Performance Outcomes After Metacarpal Fractures in National Basketball Association Players

Guss, Michael S.; Begly, John P.; Ramme, Austin J.; Hinds, Richard M.; Karia, Raj; Capo, John T.

doi:10.1177/1558944716628500

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“…We obtained injury data for NBA players from Pro Sports Transactions (http://www. prosportstransactions.com), which has been used in prior research to identify player injuries in the NBA (Begly, Guss, Ramme, Karia, & Meislin, 2016;Guss et al, 2016;Leeds, Leeds, & Motomura, 2015). The data are comprehensive in listing the date a player was injured but less comprehensive in listing the date a player recovered from injury.…”

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Dancing with the stars: Benefits of a star employee’s temporary absence for organizational performance

Chen

Garg

2018

Strategic Management Journal

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Research Summary: While research has focused primarily on stars as individual contributors, we examine organizational situations where stars must work closely with non‐stars. We argue that, in such situations, building teamwork around a star is an exercise in learning under complexity. In response, organizations prioritize interactions involving the star to simplify learning. This simplification, however, creates organizational myopia. We claim that a star’s temporary absence helps the organization overcome myopia by triggering a search for new routines. When he returns, the organization may combine these new routines with pre‐absence routines to improve teamwork and performance. We exploit injuries to star players in the National Basketball Association as an exogenous shock and find that on average, teams perform better after a star’s return than before his absence. Managerial Summary: This study examines the effect of the temporary absence of a star employee on organizational performance. We find evidence that a star employee’s temporary absence helps the organization overcome an over‐reliance on the star and improve teamwork. Improved teamwork, in turn, enables the organization to perform better upon the star’s return than it did prior to his absence. This result suggests that organizations might want to revisit the tendency to view stars as too valuable to lose, even for a short time. In particular, organizations may want to pull stars from ongoing projects and encourage them to attend professional development programs. A star’s temporary absence and return from such a program improves not only the star’s skills but also the organization’s teamwork.

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Dancing with the stars: Benefits of a star employee’s temporary absence for organizational performance

Chen

Garg

2018

Strategic Management Journal

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“…There are several limitations in this study, which have been outlined in previous studies using this methodology. 1,[3][4][5][6][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Despite a rigorous methodology and search method, our sample size is small akin to the sample size of other NBA-related injury studies [1][2][3][4]6,[17][18][19][21][22][23][24]42,43 ; this may underpower some of our results. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, detailed data on surgical treatment, postoperative rehabilitation, presenting symptoms, injury severity, and radiographic data were unavailable.…”

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“…NBA players who sustained a facial fracture between the 1984 and 2018 seasons were identified using previously established methods that have been validated in a range of RTP and epidemiological studies assessing player performance following injury. [1][2][3][4][5][6][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Player injury data were identified through injury reports, press releases, and player profiles, and crossreferenced with at least two independent public sources, including the official NBA website. 25 Players who sustained a concurrent injury along with a facial fracture, with the exception of concussion status, were excluded.…”

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Facial Fractures and the National Basketball Association: Epidemiology and Outcomes

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Objectives/Hypothesis: To identify the epidemiology and impact of facial fractures on player performance and return to play (RTP) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Study Design: Retrospective case-control series Methods: Fifty-three NBA players who sustained facial fractures between 1984 and 2018 were identified. Players with pre-and postinjury statistics were included in the performance analysis. A control group was matched by age, body mass index (BMI), position, NBA experience, and player efficiency rating. Fisher exact tests and Student t tests were performed to analyze player demographics and performance variables. Results: At the time of injury, the average player's age was 26.17 years, BMI was 24.80 kg/m 2 , and NBA experience was 4.97 years. Players missed an average of 3.77 games and 18.21 days prior to RTP. Forty-eight players (90.6%) did RTP the subsequent season, whereas 43 of those players (81.1%) met inclusion criteria for performance analysis. There was no significant change in performance between pre-and postinjury seasons. Players managed operatively missed significantly more games (8.15 vs. 1.85; P = .034) and days (51.08 vs. 5.53; P = .003) than players managed nonoperatively, whereas performance was not impacted. Average career length following facial fracture was significantly shorter compared to controls (5.14 vs. 6.42 years; P = .010) and a decrease in three-pointer percentage (P = .004) was observed. Conclusions: The majority of players who suffer facial fractures RTP in the NBA and do not experience significant decline in performance following injury. These results should aid physicians caring for basketball players at any level, and may help inform future guidelines for treatment and injury prevention.

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“…Several studies have evaluated various injuries in professional basketball players. Impact on performance after Achilles tendon tears, 1 anterior cruciate ligament injury, 5 lumbar disc herniation, 12 , 13 and metacarpal fractures 8 has been studied. The purpose of this study was to report on the epidemiology of stress fractures and stress injuries in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the impact of these injuries on player performance.…”

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Epidemiology and Impact on Performance of Lower Extremity Stress Injuries in Professional Basketball Players

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Background:Professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) subject their lower extremities to significant repetitive loading during both regular-season and off-season training. Little is known about the incidence of lower extremity bony stress injuries and their impact on return to play and performance in these athletes.Hypothesis:Stress injuries of the lower extremity will have significant impact on performance.Study Design:Case series.Level of Evidence:Level 4.Methods:All bony stress injuries from 2005 to 2015 were identified from the NBA. Number of games missed due to injury and performance statistics were collected from 2 years prior to injury to 2 years after the injury. A linear regression analysis was performed to determine the impact of injury for players who returned to sport.Results:A total of 76 lower extremity bony stress injuries involving 75 NBA players (mean age, 25.4 ± 4.1 years) were identified. Fifty-five percent (42/76) involved the foot, and most injuries occurred during the regular season (82.9%, 63/76), with half occurring within the first 6 weeks. Among players who sustained a fifth metatarsal stress fracture, 42.9% were unable to return to professional play. Players who sustained stress injuries had reduced play performance, specifically related to number of games played (P = 0.014) and number of steals per game (P = 0.004). Players who had surgery had significantly better performance at 2 years than those who were managed nonoperatively, independent of the type of injury (β = 4.561; 95% CI, 1.255-7.868).Conclusion:Lower extremity bony stress injuries may significantly affect both short- and long-term player performance and career length. Stress injuries result in decreased player performance, and surgical intervention results in improved performance metrics compared with those treated using conservative methods.Clinical Relevance:Stress injuries result in decreased player performance, and surgical intervention results in improved performance metrics.

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Performance Outcomes After Metacarpal Fractures in National Basketball Association Players

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Dancing with the stars: Benefits of a star employee’s temporary absence for organizational performance

Dancing with the stars: Benefits of a star employee’s temporary absence for organizational performance

Facial Fractures and the National Basketball Association: Epidemiology and Outcomes

Epidemiology and Impact on Performance of Lower Extremity Stress Injuries in Professional Basketball Players

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