Injury Risk in Professional Basketball Players: A Comparison of Women's National Basketball Association and National Basketball Association Athletes

Background Gender-based differences in injury rates have been reported in scholastic and collegiate basketball. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare injury rates in women's and men's professional basketball. Hypothesis Female professional basketball players are injured...

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Published in:The American journal of sports medicine 2006-07, Vol.34 (7), p.1077-1083
Main Authors: Deitch, John R., Starkey, Chad, Walters, Sheri L., Moseley, J. Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Athletes
Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
Basketball - injuries
Biological and medical sciences
Comparative analysis
Comparative studies
Confidence intervals
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Football players
Gender differences
Health aspects
Humans
Incidence
Injuries
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Male
Medical sciences
Professional basketball
Retrospective Studies
Risk assessment
Sex Distribution
Sports injuries
Sports medicine
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Women
Women athletes
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