Arthroscopic chronic tennis elbow surgery preserves elbow proprioception

Retrospective cohort study. A new method of accurately assessing the compromised elbow's proprioception was developed for this postsurgical population using information from previous neurophysiologic proprioception studies of healthy elbows. This retrospective cohort study investigated the patt...

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Published in:Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research surgery & research, 2019-04, Vol.105 (2), p.329-334
Main Authors: Unal, Meric, Budeyri, Aydin, Ercan, Sabriye, Serbest, Onur, Dogan, Onur, Demir, Hilmi Mustafa, Cetin, Cem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Arthroscopy - methods
Chronic lateral epicondylitis
Elbow - innervation
Elbow arthroscopy
Elbow Joint - innervation
Elbow Joint - physiopathology
Elbow Joint - surgery
Elbow proprioception
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Proprioception - physiology
Range of Motion, Articular - physiology
Retrospective Studies
Tennis Elbow - physiopathology
Tennis Elbow - surgery
Young Adult
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Summary:Retrospective cohort study. A new method of accurately assessing the compromised elbow's proprioception was developed for this postsurgical population using information from previous neurophysiologic proprioception studies of healthy elbows. This retrospective cohort study investigated the patterns and the degree of proprioceptive impairment and recovery following arthroscopic surgery for chronic lateral epicondylitis. Participants had undergone arthroscopic elbow surgery two years prior to this study (n=15). Healthy, non-injured volunteers with similar demographics (n=15) served as controls. Both groups were evaluated using quantitative measures of joint position sense for proprioceptive functioning. In order to obtain the most accurate proprioceptive measurements, interindividual interaction and visual input biases were eliminated. Retrospective chart reviews were performed to compare qualitative self-reported measures of proprioceptive function in arthroscopic surgery patients before surgery and two years post-surgery. Active and passive joint repositioning outcome measurements were similar between groups (p>0.05). No significant differences were found among any angles except one: passive joint position sense at 120° of flexion (p
ISSN:1877-0568
1877-0568
DOI:10.1016/j.otsr.2018.10.009