Table A1.
Summary of Included Articles a
| Lead Author (Year) | Injury/Surgery | Sports/Athletes | LOE | Terminology Used and Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack (2017) 17 | Clavicle ORIF | Pro football | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in 1 NFL game after surgery |
| Jack (2018) 14 | Thumb UCL repair | Pro baseball | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 MLB game after surgery |
| Jack (2018) 13 | Tommy John surgery | Pro baseball | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 MLB game after UCL reconstruction |
| Jack (2019) 12 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro baseball | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 MLB game after surgery |
| Jack (2019) 16 | Hip arthroscopy for FAI | Pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 game after surgery |
| Jack (2020) 15 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro basketball | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 game after surgery |
| Sochacki (2018) 29 | Forearm fracture ORIF | Pro football | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in a single NFL game after surgery |
| Sochacki (2019) 28 | Hip arthroscopy for FAI syndrome | Pro hockey | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 NHL game after surgery |
| Sochacki (2019) 31 | Thumb UCL surgery | Pro football | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in at least 1 NFL game after thumb UCL surgery |
| Sochacki (2019) 30 | Achilles tendon repair | Pro soccer | 3 | RTS, defined as playing in any MLS game after surgery |
| Begly (2018) 4 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro basketball | 3 | RTP, defined as competing in a single professional game of equal level after surgery |
| Cinque (2017) 8 | ACL reconstruction | Pro football linemen | 3 | RTS, defined as an athlete playing in at least 1 NFL game after ACL reconstruction |
| Hsu (2015) 10 | Repair of acute superficial deltoid complex avulsion during ankle fracture fixation | Pro football | 4 | RTP, defined as the ability to successfully participate in at least 1 full regular season NFL game after surgery |
| Lareau (2016) 18 | Operative Jones fracture treatment | Pro football | 4 | RTP, defined as the ability to play in a single regular season NFL game after surgery |
| Mai (2017) 19 | ACL reconstruction | Pro football, basketball, hockey, and baseball | 3 | RTP, defined as a successful return to the active roster for at least 1 regular season game after ACL reconstruction |
| Menge (2017) 20 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro football | 4 | RTP, defined as competing in a preseason or regular season professional football game after surgery |
| Frangiamore (2018) 9 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro baseball | 4 | RTP, defined as playing in a preseason or regular season major or minor league game after arthroscopy |
| Aune (2014) 2 | Partial lateral meniscectomy | Pro football | 4 | RTP, defined as the first time a player played in a regular season NFL game after partial lateral meniscectomy; preseason game play was accepted as successful RTP, provided that the athlete played in a subsequent regular season game |
| Yang (2019) 35 | Primary Achilles tendon tear | Pro football | 3 | RTP, defined as playing in a regular season or postseason game after injury |
| Christian (2019) 7 | Hip arthroscopy | Pro football, baseball, basketball, and hockey | 3 | RTP date, defined as the date of the first regular or postseason game played in the respective professional league after each arthroscopic hip procedure |
| Rosinsky (2019) 26 | Bilateral hip arthroscopy | High school, collegiate, and pro athletes across many sports | 4 | RTS, defined as a patient’s return to competitive participation in his or her sport at the same level as or higher than that of presurgery, regardless of time elapsed after surgery |
| Burleson (2018) 6 | Hook of hamate excision | High school, collegiate, and pro baseball | 4 | RTP, defined as reaching the athlete’s preinjury level and being able to perform full sports activities |
| Ishoi (2018) 11 | Hip arthroscopy for FAI | 18- to 30-y-old athletes across many sports | 3 | RTS, defined as the proportion of athletes who were engaged in their preinjury sport at preinjury level at follow-up |
| Philippon (2010) 23 | Arthroscopic labral repair and treatment of FAI | Pro hockey | 4 | RTS, defined as the player’s resuming skating for training or participation in the sport of ice hockey |
| Werner (2014) 32 | Thumb ulnar collateral suture anchor repair | Collegiate football | 4 | RTP, defined as when both the senior author and athletic trainer released the patient to return to game play (when in season) or practice (when out of season) |
| Bauer (2019) 3 | ACL reconstruction | High school athletes across many sports | 3 | Return to competitive play, defined as return to the same sport that was played preinjury within 1 y of surgery, and the sport had to be organized (ie, collegiate, interscholastic, “travel” or club teams, organized intramural sports, or tournaments) |
| Smyth (2013) 27 | Hindfoot arthroscopy | No specific sport or age group | 4 | Return to sporting activities, “calculated as the time period from the date of surgery until the patient was able to participate at one’s previous level of activity” |
| Miyamoto (2015) 21 | Ligament reconstruction using single bone tunnel technique for chronic symptomatic subtle injury of the Lisfranc joint | Rugby, football, and judo | 4 | Return to athletic activity, defined as return to near preinjury performance level |
| Peduzzi (2019) 22 | Arthroscopic treatment of internal impingement of the shoulder | Overhead athletes including handball, tennis, volleyball, and swimming | 4 | RTS +, defined as returning to the previous sport at the same or a higher level, or RTS –, defined as a return to the previous sport at a lower level, a switch to another sport, or an inability to engage in any sport |
a ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; FAI, femoroacetabular impingement; LOE, level of evidence; MLB, Major League Baseball; MLS, Major League Soccer; NFL, National Football League; NHL, National Hockey League; ORIF, open reduction and internal fixation; pro, professional; RTP, return to play; RTS, return to sport; UCL, ulnar collateral ligament.