Drs. Eugene Brabston and Amit Momaya, faculty members in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, are authors of a recently published article titled “Home-Based Physical Therapy Results in Similar Outcomes to Formal Outpatient Physical Therapy after Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: a Randomized Control Trial.”

The study, which was published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, compared the outcomes of a home-based physical therapy program to a formal physical therapy program after patients underwent a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA). The results found that formal physical therapy and home therapy programs after RTSA produce similar improvements in range of motion, strength, and patient reported outcome scores.

Multiple current and former department members were also involved in this study, including Drs. Brent Ponce, Samuel Schick, Joseph Elphingstone, Kyle Paul, Jun Kit He, and Alexandra Arguello.