Analysis of the Injuries of Korean Professional Basketball Players during the 2019–2020 Regular Season
10.5763/kjsm.2020.38.3.182
- Author:
Munku SONG
1
;
Seungjo CHOI
;
Hyoungsue KIM
;
Younggun KIM
;
Sangmin LEE
;
Hyunsik KANG
Author Information
1. College of Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
- Publication Type:Clinical Article
- From:The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2020;38(3):182-189
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Purpose:This study aimed to provide the descriptive statistics regarding the injury epidemiology of Korean professional basketball players.
Methods:In this study, athlete exposures (AEs) and time exposures (TEs) were collected from the 38 basketball players (17 women) who participated in the 2019–2020 regular season. Injury rate (IR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated.
Results:A total of 35 injuries were reported. The overall rate of injury was 5.65 per 1,000 AEs and 0.06 per 1,000 TEs. Approximately 65.7% of all the injuries occurred during the official games, with lower limb injuries accounting for about 57.1% of all the injuries. Ankle was the most frequently injured body area (25.7%) with a IR of 1.45 per 1,000 AEs. Sprain accounted for the largest portion with 54.3% overall, followed by strain, contusion and cartilage damage. The most common cause of injuries was contact with another athletes (37.2%), and the recurrence of past injuries (20.0%) also accounted for a high proportion.
Conclusion:Korean professional basketball players experience a high rate of injuries occurring during official games.Ankle sprains were the most common ones. Contact-caused injuries accounted for the highest portion.
