Table 1.
Results of 14 studies comparing patient satisfaction and return to play as subgrouped into overhead and baseball athletes
| Study | Year | Fixation | All patients | Overhead athletes | Baseball athletes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % “good-to-excellent” satisfaction | % returning to previous level of play | Number | % returning to previous level of play | Number | % returning to previous level of play | |||
| Morgan et al. [20] | 1998 | Anchor | 102 | 87 | NA | 53 | NA | 44 | 84 |
| Kim et al. [17] | 2002 | Anchor | 34 | 94 | 76 | 18 | 22 | NA | NA |
| Ide et al. [15] | 2005 | Anchor | 40 | 90 | 75 | 40 | 75 | 19 | 63 |
| Enad et al. [11] | 2007 | Anchor | 27 | 89 | 77 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Enad and Kurtz [12] | 2007 | Anchor | 36 | 92 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Yung et al. [36] | 2008 | Anchor | 16 | 92 | 94 | 13 | NA | NA | NA |
| Brockmeier et al. [6] | 2009 | Anchor | 47 | 87 | 74 | 28 | 71 | 11 | 64 |
| Boileau et al. [5] | 2009 | Anchor | 25 | 40 | 20 | 15 | NA | NA | NA |
| Yoneda et al. [35] | 1991 | Staple | 10 | 80 | 50 | 10 | 50 | 7 | NA |
| Pagnani et al. [25] | 1995 | Tack | 22 | NA | NA | 13 | 92 | NA | NA |
| Samani et al. [29] | 2001 | Tack | 25 | 88 | 92 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| O’Brien et al. [23] | 2002 | Tack | 31 | 74 | 52 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Cohen et al. [7] | 2006 | Tack | 41 | 69 | 48 | 8 | 38 | NA | NA |
| Coleman et al. [8] | 2007 | Tack | 50 | 70 | 93 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| All studies | 506 | 83 | 73 | 198 | 63 | 81 | 76 | ||
NA = not available.