Earlier Return to Light Duty Is Associated With Successful Return to Full Duty of Workers' Compensation Patients Treated With Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate Workers' Compensation (WC) patients who underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery for workplace shoulder injuries and to determine whether there was an association between earlier return to light duty and earlier return to full duty.

Methods

After receiving institutional review board approval, we performed a retrospective chart review of all WC patients treated with shoulder arthroscopic surgery by 2 senior authors between 2011 and 2018. The patients were divided into 2 groups: Group 1 went back to light-duty work within the first 100 days after surgery, whereas group 2 performed light-duty work after 100 days or performed no light-duty work. The primary outcomes included the length of time from surgery to light-duty work and the length of time from surgery

SUBMITTER: Massey PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9210363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature