AOSSM 2022 Annual Meeting Recordings - no CME-Return to Sport Testing vs Time-Based Clearance in Posterior Shoulder Instability

Return to Sport Testing vs Time-Based Clearance in Posterior Shoulder Instability

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The video discusses a study that aimed to investigate the use of objective return to sport testing for patients with posterior shoulder instability who had undergone arthroscopic posterior shoulder stabilization. The study included a case group of 20 patients who completed the return to sport testing and a control group of 42 patients who did not. The results showed no significant differences in recurrent instability rates, pain, or reoperation between the two groups. The researchers suggest that return to sport testing may be less critical in reducing failure rates in these patients, possibly due to less obvious or more well-tolerated recurrent instability. Further research is needed to fully understand the role of return to sport testing in posterior shoulder stabilization.

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Robin Dunn, MD

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study

objective return to sport testing

posterior shoulder instability

arthroscopic posterior shoulder stabilization

recurrent instability rates