Citation

Tennent TD, Chambler AF, Rossouw DJ. Br. J. Sports Med. 1998; 32(4): 342-343.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedics, Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9865411

PMCID

PMC1756128

Abstract

Injuries in basketball are usually to the ankles and knees. Dislocation of the hip is usually associated with severe trauma--for example, road traffic accidents. A case is reported here in which a 22 year old club basketball player slipped on landing from a jump shot, forcing him into a side splits position from which he sustained a posterior dislocation of the hip resulting in a sciatic nerve palsy.

Language: en