Return to High-Level Throwing After Combination Infraspinatus Repair, SLAP Repair, and Release of Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit

Van Kleunen JP, Tucker SA, Field LD, et al (Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Ctr, Jackson; Tulane Univ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA) Am J Sports Med 40:2536-2541, 2012^§

Abstract

Background

The overhead-throwing athlete is a unique patient, requiring an elite, precise functional ability. Superior labral tears are quite common, and the percentage of athletes who return to play after superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) repair has been variable. A tear of the infraspinatus caused by either internal impingement or tension overload may compromise this return.

Hypothesis

The rate of return to a level of play similar to or greater than the preinjury level after repair of combined SLAP and infraspinatus injuries will be lower than in previous reports of SLAP repair alone.

Study Design

Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods

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