Injuries in Japanese Mini-Basketball Players During Practices and Games

Abstract

Game injury rates were higher than practice injury rates in Japanese mini-basketball players. The high practice injury rate in this study may be due to specific factors related to growth, such as individual differences in height, or to skills, such as inexperience in ball handling.

Functional Movements in Japanese Mini-Basketball Players

“…However, the FMS has never been reported in elementary school-age mini-basketball players. Mini-basketball has the second largest number of elementary school-age participants (approximately 150,000 players per year), following junior soccer (approximately 320,000 players per year) and is one of very popular junior sports in Japan ( Japan Basketball Association, 2016 ; Kuzuhara et al, 2016 ). Prevention of injury during adolescence should be a major priority of coaches, athletic trainers (or physiotherapists), strength and conditioning coaches, and players.…”

Patellofemoral Chondral Defect in a Preadolescent Skier: A Case Report in Early Sport Specialization

“…11,12 However, some believe that overuse injuries are often under-reported in the current literature because most of the injury definitions have focused on time loss from sport. 10,18,20 The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) consensus statement 14 defined early sports specialization according to 3 criteria: 1) participation in intensive training and/or competition in organized sports greater than eight months per year; 2) participation in one sport to the exclusion of participation in other sports; and 3) involving prepubertal children (grade 7 or roughly age 12 years old). In this case report, the athlete satisfies the criteria of ESS because of his single sport specialization, prepubertal age, and intensive ski competition > eight months per year.…”

“…This theory of increased training hours and subsequent increased exposure has been correlated with increased injury risk in a young preadolescent cohort (9-12 years of age) of Japanese basketball players. 18 Kuzuhara et al 18 attributed this increase injury incidence to the Japanese culture, in which most young athletes participate in one sport all year round. Furthermore, authors speculated that the higher injury rate in practice might be the direct result of sport specialization at a young age.…”

“…Furthermore, authors speculated that the higher injury rate in practice might be the direct result of sport specialization at a young age. 18 Similarly, Hall et al 7 evaluated 546 middle and high school female multisport athletes with AKP and compared them to a group of female athletes who specialized in a single sport. The authors found that there was a significant increase in patellofemoral pain in athletes who specialized in a specific sport earlier compared to those who specialized later.…”

“…19 Specific sports have been correlated with specific overuse injury patterns. 18,[20][21][22][23] Due to the biomechanics involved with throwing a baseball, and the tendency for ESS in the baseball culture, there have been studies that discuss the correlation between ESS in baseball with elbow and shoulder injuries. 16,24 To date, there have not been any cases reported on the correlation between alpine skiing and patellofemoral chondral injuries.…”