Return to sport after forearm fractures in children: A scoping review and survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A common question faced by clinicians is when a child may return to sport after treatment for a pediatric forearm fracture. There are few published recommendations and fewer supported by evidence. The aims of this study were to summarize existing published recommendation for return to sport after pediatric forearm fractures and to conduct a survey to determine usual clinical recommendations.

Methods

A scoping review was performed on Ovid MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. In addition, 64 orthopedic surgeons were anonymously surveyed asking for recommendations regarding return to sport after pediatric forearm fractures. Participants were to assume childr

SUBMITTER: Bhanushali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature