Ankle sprain versus muscle strain injury in professional men’s basketball
Basketball has one of the highest rates of injury of all team sports, with up to 10 injuries per 1000 hours of exposure. However, epidemiological studies in professional basketball are generally lacking, mainly because of methodological challenges in data collection. Although evidence is limited, study indicated that a large proportion of basketball-related injuries consist of lower extremity injuries.
More precisely, injuries in the lumbar region, ankle, knee, and patella account for more than 50% of all injuries in basketball, and among them, injuries to the ankle joint are the most common (11%-17%).3,9,22,25 Given these data, sports teams have established preventive measures to minimize the risk and frequency of ankle injury, including taping the ankle or using neuromuscular exercises.
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