Abstract
BackgroundThe participation of children and adolescents in sports, including basketball, is becoming increasingly common, and this increased involvement raises concerns about the potential risk of sports injuries.ObjectiveTo analyze the occurrence of sports injuries among young basketball players according to their position on the court and to associate these injuries with risk factors.MethodA retrospective, epidemiological study. A sample consisting of 204 basketball players with a mean age of 14.33 ± 1.19 years participated in the study. The players were interviewed using a reported condition questionnaire containing anthropometric and training data as well as information on injuries during the previous 12 months.ResultsThe frequency of injury was highest among the shooting guards (47.8%), followed by the centers (34.8%) and point guards (17.4%). Among the 204 participants, 40 players reported a total of 46 injuries, representing 0.22 injuries per participant and 1.15 injuries per injured participant. For the shooting guards and centers, statistically significant differences between injured and non-injured players were found related to age, weight, height, length of time in training and number of weekly practice hours (p < 0.05). For point guards, a statistically significant difference between injured and non-injured players was found based on weight alone (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe occurrence of injuries among basketball players was low. Injuries were associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors among shooting guards and centers, whereas injuries were only associated with weight among point guards.
Highlights
The participation of children and adolescents in sports, including basketball, is becoming increasingly common, and this increased involvement raises concerns about the potential risk of sports injuries
A statistically significant difference between injured and non-injured players was found based on weight alone (p < 0.05)
Injuries were associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors among shooting guards and centers, whereas injuries were only associated with weight among point guards
Summary
The participation of children and adolescents in sports, including basketball, is becoming increasingly common, and this increased involvement raises concerns about the potential risk of sports injuries. Practiced by millions of individuals, including adolescents [1,2], there is a lack of information to enable the determination of associations between sports injuries and personal and training characteristics as well as position on the court. Studies have shown that the most common injuries in basketball affect the lower limbs, the knee and ankle sprains [3,4]. This is due to the fact that basketball is. The aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence of injuries among adolescent basketball players according to position on the court and to associate these injuries with intrinsic (age, height and weight) and extrinsic factors (length of time in training, and number of hours practice per week)
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