NCT05675618

Return to Golf After Orthopaedic Surgery

Golfing After Orthopaedic Surgery: a Longitudinal Follow-up (GOLF) Project

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 432 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

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.

Conditions

• Hip Osteoarthritis
• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-09
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2023-01-09
• Last updated: 2026-02-13

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: United States, United Kingdom