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Arthroscopic treatment of shoulder instability in professional athletes
- Source :
- Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Edra SpA, 2016.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Post-traumatic shoulder instability is a common disease, especially in sportsmen. If inadequately or late treated, it may be responsible for an articular biomechanics alteration, with serious problems. This is much more obvious for professionals athletes, because corporate and market needs force them to a premature return to sport. The purpose of this retrospective study is to evaluate if arthroscopic approach may be better than the open one and allowing a shoulder function rapid recovery, with fast return to sport. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2003 to January 2014, 46 professional athletes underwent surgical treatment for post traumatic shoulder instability. Two groups were made: 25 athletes treated arthroscopically and 21 treated with open approach. Patients were followed up from 36 to 92 months, according to Rowe Score for Instability and VAS scoring system. RESULTS Patients in the open group returned later than the first one to sport. Moreover, pain in postoperative period and during rehabilitation, was lower in the arthroscopic group. There was only one recurrence in the open group. CONCLUSIONS Arthroscopic surgical approach appears to be excellent in shoulder instability management, reducing recovery time, allowing a faster return to sport, with less pain, if compared with open surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III, a case control-study.
- Subjects :
- Shoulder
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Open surgery
Arthroscopy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Athlete
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
030222 orthopedics
Rehabilitation
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Athletes
Biomechanics
Instability
Retrospective cohort study
030229 sport sciences
Evidence-based medicine
biology.organism_classification
Shoulder instability
Physical therapy
Original Article
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22404554
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9098ea4103468015382cc19028eecfba