Psychological well-being and physical activity before and after rotator cuff repair: a scoping review
Hadeel Y Alghanim, Naif Z Alrashdi, Megan Bell, Elroy J Aguiar, Marcus A Rothermich, Scott Snyder, Hon K Yuen, Matthew P Ithurburn · 2026
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Hadeel Y Alghanim and colleagues scoped the literature on how rotator cuff patients feel and how much they move before and after surgical repair, in a 2026 scoping review. Searching five databases, the team screened 11,026 records and kept thirteen studies that measured psychological well-being or physical activity around rotator cuff repair. .
Depression symptoms were the most studied factor, appearing in ten studies, followed by anxiety in seven, with kinesiophobia and negative thoughts in two each. The consistent direction was that worse depression and anxiety tracked with worse pain, poorer function, and lower quality of life both before and after repair. The review's most pointed finding is an absence: not one included study measured physical activity in rotator cuff patients across the surgical episode. Activity is a plausible bridge between mood and recovery. The authors call for research on how activity and psychology interact around repair.
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| CREATOR | Hadeel Y Alghanim, Naif Z Alrashdi, Megan Bell, Elroy J Aguiar, Marcus A Rothermich, Scott Snyder, Hon K Yuen, Matthew P Ithurburn |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59375 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |