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The Relationship between Training Load and Injury Risk in Basketball: A Systematic Review.
Chi-Chung Chan1, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung1, Kam-Ming Mok1,2
1Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 28, 2024
Summary
This systematic review found a clear link between training load and injury risk in basketball. Understanding this relationship is crucial for sports injury prevention and enhancing player performance.
Area of Science:
- Sports Medicine
- Exercise Physiology
- Injury Prevention
Background:
- The relationship between training load and injury risk in basketball is not well-established.
- Basketball is a globally popular sport, making injury prevention critical.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review existing evidence on the association between training load and injury risk in basketball.
- To synthesize findings from prospective and retrospective studies.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature search of PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases up to March 2024.
- Inclusion of studies published before February 2024 examining training load and basketball injury risk.
- Quality assessment using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and Oxford CEBM levels of evidence, followed by narrative synthesis.
Main Results:
- 14 articles met the inclusion criteria for the review.
- 11 of the included studies reported statistically significant findings.
- Evidence suggests a relationship between training load and injury risk in basketball.
Conclusions:
- A clear relationship exists between training load and injury risk in basketball.
- This finding supports the importance of managing training load for injury prevention in basketball players.
- Further research may refine our understanding of specific load-injury associations.
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