@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of secondary school boys' and girls' basketball injuries: National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network",
journal="Journal of athletic training",
year="2019",
author="Allen, Alex N. and Wasserman, Erin B. and Williams, Richelle M. and Simon, Janet E. and Dompier, Thomas P. and Kerr, Zachary Y. and Valier, Alison R. Snyder",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="CONTEXT: Little is known about non-time-loss (NTL) injury patterns in basketball athletes. Knowledge of these patterns may aid in the development of prevention and management strategies for patients with these injuries. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of time-loss (TL) and NTL injuries sustained by secondary school boys' and girls' basketball athletes. <br><br>DESIGN: Descriptive epidemiology study. SETTING: Eighty-six unique schools provided data, with 84 and 83 contributing to boys' and girls' basketball, respectively. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Athletes participating in secondary school-sponsored boys' and girls' basketball. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Boys' and girls' basketball data from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) injury surveillance program (2011/2012-2013/2014 years) were analyzed. Injury counts, rates, and rate ratios (IRRs) were reported with 95% confidence intervals (CI). <br><br>RESULTS: The National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network captured 2653 injuries over 364 355 athlete-exposures (AEs) for boys' basketball and 2394 injuries over 288 286 AE for girls' basketball, producing rates of 7.28/1000 AEs (95% CI = 7.00, 7.56) for boys and 8.30/1000 AEs (95% CI = 7.97, 8.64) for girls. The overall injury rates were slightly lower for boys (IRR = 0.88; 95% CI = 0.83, 0.93). For boys, 559 (21.1%) injuries were TL and 2094 (78.9%) were NTL, producing a TL injury rate of 1.53/1000 AEs (95% CI = 1.40, 1.66) and an NTL injury rate of 5.75/1000 AEs (95% CI = 5.50, 5.99). For girls, 499 (20.8%) injuries were TL and 1895 (79.2%) were NTL, producing a TL injury rate of 1.73/1000 AEs (95% CI = 1.58, 1.88) and an NTL injury rate of 6.57/1000 AEs (95% CI = 6.28, 6.87). Rates of TL injuries were similar between boys' and girls' basketball (IRR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.79, 1.00); NTL injury rates were lower for boys (IRR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.82, 0.93). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: When NTL injuries were included, the rates of injury in boys' and girls' secondary school basketball were higher than previously reported.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1062-6050",
doi="10.4085/1062-6050-330-18",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-330-18"
}