Golfing After Orthopaedic Surgery: a Longitudinal Follow-up (GOLF) Project
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 432
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Prevalence of return to golf following joint arthroplasty
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The GOLF study is a multicenter, prospective study with the goal to investigate golfers' return to the sport following hip, knee or shoulder arthroplasty. The prevalence of return to golf, by level of returning to golf will be assessed at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months postoperatively. Patients who are active golfers undergoing joint replacement will be identified from outpatient clinics and pre-assessment clinics and given information about the study at least two weeks prior to surgery. Participants in this study must have a desire to return to golf after surgery. Previous studies have only been able to report the return to golf after arthroplasty retrospectively; the prospective nature of this study will allow for a greater understanding of this process.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 18+ years
- •A self-reported golfer
- •Able to consent to treatment
- •Indicated for one of the following surgical procedures: total hip arthroplasty, hip resurfacing, revision hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty, total shoulder arthroplasty, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, shoulder resurfacing arthroplasty, revision shoulder arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inability to complete follow-up questionnaires
- •Declining operative management
- •No desire to return to golf postoperatively
- •Medical problem that affects the patient's ability to play golf (e.g., angina, shortness of breath, etc.)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Prevalence of return to golf following joint arthroplasty
Time Frame: Up to 1 year postoperatively
Patients will be asked if they have returned to golf (putting, chipping, 9 holes, 18 holes, etc) following joint arthroplasty.
Secondary Outcomes
- Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (HOOS JR)(Up to 1 year postoperatively)
- Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS JR)(Up to 1 year postoperatively)
- Golf awareness after arthroplasty score(Up to 1 year postoperatively)
- American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Shoulder Score (ASES)(Up to 1 year postoperatively)