The study included 256 high school, college and professional-level baseball players. The study’s subjects were contacted an average of 12.6 years after UCL reconstruction.
The study found:
• 83 percent of the players were able to return to the same or a higher level of play after the procedure
• 95 percent of the athletes had retired at the 10-year follow up point
• 98 percent still threw for recreation and reported no elbow pain
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