The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic score for pain related to postoperative pain in rotator cuffs is a more accurate assessment for elite athletes than the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Researchers studied 23 collegiate or professional overhead athletes who were more than one year out of postarthroscopic repair of type II SLAP lesions. The participants were evaluated using the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic shoulder and elbow score and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score. The scores were compared with control values obtained from a healthy athletic cohort.
The results showed that 13 athletes were playing pain free, six were playing with pain and four were not playing because of the pain. When the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score was administered, 22 athletes had good-excellent scores and one had a fair score. The Kerlan-Jobe scores revealed nine excellent scores, three good scores, four fair scores and seven poor scores.
Researchers concluded that the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic score, which was designed specifically for the overhead athlete, was a more accurate assessment tool than the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score.
Read the abstract on pain assessment tools.
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Researchers studied 23 collegiate or professional overhead athletes who were more than one year out of postarthroscopic repair of type II SLAP lesions. The participants were evaluated using the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic shoulder and elbow score and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score. The scores were compared with control values obtained from a healthy athletic cohort.
The results showed that 13 athletes were playing pain free, six were playing with pain and four were not playing because of the pain. When the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score was administered, 22 athletes had good-excellent scores and one had a fair score. The Kerlan-Jobe scores revealed nine excellent scores, three good scores, four fair scores and seven poor scores.
Researchers concluded that the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic score, which was designed specifically for the overhead athlete, was a more accurate assessment tool than the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score.
Read the abstract on pain assessment tools.
Read other coverage on sports medicine studies:
- Gender Could Influence Likelihood of Dominant Leg ACL Injury
- Young Patients May Not Need Surgery For a Torn ACL
- AAOS Article: No Statistical Difference Between Allograft and Autograft