Hip and Groin Injuries in Professional Basketball Players: Impact on Playing Career and Quality of Life After Retirement

Ekhtiari, Seper; Khan, Moin; Burrus, Tyrrell; Madden, Kim; Gagnier, Joel; Rogowski, Joseph P.; Maerz, Tristan; Bedi, Asheesh

doi:10.1177/1941738119838274

“…Eleven (22.4%) were cited utilizing a database, such as the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association database or the NBA electronic medical record. Three studies included patients treated by surgeon-authors, 18 , 40 , 42 1 study was a survey, 13 and 1 included prospective leaguewide data collection. 57 Twenty-nine (59.2%) were deemed level 4 evidence, and the remaining 20 (40.8%) were level 3 evidence.…”

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Systematic Review of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Injuries and Treatment Outcomes in Women's National Basketball Association and National Basketball Association Players

Allahabadi

¹

,

Su

²

,

Lansdown

³

2021

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

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Background: Athletes in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) are subject to high injury rates given the physical demands of the sport. Comprehensive data regarding injury patterns and rates in these athletes are limited. Purpose: To summarize available data on orthopaedic and sports medicine–related injuries through 2020 in professional female and male basketball players. Study Design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A search was conducted using PubMed and Embase through April 5, 2020, to identify injury studies regarding WNBA and NBA players. Studies were included if the injury or surgery was considered a direct consequence of game play including musculoskeletal/orthopaedic, concussion, ophthalmologic, and craniomaxillofacial injuries. Systematic reviews, screening studies, or studies without sufficient WNBA or NBA player subgroup analysis were excluded. Results: A total of 49 studies met inclusion criteria, 43 (87.8%) of which detailed musculoskeletal injuries. The lower extremity represented 63.3% of studies. A majority (59.2%) of studies were level 4 evidence. The source of data was primarily comprehensive online search (n = 33; 67.3%), followed by official databases (n = 11; 22.4%). Only 3 studies concerned WNBA athletes compared with 47 that concerned NBA athletes. The lowest return-to-play rates were cited for Achilles tendon repairs (61.0%-79.5%). Variability in return-to-play rates existed among studies even with similar seasons studied. Conclusion: The majority of literature available on orthopaedic and sports medicine–related injuries of NBA and WNBA athletes is on the lower extremity. The injuries that had the greatest effect on return to play and performance were Achilles tendon ruptures and knee cartilage injuries treated using microfracture. The reported outcomes are limited by heterogeneity and overlapping injury studies. There are limited available data on WNBA injuries specifically.

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“…Injuries and illnesses affect players in terms of their sport careers and quality of life after retirement [4]. Retirement age depends on factors, such as health, skill, and love for career.…”

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Determining whether age retirement for NBA players is associated with injuries and illnesses: A retrospective study

Chou

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,

Yeh

²

,

Chien

³

et al. 2020

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Background: The careers of professional sport players are usually influenced by injuries and skills. The careers of all-star MBA and regular players depend on their health and how rapidly their skills diminish with age, respectively. Whether the above phenomena are considered and supported in the National Basketball Association (NBA) requires verification.Methods: We downloaded injury data from the NBA website in 2010–2018 and extracted all injury events (=9,783) involving 779 NBA players. Among these players, 705 were retired, 236 possessed all-star titles (60 injured and 170 non-injured), and 466 were regular players (408 injured and 58 non-injured) from 2010 to 2018. Both samples of retired all-star (n = 236) and regular players (n = 466) were compared to verify the effect of injury and illness on the retirement age using the bootstrapping method to estimate 95% confidence intervals in medians. We hypothesized that injuries and illnesses are associated with the retirement age of all-star players and irrelative to that of regular NBA players. Social network analysis(SNA) was performed to highlight the top three injuries with the highest degree centralities in their respective clusters.Results: We observed that the top three degree centralities include (1) sprained a left ankle, (2) sprained a right ankle, and (3) illness. The top two most injured NBA teams in 2010-2018, as obtained by the metrics for measurement, were Timberwolves (x-index = 32.86) and Hornets (x-index = 31.42). Most of the careers of NBA all-star players were affected by injuries/illnesses. The NBA careers of regular players were terminated mostly according to their skill.Conclusion: Although a number of things can be debated with regard to NBA, everyone can agree on one thing: Injuries are the worst. We confirmed that injuries and illnesses exhibit significant associations with the retirement age of all-star players and are irrelative to that of regular NBA players. Sports medicine is urgently needed to help players in preventing possible injuries while in the court in the discernible future.

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“…Injuries impact the playing career and quality of life after the retirement of professional basketball players [4]. NBA all-stars, such as Dwyane Wade (37 years old in 2018), Yao Ming (31 years old in 2011), and Grant Hill (41 years old in 2013), retired at different ages.…”

Section: Association Between Injury/illness and Retirement Agementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this study, we hypothesized that injuries and illnesses are associated with the retirement age of NBA all-star players and irrelative to that of regular players. The following tasks were implemented: (1) collection of injury data from the NBA website; (2) reporting of the most frequent injuries and players' age in relation to the injury frequencies; (3) visualization of the most injured NBA teams and players; (4) comparison of the differences in metric and retirement ages between two conditions (i.e., injury and noninjury) in two sample groups (i.e., all-star and regular players).…”

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Determining whether age retirement for NBA players is associated with injuries and illnesses: A retrospective study

Chou

¹

,

Yeh

²

,

Chien

³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Background: The careers of professional sport players are usually influenced by injuries and skills. The careers of all-star MBA and regular players depend on their health and how rapidly their skills diminish with age, respectively. Whether the above phenomena are considered and supported in the National Basketball Association (NBA) requires verification.Methods: We downloaded injury data from the NBA website in 2010–2018 and extracted all injury events (=9,783) involving 779 NBA players. Among these players, 705 were retired, 236 possessed all-star titles (60 injured and 170 non-injured), and 466 were regular players (408 injured and 58 non-injured) from 2010 to 2018. Both samples of retired all-star (n = 236) and regular players (n = 466) were compared to verify the effect of injury and illness on the retirement age using the bootstrapping method to estimate 95% confidence intervals in medians. We hypothesized that injuries and illnesses are associated with the retirement age of all-star players and irrelative to that of regular NBA players. Social network analysis(SNA) was performed to highlight the top three injuries with the highest degree centralities in their respective clusters.Results: We observed that the top three degree centralities include (1) sprained a left ankle, (2) sprained a right ankle, and (3) illness. The top two most injured NBA teams in 2010-2018, as obtained by the metrics for measurement, were Timberwolves (x-index = 32.86) and Hornets (x-index = 31.42). Most of the careers of NBA all-star players were affected by injuries/illnesses. The NBA careers of regular players were terminated mostly according to their skill.Conclusion: Although a number of things can be debated with regard to NBA, everyone can agree on one thing: Injuries are the worst. We confirmed that injuries and illnesses exhibit significant associations with the retirement age of all-star players and are irrelative to that of regular NBA players. Sports medicine is urgently needed to help players in preventing possible injuries while in the court in the discernable future.

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Hip and Groin Injuries in Professional Basketball Players: Impact on Playing Career and Quality of Life After Retirement

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Systematic Review of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Injuries and Treatment Outcomes in Women's National Basketball Association and National Basketball Association Players

Systematic Review of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Injuries and Treatment Outcomes in Women's National Basketball Association and National Basketball Association Players

Determining whether age retirement for NBA players is associated with injuries and illnesses: A retrospective study

Determining whether age retirement for NBA players is associated with injuries and illnesses: A retrospective study

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