Golf Central reports on a novel study at HSS Florida, the West Palm Beach location of HSS, that is utilizing a high-tech golf simulator to evaluate players with arthritis both before and after joint replacement surgery. 

The study is recruiting patients with knee, hip or shoulder arthritis to determine how the disease affects club swing and other components of the golf game. Participants will be assessed again following joint replacement and subsequent rehabilitation to determine the effect of surgery on their ability to play golf.

“High-end golf simulators have optically enhanced radar tracking technology that provides a considerable amount of data in terms of golf swing, ball launch and ball flight,” explained Ryan W. Simovitch, MD, director of the shoulder division and co-medical director at HSS Florida, and the study’s principal investigator. 

This article was published in the print edition of Golf Central (Volume 25, Issue 11).