@article{ref1,
title="Injury surveillance in English youth basketball: a 5-season cohort study to inform injury prevention strategies",
journal="Physical therapy in sport",
year="2022",
author="Barden, Dr Craig and Thain, Dr Peter K.",
volume="58",
number="",
pages="34-40",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Describe the injury risk of English youth basketball, comparing game versus training injury incidence and burden. <br><br>DESIGN: 5 season (2013/14-2018/19) prospective cohort study. SETTING: Basketball academy at an English sports college. PARTICIPANTS: Male basketball players (n = 110, mean age; 17.3 ± 0.9 years). MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Descriptive data regarding game and training injury incidence (injuries per 1000 athlete-exposures (AE)) and burden (severity x incidence) are provided with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Rate ratios (RR; 95% CI) were used to compare outcome measures, with results statistically significant if the 95% CI did not pass 1.0. <br><br>RESULTS: Fifty-four injuries were sustained during 13,350-AE (1666 games, 9684 training). Game injury incidence (12.0/1000-AE, 95% CI 6.7-17.3) was significantly greater than training injury incidence (2.4/1000-AE, 95% CI 1.4-3.3; RR = 5.1, 95% CI 2.8-9.2). Games had a significantly greater injury burden (216 days absence/1000-AE, 95% CI 121-311) than training (62 days absence/1000-AE, 95% CI 37-88; RR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.9-6.3). The ankle was the most injured body location (37%), whilst over 50% of injuries occurring through contact mechanisms. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study is the most comprehensive description of injury epidemiology in English youth basketball to date. This information can inform evidence-based injury prevention strategies to mitigate risk in this population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-853X",
doi="10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.08.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.08.005"
}