title: Athletic participation after hip and knee arthroplasty.
abstract: The issue of athletic participation after hip and knee arthroplasty has become more relevant in recent years, with an increase in the number of young and active patients receiving joint replacements. This article reviews patient-, surgery-, implant-, and sports-related factors, and discusses currently available guidelines that should be considered by the physician when counseling patients regarding a return to athletic activity after total joint arthroplasty. Current evidence regarding appropriate athletic participation after total hip arthroplasty, resurfacing hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, and unicondylar knee arthroplasty is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golant
authors.forename: Dimitrios C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Christoforou
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Slover
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013177:Sports; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome