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Posterior dislocation of the hip while playing basketball
T D Tennent1, A F Chambler, D J Rossouw
1Department of Orthopaedics, Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Injuries in basketball are usually to the ankles and knees. Dislocation of the hip is usually associated with severe trauma--for example, road traffic accidents. A case is reported here in which a 22 year old club basketball player slipped on landing from a jump shot, forcing him into a side splits position from which he sustained a posterior dislocation of the hip resulting in a sciatic nerve palsy.
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