Authors (reference) Number of patients Clinical outcome measures Outcomes Potential factors Katz et al., 2009 [14 ] 40 shoulders (39 patients) SST, patient satisfaction 71% of those with poor outcome dissatisfied with conservative treatment Not discussed Brockmeier et al., 2009 [6 ] 47 ASES, L’Insalata 87% good to excellent Higher outcomes after traumatic etiology Boileau et al., 2009 [21 ] 10 (15 others with BT) Constant, patient satisfaction (i) Constant score 65 → 83 (ii) 60% dissatisfied (iii) 4 overall failures converted to BT Not discussed Yung et al., 2008 [22 ] 16 UCLA, physical exam 31% excellent, 44% good, 25% poor Overhead athletes required longer time to RTP Park et al., 2008 [15 ] 24 UCLA, VAS (i) UCLA: 22.7 → 29.9 (ii) VAS: 6.4 → 2.1 Mechanism of injury did not impact outcomes Oh et al., 2008 [23 ] 25 (58 total in study, only 25 with isolated SLAP lesions) VAS, ASES, UCLA, SST, constant Significant improvements: (i) VAS pain: 1.8 (ii) ASES: 84.1 (iii) UCLA 32.6 (iv) SST: 94.7 (v) VAS: 8.9 Not discussed Voos et al., 2007 [13 ] 30 (combined RCT with SLAP or Bankart) ASES, L’Insalata (i) 90% good to excellent (ii) 77% return to play (iii) 2 recurrent RCT Not discussed Funk and Snow, 2007 [24 ] 18 Satisfaction, time to RTP 89% satisfaction Isolated SLAP lesions had quickest return to play Enad et al., 2007 [9 ] 27 (15 with isolated tears), military population ASES, UCLA Excellent in 4, good in 20, fair in 3 96% return to duty Higher outcomes scores in pts with concomitant diagnosis Coleman et al., 2007 [8 ] 50 (16 with concomitant acromioplasty) ASES, L’Insalata, (i) 65% good to excellent in SLAP only group (ii) 81% good to excellent in acromioplasty group Not discussed Cohen et al., 2006 [7 ] 39 ASES, L’Insalata, (i) 71% satisfied (ii) 41% with continued night pain Athletes and pts with rotator cuff piercing with worse outcomes Ide et al., 2005 [25 ] 40, all overhead athletes Modified Rowe (i) Rowe: 27.5 → 92.1 (ii) 75% return to preinjury level of activity Traumatic etiology with better return to activity than overuse etiology Kim et al., 2002 [11 ] 34 UCLA (i) 94% satisfied (ii) 91% return to preinjury level Overhead sports with lower ASES (
) and lower return to preinjury level (
) O’Brien et al., 2002 [12 ] 31 ASES, L’Insalata (i) 52% return to preinjury level (ii) L’Insalata: 87 (iii) ASES: 87.2 Not discussed