After Rotator Cuff Repair, Older Athletes Return to Sport at a Similar Level of Intensity

Arthroscopic repair surgery appears to be highly effective in reducing pain, improving function and returning older athletes back to the activities they love.

In older adults, outcomes following the arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears appear to be successful a majority of the time, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

"Seventy-seven percent of our patients who had an arthroscopic repair of a full thickness rotator cuff tear, were able to return to their sport at a similar level of intensity," said lead author, Peter Millett, MD, MSc, from the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado.

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Forty-nine patients were included in the study with a mean age of 73 years. There were 33 men and 11 women involved. All postoperative measures to evaluate progress demonstrated a significant amount of improvement than before surgery. Patients who simply modified their activities due to postoperative weakness were significantly less satisfied.

"Patients over 70 are typically not treated operatively for rotator cuff issues, but these results highlight that there might be significant reason to assess and treat a tear arthroscopically."

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