Return to play for rotator cuff injuries and superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) lesions.
The shoulder is a frequently injured joint in athletes, and the most common injuries in active patients include instability, rotator cuff injuries, and superior labrum lesions. These three types of injuries often involve different mechanisms of injury, variable methods of surgical repair, and different considerations in rehabilitation and return to play. This article focuses upon rotator cuff injuries and superior labrum lesions, treated nonoperatively and operatively. Return to play with these injuries depends upon many factors including upon the age of the patient, the severity of the pathology,the type of treatment rendered, and the expectations of the patient.
Park
Hyung Bin
HB
Division of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, 10753 Falls Road, Suite 215, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA.
Lin
Sung Kai
SK
Yokota
Atsushi
A
McFarland
Edward G
EG
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D020127:Recovery of Function; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries