Abstract
Shoulder arthroscopy is one of the most common procedures in orthopedic surgery especially for the treatment of a large number of shoulder joint pathologies in the field of sport.
We don’t forget how arthroscopy of the shoulder is not always accompanied by the fastest recovery times without any complications (Martin et al., J Shoulder Elbow Surg 22:1667–1675, 2013). This point is very important when we are speaking about athletes.
Return to sport after shoulder arthroscopy therefore is not so quick and depends on many factors: type of pathology, type of tissue, type of sport (contact, not contact, overhead, etc.), or fitness of the single athlete. But many other factors play a very important role to return to sport after shoulder arthroscopic surgery and these are more relevant if the athlete is a high-level competitor. We are speaking about sponsors, media, managers, team, and supporters. We also can’t forget the psychological aspect of athletes and his fear for a new injury
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Vianello, R., Pannone, A., Conca, M., Corezzola, R. (2016). Return to Sport After Shoulder Arthroscopy. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Arthroscopy and Sport Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14815-1_24
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