TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Rate of return to work and driving following arthroscopic subacromial decompression
JO  - ANZ journal of surgery
A1  - McClelland, Damian
A1  - Paxinos, Anastasios
A1  - Dodenhoff, Ronald M.
SP  - 747
EP  - 749
VL  - 75
IS  - 9
N2  - BACKGROUND: The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the return to work and return to driving of a cohort of patients undergoing arthroscopic subacromial decompressions +/- arthroscopic acromioclavicular joint excision. METHODS: Arthroscopic subacromial decompressions +/- arthroscopic acromioclavicular joint excision were performed in 68 patients between February 2000 and November 2000. All patients had symptoms of subacromial impingement +/- acromioclavicular joint arthrosis for more than 6 months that had not settled with conservative treatment. All had positive local anaesthetic injection tests. All patients were followed up at 3 weeks and 3 months postoperatively. Their Constant-Murley score was measured preoperatively and at 3 weeks and 3 months postoperatively. Patients were asked to record when they had returned to work and when they had returned to driving. RESULTS: Only one non-manual worker did not return to work within 6 weeks. Eighty-five per cent of manual workers returned to manual work within 3 months. Fifty-one patients held driving licences. The average time to return to driving was 28.9 days. Average preoperative Constant-Murley scores were 47.5 (20-67). At 3 weeks postoperation average Constant-Murley scores were 66.8 (40-92), and at 3 months 76.5 (48-99).
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SN  - 1445-1433
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03529.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -