Tyler Tetreault1, Hannah Darland2, Angela Vu2, Patrick Carry2, Sumeet Garg3. 1. Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. 2. Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Box 060, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. 3. Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Box 060, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Sumeet.garg@childrenscolorado.org.
Abstract
PURPOSE: No consensus exists regarding the timing for return to sports after PSF for patients with AIS. Return-to-play protocols are based on expert opinion and vary widely. The purpose of this study was to determine how rapidly athletes return to baseline sports activity following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS: Athletes were consecutively enrolled. Inclusion criteria included competition at a junior varsity level or greater for ≥ 3 months yearly, major Cobb angle of 40-75°, age 10-18 years, and one year of follow-up. Athletes completed preoperative sports performance and Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical activity, pain interference, and depressive symptoms questionnaires. Self-assessments were repeated monthly until one year after PSF. RESULTS: Twenty-six athletes were enrolled. The median time to return to sport was 2.7 months [range: 0.6-13 months]. At twelve months, 24 of 26 [90.1%; 95% CI 36.9-74.9%] athletes reported they had returned to the sport at their presurgical level of play. Participation in contact sports was associated with a longer return to sport relative to participation in non-contact/limited contact sports [Hazard Ratio: 0.37, 95% 95% CI 0.14-0.97, p = 0.0427]. Conditioning and flexibility were the most common barriers to return to sport. CONCLUSIONS: When released to unrestricted activity at 4-8 weeks, athletes rapidly return to baseline levels of sports performance, with over half achieving this metric by 3 months.
PURPOSE: No consensus exists regarding the timing for return to sports after PSF for patients with AIS. Return-to-play protocols are based on expert opinion and vary widely. The purpose of this study was to determine how rapidly athletes return to baseline sports activity following posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. METHODS: Athletes were consecutively enrolled. Inclusion criteria included competition at a junior varsity level or greater for ≥ 3 months yearly, major Cobb angle of 40-75°, age 10-18 years, and one year of follow-up. Athletes completed preoperative sports performance and Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical activity, pain interference, and depressive symptoms questionnaires. Self-assessments were repeated monthly until one year after PSF. RESULTS: Twenty-six athletes were enrolled. The median time to return to sport was 2.7 months [range: 0.6-13 months]. At twelve months, 24 of 26 [90.1%; 95% CI 36.9-74.9%] athletes reported they had returned to the sport at their presurgical level of play. Participation in contact sports was associated with a longer return to sport relative to participation in non-contact/limited contact sports [Hazard Ratio: 0.37, 95% 95% CI 0.14-0.97, p = 0.0427]. Conditioning and flexibility were the most common barriers to return to sport. CONCLUSIONS: When released to unrestricted activity at 4-8 weeks, athletes rapidly return to baseline levels of sports performance, with over half achieving this metric by 3 months.
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