Table 6.

Summary of Return to Work’s Level

Author	Time off work (m)	Return to Work (%*)	Worker’s compensation (%*)
Osterman, 1990	3.2	Original work: 60	N/A
	Sports related: 1.5
Cooney, 1993	N/A	Work: 66.6	N/A
Minami et al, 1996	Sports related: 1.5	Original work: 81	N/A
Husby et al., 2001	1.3	Full time work: 89	N/A
Blackwell et al., 2001	5	Original work: 88	65
	(WC/non-WC: 5.6/3.8)	Minor restriction: 25
Miwa et al., 2004	N/A	Original work: 100	19
Darlis et al., 2005	N/A	Original work: 55	N/A
		Lighter work: 25
McAdams et al, 2009	3.7	Original work: 100	N/A
Infanger et al., 2009	3.5	Original work: 100	N/A
Tan et al, 2012	2.6	Original work: 97	6
Garcia-Lopez et al., 2012	5.3	Original work: 87.7	N/A
	1A: 5.1	Original work (WC): 12.3
	1B: 5.1	Restricted job: 8.6
	1C: 6.1	didn't return: 3.6
	1D: 4.5
	2A: 8.2
	2C: 5.6
Cardenas-Montemayor et al., 2013	N/A	Original work: 78	N/A
		Restricted job: 19
		Able to work but unemployed: 3
De Smet et al, 2014	5.8	Original work: 80	N/A
Mean	4	Original work: 87	24

^*“%” means a percentage of all patients in each study; m-months; N/A-not available; WC-worker’s compensation