title: Return to Golfing Activity After Joint Arthroplasty.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many patients who are considering total joint arthroplasty, including hip, knee, and shoulder replacement, are concerned with their likelihood of returning to golf postoperatively as well as the effect that surgery will have on their game.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the existing literature on patients who have undergone major joint arthroplasty (hip, knee, and shoulder), to examine the effects of surgery on performance in golf, and to provide surgeon recommendations as related to participation in golf after surgery. A brief review of the history and biomechanics of the golf swing is also provided.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a systematic review of the literature in the online Medline database, evaluating articles that contained the terms "golf" and "arthroplasty." Additionally, a web-based search evaluating clinical practice recommendations after joint arthroplasty was performed. The research was reviewed, and objective and anecdotal guidelines were formulated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total joint arthroplasty provided an improvement in pain during golfing activity, and most patients were able to return to sport with variable improvements in sport-specific outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In counseling patients regarding the return to golf after joint arthroplasty, it is our opinion, on the basis of our experience and those reported from others in the literature, that golfers undergoing total hip, knee, and shoulder arthroplasty can safely return to sport.
authors.affiliation: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Dean N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Papaliodis
authors.affiliation: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Christos D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Photopoulos
authors.affiliation: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehran
authors.affiliation: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Banffy
authors.affiliation: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, USA.|Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tibone
mesh_terms: D019643:Arthroplasty, Replacement / Q000379:methods*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006055:Golf; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D000068958:Return to Sport; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery
keywords: arthroplasty; golf; hip; knee; shoulder