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Shoulder Arthroplasty: Return To Sport, M. M. Khair, J. S. Dines, D. M. Dines

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CONTEXT: Increasingly, total shoulder arthroplasty is being performed not only to treat the pain associated with glenohumeral arthritis but also to return patients to the level of activity and function they enjoyed prior to the development of arthritis. While return to sport and activity have been studied in the total knee and total hip replacement literature, it is only relatively recently that the same focus has been placed on total shoulder replacements. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: PubMed database from the years 2000 to 2014. All studies relevant to shoulder arthroplasty and return to sport were included in the review. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical …