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Northern Clinics of Istanbul Musculoskeletal injuries in basketball players Southern Portugal: Epidemiology and risk factors [North Clin Istanb]
North Clin Istanb. 2022; 9(1): 14-22 | DOI: 10.14744/nci.2021.21549

Musculoskeletal injuries in basketball players Southern Portugal: Epidemiology and risk factors

Beatriz Minghelli1, Sofa Queiroz2, Inês Sousa2, Julia Trajano2, Sara Graça2, Vera Silva2
1School of Health Jean Piaget Algarve, Piaget Institute, Silves, Portugal; Research in Education and Community Intervention
2School of Health Jean Piaget Algarve, Piaget Institute, Silves, Portugal

OBJECTIVE: Basketball consists of a contact sport that involved actions such as running, jumps, and abrupt changes in direction several times and these repetitive movements can lead to injuries. The objective of this study was to verify the epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries and risk factors in basketball players.
METHODS: The sample comprises 361 basketball athletes Southern Portugal, being 238 (65.9%) males, aged between 10 and 53-years-old. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire with questions about the population characterization and related to the basketball practice and injuries.
RESULTS: Two hundred and thirty-nine (66.2%) players referred an injury throughout their practice, totaling 494 injuries, and 174 (48.2%) players reported an injury in the previous year, with a total of 244 injuries. There were 2.72 injuries/1,000 h of basketball training. The most common injuries were sprain (43.8%), the most injured body area was the ankle (40.1%) and the principal injury mechanism was the impact with another athlete (19.4%). The basketball players who trained more than 4 times a week showed a 2.21 greater chance to develop injury (95% CI: 1.3–3.5; p=0.003) than those who trained less often.
CONCLUSION: This study showed a high prevalence of injuries in this analyzed sample, being the ankle and knee the most injured body areas, the sprain the more prevalent type of injury, and the impact with another player the main mechanism of injury. The data obtained can be used to create training programs with the objective of preventing injuries on basketball players. (NCI-2021-1-46/R2)

Keywords: Basketball, epidemiology; injury; sport.

Beatriz Minghelli, Sofa Queiroz, Inês Sousa, Julia Trajano, Sara Graça, Vera Silva. Musculoskeletal injuries in basketball players Southern Portugal: Epidemiology and risk factors. North Clin Istanb. 2022; 9(1): 14-22

Corresponding Author: Beatriz Minghelli
Manuscript Language: English
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