Criteria-based return-to-play testing after arthroscopic Bankart repair may not be enough
Criteria-based return-to-play testing for patients undergoing arthroscopic Bankart repair may not address baseline differences between patients, according to data presented here.
“There are baseline asymmetries for upper extremity and healthy patients,” Amit Momaya, MD, chief of sports medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told Healio about results presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. “When we decide on who can return to play after an arthroscopic Bankart repair, we have to be mindful of these baseline differences, and use a whole collection of both objective criteria and various other criteria when making that decision.”
