Rates of Reporting and Analyzing Race and Ethnicity in Athlete-Specific Sports Medicine Research: A Systematic Review.

Background: Race- and ethnicity-based differences in treatment access and outcomes have been reported in the orthopaedic sports medicine literature. However, the rate at which race and ethnicity are reported and incorporated into the statistical analysis of sports medicine studies remains unclear.

Purpose: To determine the rate at which race and ethnicity are reported and analyzed in athlete-specific sports medicine literature.

Considerations for revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A review of the current literature.

Background: Failure rates among primary Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction range from 3.2 to 11.1 %.

Risk Factors Associated With Poor Outcomes After Quadriceps Tendon Repair.

Background: Ruptures of the quadriceps tendon present most frequently in older adults and individuals with underlying medical conditions.

Purpose: To examine the relationship between patient-specific factors and tear characteristics with outcomes after quadriceps tendon repair.

Study Design: Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Medial Collateral Ligament Reconstruction Shows High Rates of Return to Activity and Low Rates of Recurrent Valgus Instability: An Updated Systematic Review.

Purpose: To examine the clinical outcomes and return to sport rates after treatment of combined, complete (grade III) injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL).

Methods: A literature search of the following databases was completed using key words related to combined ACL and (MCL) tears: MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and SPORTDiscus. Level I-IV studies that examined patients with complete tears of the ACL and grade III tears of the MCL, diagnosed by either magnetic resonance imaging or clinical examination of valgus instability, were included.

Articular Cartilage Damage Worsens from First-time to Recurrent Patellar Dislocation-A Longitudinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

Purpose: To compare the frequency and severity of articular cartilage injury on longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients after their initial dislocation and subsequent recurrent dislocations for those undergoing patellar stabilization surgery.

Methods: Between January 2012 and December 2017, patients undergoing patellar stabilization surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Only patients with an MRI after both the initial dislocation and subsequent dislocation events were included.

Safer Return to Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Evaluation of a Return-to-Play Checklist.

Background: Questions remain regarding the traditional protocols used in rehabilitation and clearance for return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).

Purpose/hypothesis: To investigate the impact on injury rates after return to sports by developing and validating a Safer Return to Play Following ACL Reconstruction Checklist consisting of subjective and objective functional tests that can be quickly and easily implemented into a sports medicine practice. It was hypothesized that patients who successfully passed the checklist before returning to sports would experience lower rates of ipsilateral and contralateral knee injuries at a 2-year follow-up as compared with patients who returned to play before completing the checklist.

Return to play rates after ulnar nerve transposition and decompression surgery: a retrospective analysis.

Background: Medial elbow pain is a common complaint in overhead throwing athletes. The throwing motion places repetitive tensile and compressive forces on the elbow resulting in significant stress across the ulnohumeral joint. This stress can result in soft-tissue, ligamentous, and ulnar nerve injury.

Return-to-Play Guidelines After Patellar Instability Surgery Requiring Bony Realignment: A Systematic Review.

Background: Recurrent patellar instability can be treated nonoperatively or surgically, and surgical management may vary based on the causative pathology in the structures surrounding the patella. Although isolated soft tissue reconstruction is among the most common operative treatments, certain patient populations require bony realignment for adequate stabilization.

Purpose: To evaluate postoperative guidelines, including return to play and rehabilitation, after bony procedures involving the tibial tubercle for patellar instability.