reconstruction in active patients.

According to published results, fear of reinjury and other psychological factors may negatively impact return to sport rates among athletes who underwent medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction.

Return-to-play considerations and CVD risks of people who perform under life-threatening conditions were among the key sports cardiology topics at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in April in Atlanta.

For athletes with arrhythmias, the return-to-play decision should be individualized based on appropriate risk assessment and treatment and the shared decision-making process should be used, according to a new expert statement.

No athlete with a positive test for genetic heart disease but a negligible clinical phenotype had a genetic heart disease-associated death or cardiac event in more than 1,500 person-years of follow-up, researchers reported.

BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Jacob L. Henrichsen, MD, discussed hip preservation surgery with or without osteotomy for young patients looking to return to sport.