Early anterior knee pain in male adolescent basketball players is related to body height and abnormal knee morphology

Mickevičius, Mantas; Degens, Hans; Kesminas, Rolandas; Rutkauskas, Saulius; Satkunskienė, Danguolė; Vadopalas, Kazys; Pukėnas, Kazimieras; Jürimäe, Jaak; Skurvydas, Albertas; Kamandulis, Sigitas

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.04.003

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“…These results are consistent with previous findings on male runners, where the dynamic Q-angle did not change with pain [ 44 ], but there has been no similar study on female runners. We did not find height to be a predictor of pain score, which disagrees with the results of a previous study on adolescent male basketball players [ 57 ] that showed that the knees of taller subjects must endure more mechanical stress than those of shorter subjects due to the increased torque acting on the knees’ structures [ 57 ]. However, this idea did not seem to apply to our sample of female Asian soccer players.…”

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Patellofemoral Pain, Q-Angle, and Performance in Female Chinese Collegiate Soccer Players

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Background and objective: Female sports injuries have been neglected by science, and few relevant studies have considered female subjects. Knee pain in female soccer players is more common than in male soccer players. The number of days of absence from training and competition has been shown to be higher in females than males. The reporting of knee pain is common in female soccer players, but whether knee pain is associated with morphological features is unclear. The Q-angle of the knee has been hypothesized to be a causal factor in knee pain. Asian females have shown higher levels of valgus than non-sporting Caucasian populations, but no data exist for female Chinese players. The aim of our study was to investigate whether there are associations between knee pain, the Q-angle of the lower limb, jump performance, play time, and perceived exertion in female Chinese collegiate soccer players. Materials and Methods: We measured the Q-angle, patellofemoral/anterior knee pain (SNAPPS questionnaire), and CMJ and SJ performance of 21 subjects (age: 20.09 ± 1.13 years, weight: 56.9 ± 6.26 kg, height: 164.24 ± 4.48 cm, and >10 years of practice) before and after a match; Borg scale and play time results were also recorded. Results: We found that our studied group had higher Q-angles in comparison to other ethnic groups reported in the literature, as well as an association of the Q-angle with the age, height, and weight of the players; however, contrary to other studies, we did not find any association between the Q-angle and knee pain, jumps, play time, or perceived exertion. Knee pain was not associated with any of the measured variables. Conclusions: Female Chinese soccer players showed higher Q-angles than players of other ethnic groups, a result that was associated with anthropometrics. The Q-angle was not found to be associated with knee pain, for which the sole determinant was body height.

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“…After screening the full text, 30 articles were excluded. The reasons for exclusion were: the articles did not meet the requirements for a prospective cohort or an RCT (n = 15) [20][21][22]28,30,31,[34][35][36][39][40][41][42][43]48] , the articles were not specifically about youth basketball players (n = 13) [21,[23][24][25][26]29,32,37,38,[44][45][46][47] ,or there were no outcome measures (n = 2). [27,33] Figure 1 presents the search procedure.…”

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The prevention of injuries among youth basketballers according to the “Sequence of Prevention’’: a systematic review

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Barendrecht²,

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Background: Basketball is played by the youth worldwide, and various injuries occur in youth basketball. There is currently no overview of the incidence, the risk factors and preventive measures of musculoskeletal injuries among youth basketball players. Objective: This systematic review describes the most common injuries among youth basketball players. The most common risk factors and various preventive measures and interventions have also been reported and discussed. Methods: Search strategies were built based on groups of keywords, namely ‘injury’, ‘youth basketball’, and ‘cohort’. Search strategies were entered into Medline and SPORTDiscus. Titles, abstracts and full text articles were screened by two researchers. Data from the included articles were extracted by one researcher and checked by another researcher. Results: Twenty-seven studies showed that the overall injury rate ranged from 2.64 to 3.83 per 1 000 hours of exposure. Ankle- (22%-37%) and knee injuries (5%-41%) were the most common injuries. Risk factors for knee injuries included ankle dorsiflexion with a range less than 36.5 degrees and female athletes with greater hip abduction strength. High variations of postural sway corresponded to occurrences of ankle injuries (p=0.01, OR =1.22; p<0.001, OR =1.22). A core intervention (rate = 4.99/1 000 athlete exposure (AEs)) focused on the trunk and lower extremity led to a reduction in injuries compared to a sham intervention (rate =7.72/1 000 AEs) (p=0.02). Wearing a McDavid Ultralight 195 brace reduced ankle injuries compared to the controls (HR 0.30; 95 % CI 0.17 0.90; p=0.03). Conclusion: Ankle and knee injuries are the most common injuries among youth basketball players. Poor postural control, reduced ankle dorsiflexion and high hip abduction strength are the main risk factors. A neuromuscular warm-up, in combination with strength and stability exercises, seems to be the best training method to prevent injuries. Ankle injuries can be reduced by wearing a lace-up ankle brace.

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“…Regular sports activity improves skeletal muscle function and cardiovascular health, as well as prevents and reverses obesity, reduces anxiety and depression, and improves selfconfidence and cognitive function [1,2]. Basketball involves frequent jumping, accelerating, decelerating, turning, and pivoting [3].…”

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Gastrocnemius Activation throughout the Competitive Season in Athletes of Different Experience Levels

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Basketball is a team sport in which the players undergo rapid reactions, and running efforts are usually carried out in all directions. The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the muscle activity response in different basketball movements, considering two types of athletes with different levels of experience. Using a group of nine volunteers, female athletes from a senior basketball team, a data acquisition protocol was defined to identify the changes that occurred throughout the sports season. In this study, to assess the gastrocnemius muscle activity, intensity peak (%MC) and time to peak (TP) were evaluated for five typical basketball skills and movements involving running and jumping with and without the ball. Seven repetitions were executed for each movement, performed at two different time-points of the sports season: at the beginning of the teams’ competition, in November (T1), and at the season peak, in March (T2). TP presents greater values for T2 of the season when compared with T1. The results show that the level of experience of the athletes has a significant effect on the results of TP and %MC, particularly when comparing the two seasons.

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Early anterior knee pain in male adolescent basketball players is related to body height and abnormal knee morphology

Abstract: Knee pain prevalence in adolescent basketball players was not related to differences between sides but was higher in tall players. Knee pain was accompanied by morphological abnormalities detected with ultrasound.

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Patellofemoral Pain, Q-Angle, and Performance in Female Chinese Collegiate Soccer Players

Patellofemoral Pain, Q-Angle, and Performance in Female Chinese Collegiate Soccer Players

The prevention of injuries among youth basketballers according to the “Sequence of Prevention’’: a systematic review

Gastrocnemius Activation throughout the Competitive Season in Athletes of Different Experience Levels

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