Health Development & Performance Network presents

Considerations for returning shoulders back to sport - Physical performance tests are not functional performance tests

Recorded in January 2025

Prof. Ian Horsley

Returning an athlete to sport following an shoulder injury is a multi-factorial decision that must incorporate that athlete’s psychological readiness to return to play, strength, range of motion, pain level and ultimately, the ability to perform the movement patterns consistent with their sport and/or position.

The decision to return the athlete to training, and ultimately to full competition  is based on a hierarchical (i.e. increasingly demanding) system for testing the individual’s capacity to withstand the rigours of their chosen activity- namely Functional Performance Tests - to assess an athlete’s ability to perform dynamic upper extremity tasks prior to returning to sport

These tests allow clinicians something outside of subjective reports, range of motion, and strength measures ( Physical Performance Tests), commonly used as a proxy to determine readiness to return to play.

This webinar discusses the commonly cited upper limb tests used, and place them in a contextual setting with respect to the specific sporting demands of the upper limb, enabling participants to optimally selected the most appropriate test(s) to determine athlete readiness to return to play, and summarise the Bern Consensus Statement regarding For Return To Sport Following Shoulder Injury”

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This interactive webinar lasts 60-90mins

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