Six-Week Changes in Pain Biomarkers Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Study

2026-02-12 orthopedics Title + abstract only

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BackgroundReverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) is an increasingly common surgical procedure often performed to treat pain related to glenohumeral osteoarthritis or to rotator cuff arthropathy. Although surgical outcomes are generally excellent, recent evidence has found that postoperative pain ([≥] 3/10) two years following surgery is reported by an estimated 18% of patients. Recently, the NIH Acute-to-Chronic Pain Signatures program recommended longitudinal studies using select biomark...