A comparison of men's and women's professional basketball injuries

Zelisko, John A.; Noble, H. Bates; Porter, Marianne

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“…Table 2 also summarizes disability days for men and women by sport. Women gymnasts had the highest rate of disability, 7.44 days per 100 person-hours of exposure, while men gymnasts had only 1.15 disability days, a sixfold difference (p = .0004). We were unable to detect gender differences in any of the remaining seven sports and, more importantly, when all eight sports were combined.…”

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Injury and disability in matched men's and women's intercollegiate sports.

Lanese¹,

Strauss²,

Leizman³

et al. 1990

Am J Public Health

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Eight matched men's and women's intercollegiate varsity teams were studied prospectively for one academic year to determine the incidence of athletic injury and resulting disability. Sports in which both men and women participated in a comparable manner were chosen: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, indoor track, outdoor track, and volleyball. Men (232) and women (150) were injured at comparable rates, 42 percent versus 39 percent. When adjusted for exposure time, seven of the eight sports continued to show similar injury rates. Women gymnasts, however, experienced .82 injuries per 100 person-hours of exposure as com-

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confidence: 91%

Injury and disability in matched men's and women's intercollegiate sports.

Lanese¹,

Strauss²,

Leizman³

et al. 1990

Am J Public Health

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“…Recently, injury of the ACL has been reported to be two to eight times higher in women than in men participating in the same sports. Previous studies have indicated noncontact mechanisms as the reason for ACL tears in women, which make these injuries even more perplexing [1,2,4,7,8,12,20].…”

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Anterior knee laxity in young women varies with their menstrual cycle

Deie

Sakamaki

Sumen

et al. 2002

International Orthopaedics

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We studied 16 women 21-23 years old with regular menstrual cycles (28±4 days) and no history of knee injury. From their basal body temperatures and the serum concentrations of estradiol and progesterone, the follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases were delineated. Using a KT-2000 arthrometer, anterior displacement at 89 N and 134 N and anterior terminal stiffness (N/mm) at 134 N were measured two or three times every week over a 4-week period. Eight men 21-23 years old were also measured. In women the anterior displacement at 89 N varied between the follicular and the ovulatory phase and between the follicular and the luteal phase (P<0.05) and at 134 N between the follicular and the luteal phase (P<0.05). There were no statistical differences in the anterior displacement with time in men, nor in anterior terminal stiffness in either sex. We conclude that anterior cruciate ligament laxity in women might be dependent on the concentrations of hormones. et à 134 N entre la phase folliculaire et lutéale (p<0,05). Il n'y avait pas de différences statistiques dans le déplace-ment antérieur chez les hommes, ni dans la raideur terminale antérieure dans l'un et l'autre sexe. Nous concluons que la laxité du ligament croisé antérieur chez la femme peut être dépendante des concentrations hormonales. Résumé

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“…7,10,23,25,34,47 Consequently, there is currently an increased emphasis in sports medicine on the development of training programs designed to decrease the incidence of noncontact ACL injury in female athletes. 5,6,17,21 In addition to reducing the incidence of ACL injuries, 6,17,21,23 these programs have been shown to also improve lower extremity biomechanics during athletic tasks, while increasing athletic performance.…”

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Neuromuscular Training Improves Single-Limb Stability in Young Female Athletes

Paterno

Myer

Ford

et al. 2004

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

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Study Design: Controlled single-group pretest/posttest design. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if a 6-week neuromuscular training program designed to decrease the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries would improve single-limb postural stability in young female athletes. We hypothesized neuromuscular training would result in an improvement in postural stability, with the greatest improvement taking place in the medial-lateral direction. Background: Balance training has become a common component of programs designed to prevent ACL injury. Rehabilitation programs can improve postural stability following ACL injury and reconstruction; however, there is limited information available which quantifies improvement of postural stability following neuromuscular training designed to prevent ACL injuries in a healthy population. Methods and Measures: Forty-one healthy female high school athletes (mean age, 15.3 years; age range, 13-17 years) participated in this study. Single-limb postural stability for both lower extremities was assessed with a Biodex Stability System. The neuromuscular training program consisted of three 90-minute training sessions per week for 6 weeks. Following the completion of the training program, each subject was re-evaluated to determine change in total, anteriorposterior, and medial-lateral single-limb stability. Two-way analysis of variance models were used to determine differences between pretraining and posttraining and between limbs. Results: The subjects showed a significant improvement in single-limb total stability (P = .004) and anterior-posterior stability (P = .001), but not medial-lateral stability (P = .650) for both the right and left lower extremity following training. In addition, the subjects demonstrated significantly better total postural stability on the right side as compared to the left (P = .026). Conclusions: A 6-week neuromuscular training program designed to decrease the incidence of ACL injuries improves objective measures of total and anterior-posterior single-limb postural stability in high school female athletes.

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A comparison of men's and women's professional basketball injuries

Cited by 256 publications

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Injury and disability in matched men's and women's intercollegiate sports.

Injury and disability in matched men's and women's intercollegiate sports.

Anterior knee laxity in young women varies with their menstrual cycle

Neuromuscular Training Improves Single-Limb Stability in Young Female Athletes

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