Postoperative Mobilization After Superior Rotator Cuff Repair: Sling Versus No Sling
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Philippe Collin; Jérome Tirefort; Adrien J Schwitzguebel; Alexandra Nowak; Alexandre Lädermann; Chantal Plomb-Holmes
- Source
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 101:494-503
- Subject
- 030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation
Mobilization
Sling (implant)
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Arthroscopy
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
Surgery
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Randomized controlled trial
law
medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Rotator cuff
Range of motion
Prospective cohort study
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1535-1386
0021-9355
Background:Patients are commonly advised to wear a sling for 4 to 6 weeks after rotator cuff repair despite negative effects of early immobilization and benefits of motion rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes up to 6 months following rotator cuff re