Return to Golf After Orthopaedic Surgery
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the siteAlso in 1 other country, 1 site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 432 people, planned
- Started
- 9 Jan 2023
- Expected to end
- Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 13 February 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age 18+ years
- A self-reported golfer
- Able to consent to treatment
- Indicated for one of the following surgical procedures: total hip arthroplasty, hip resurfacing, revision hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty, total shoulder arthroplasty, reverse shoulder arthroplasty, shoulder resurfacing arthroplasty, revision shoulder arthroplasty
Who cannot take part
- Medical problem that affects the patient's ability to play golf (e.g., angina, shortness of breath, etc.)
- Inability to complete follow-up questionnaires
- Declining operative management
- No desire to return to golf postoperatively
Where in United States
Also in 1 other country, 1 site
- Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, United StatesContact: Andrew CreightonTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
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.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Golfing After Orthopaedic Surgery: a Longitudinal Follow-up (GOLF) Project
- Record updated
- 13 February 2026