Return to Sport After Tibial Shaft Fractures: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Acute tibial shaft fractures represent one of the most severe injuries in sports. Return rates and return-to-sport times after these injuries are limited, particularly with regard to the outcomes of different treatment methods.

Objective

To determine the current evidence for the treatment of and return to sport after tibial shaft fractures.

Data sources

OVID/MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Collaboration Database, Web of Science, PEDro, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, and Google Scholar were all searched for articles published from 1988 to 2014.

Study selection

Inclusion criteria comprised studies of level 1 to 4 evidence, written in the English language, that reported on the management and outcome of tibial shaft fractures and included data on either re

SUBMITTER: Robertson GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4922516 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature