Return To Sport: Are We Really Asking A Novel Question

Return to sport is a hot topic in the fields of sports medicine and human performance. Implicit in “return to sport” is an injury that prohibited an athlete from participating in competition. Return to sport guidelines typically warrant the most scrutiny following a surgical procedure like an anterior cruciate or ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction. Essentially, the greater the number of games missed to a particular injury, the more medical and performance professionals fixate on what constitutes physical readiness for specific sporting demands.

What is it about surgery in particular that warrants this additional scrutiny?

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