Return-to-Sport Recommendations in Athletes Requiring Cervical Spine Surgery

Consensus was achieved to recommend return to high-impact/high-frequency sport after surgical treatment of a variety of cervical pathologies in athletes. Certain situations received consensus recommendations to return to low-impact/low-frequency sport, whereas many others did not reach a consensus. These results provide useful data that can help spine surgeons navigate challenging postoperative RTS decisions.

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Spine
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2025-08-21
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https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005464
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Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
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Return-to-Sport Recommendations in Athletes Requiring Cervical Spine Surgery

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Return-to-Sport Recommendations in Athletes Requiring Cervical Spine Surgery

Robert G. Watkins, Susan Liew, Steven C. Ludwig, Andrew M. Cordover, David O. Okonkwo, Ronald A. Lehman, Robert C. Cantu, Hank Feuer, Scott L. Zuckerman, Vincent Mièle, Frank M. Phillips, Gavin A Davis, Michael D. White, Venu M. Nemani, Jacob Joseph, Raymond Joseph Gardocki, Nicholas Theodore, Allan D. Levi, Jacob Jo, Gabriel A. Smith, Domagoj Coric, K. Daniel Riew, Sheeraz A. Qureshi, Philip K. Louie, Andrew C. Hecht, Christopher M. Bonfield, Wellington K. Hsu, Grant H. Rigney, Jeffrey P. Mullin, Jay D. Turner, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Patrick Chan, Rick C. Sasso, Joseph C. Maroon, Allen K. Sills, Julian E. Bailes, Myron A. Rogers
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Abstract

Consensus was achieved to recommend return to high-impact/high-frequency sport after surgical treatment of a variety of cervical pathologies in athletes. Certain situations received consensus recommendations to return to low-impact/low-frequency sport, whereas many others did not reach a consensus. These results provide useful data that can help spine surgeons navigate challenging postoperative RTS decisions.

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