THE EFFECTS OF AN EIGHT WEEK ANKLE INJURY PREVENTION PILOT PROGRAMME ON RECREATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS BALANCE AND AGILITY: A WITHIN SUBJECT DESIGN

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 592.3-593
Author(s):  
P Fisher ◽  
B Paton ◽  
E Mias
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Ankle Injury ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Pilot Programme ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Recreational Basketball

scholarly journals Influence of Weight Bearing Dorsiflexion (WBDF) on Ankle Injury History Among Semi-professional Recreational Basketball Players

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Sameera Senanayake ◽  
Tharanga Premakumara ◽  
Piyumika Kodagoda ◽  
Harindu Jayasekara
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Ankle Injury ◽  
Ankle Injuries ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Recreational Basketball ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Leg Dominance

Ankle injuries are one of the most common occurrences in the field of sports. Weight bearing dorsiflexion range can be an effecting factor in ankle injuries. Weight bearing lunge test is used to assess weight bearing dorsiflexion. By using this test as a standard testing protocol, it is possible to minimize development of further sport related ankle injuries.  But this test for basketball players with ankle injuries has not been studied yet. The current study will aim to examine the weight bearing dorsiflexion of basketball players related to their gender, ankle injury history and leg dominance. A quasi-experimental design study was conducted. Thirty-four (34) participants were recruited and initially and two (2) were excluded. 18 participants were male and 14 were female basketball players in Colombo Blues and Kotelawala Defence University basketball teams. The average of age of the sample was 21.8 years. Demographic data, information about training time, injury history of the participants was obtained using an interview administered assessment form. The Weight Bearing Dorsiflexion was measured using digital inclinometer. Findings indicated that the weight bearing dorsiflexion range is smaller than that of males (p>0.05). There was a significant difference in weight bearing dorsiflexion and ankle injury history (p<0.01) among players. Significant differences were seen in influence in leg dominance to weight bearing dorsiflexion (p<0.05). This is the first study that is investigated weight bearing dorsiflexion among basketball players in Sri Lanka. No significant difference was found between gender and weight bearing dorsiflexion. A significant difference was determined between ankle injury history and weight bearing dorsiflexion. Furthermore, a significant difference was found in leg dominance and weight bearing dorsiflexion.

Effects of Sports Injury Prevention Training on the Biomechanical Risk Factors of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in High School Female Basketball Players

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1728-1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bee-Oh Lim ◽  
Yong Seuk Lee ◽  
Jin Goo Kim ◽  
Keun Ok An ◽  
Jin Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Ligament Injury ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Prevention Training ◽  
Anterior Cruciate ◽  
Experimental Group

Background Female athletes have a higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury than their male counterparts who play at similar levels in sports involving pivoting and landing. Hypothesis The competitive female basketball players who participated in a sports injury prevention training program would show better muscle strength and flexibility and improved biomechanical properties associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury than during the pretraining period and than posttraining parameters in a control group. Study Design Controlled laboratory study. Methods A total of 22 high school female basketball players were recruited and randomly divided into 2 groups (the experimental group and the control group, 11 participants each). The experimental group was instructed in the 6 parts of the sports injury prevention training program and performed it during the first 20 minutes of team practice for the next 8 weeks, while the control group performed their regular training program. Both groups were tested with a rebound-jump task before and after the 8-week period. A total of 21 reflective markers were placed in preassigned positions. In this controlled laboratory study, a 2-way analysis of variance (2 × 2) experimental design was used for the statistical analysis (P < .05) using the experimental group and a testing session as within and between factors, respectively. Post hoc tests with Sidak correction were used when significant factor effects and/or interactions were observed. Results A comparison of the experimental group's pretraining and posttraining results identified training effects on all strength parameters (P = .004 to .043) and on knee flexion, which reflects increased flexibility (P = .022). The experimental group showed higher knee flexion angles (P = .024), greater interknee distances (P = .004), lower hamstring-quadriceps ratios (P = .023), and lower maximum knee extension torques (P = .043) after training. In the control group, no statistical differences were observed between pretraining and posttraining findings (P = .084 to .873). At pretraining, no significant differences were observed between the 2 groups for any parameter (P = .067 to .784). However, a comparison of the 2 groups after training revealed that the experimental group had significantly higher knee flexion angles (P = .023), greater knee distances (P = .005), lower hamstring-quadriceps ratios (P = .021), lower maximum knee extension torques (P = .124), and higher maximum knee abduction torques (P = .043) than the control group. Conclusion The sports injury prevention training program improved the strength and flexibility of the competitive female basketball players tested and biomechanical properties associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury as compared with pretraining parameters and with posttraining parameters in the control group. Clinical Relevance This injury prevention program could potentially modify the flexibility, strength, and biomechanical properties associated with ACL injury and lower the athlete's risk for injury.

Sustained Improvements in Dynamic Balance and Landing Mechanics After a 6-Week Neuromuscular Training Program in College Women’s Basketball Players

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate R. Pfile ◽  
Phillip A. Gribble ◽  
Gretchen E. Buskirk ◽  
Sara M. Meserth ◽  
Brian G. Pietrosimone
Keyword(s):  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Lower Extremity Injury ◽  
Extremity Injury ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Landing Mechanics ◽  
Women's Basketball ◽  
Over Time

Context:Epidemiological data demonstrate the need for lower-extremity injury-prevention training. Neuromuscularcontrol (NMC) programs are immediately effective at minimizing lower-extremity injury risk and improving sport-related performance measures. Research investigating lasting effects after an injury-prevention program is limited.Objective:To determine whether dynamic balance, landing mechanics, and hamstring and quadriceps strength could be improved after a 6-wk NMC intervention and maintained for a season.Design:Prospective case series.Setting:Controlled laboratory.Participants:11 Division I women’s basketball players (age 19.40 ± 1.35 y, height 178.05 ± 7.52 cm, mass 72.86 ± 10.70 kg).Interventions:Subjects underwent testing 3 times, completing the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT), Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), and isometric strength testing for the hamstrings and quadriceps muscles. Pretest and posttest 1 occurred immediately before and after the intervention, respectively, and posttest 2 at the end of the competitive season, 9 mo after posttest 1. Subjects participated in eighteen 30-min plyometric and NMC-training sessions over a 6-wk period.Main Outcome Measures:The normalized SEBT composite score, normalized peak isometric hamstrings:quadriceps (H:Q) ratio, and the LESS total score.Results:The mean composite reach significantly improved over time (F2,10 = 6.96, P = .005) where both posttest scores were significantly higher than pretest (70.41% ± 4.08%) (posttest 1 73.48% ± 4.19%, t10 = –3.11, P = .011) and posttest 2 (74.2% ± 4.77%, t10 = –3.78, P = .004). LESS scores significantly improved over time (F2,10 = 6.29, P = .009). The pretest LESS score (7.30 ± 3.40) was higher than posttest 1 (4.9 ± 1.20, t10 = 2.71, P = .024) and posttest 2 (5.44 ± 1.83, t10 = 2.58, P = .030). There were no statistically significant differences (P > .05) over time for the H:Q ratio when averaging both legs (F2,10 = 0.83, P = .45).Conclusions:A 6-wk NMC program improved landing mechanics and dynamic balance over a 9-mo period in women’s basketball players. NMC adaptations can be retained without an in-season maintenance program.

Plantar Pressure Profiles and Possible Foot Syndromes of the Taiwanese College Elite Basketball Players

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong-Hsien Chow ◽  
Yih-Shyuan Chen ◽  
Wen-Cheng Tsai ◽  
Ming-Hsien Lin
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Plantar Pressure ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Jones Fracture ◽  
Longitudinal Arch ◽  
Metatarsal Bones ◽  
Pressure Profiles ◽  
Recreational Basketball ◽  
The Common

Background: Plantar pressure assessment are useful for understanding the functions of the foot and lower limb and predicting injury incidence rates. Musculoskeletal fatigues are likely to affect the results of plantar pressure profiles. This study aimed at characterizing college elite basketball players' plantar pressure profiles and pain profiles during static standing and walking. Methods: Fifty-one male elite basketball players and eighty-five male recreational basketball players participated in this study. An optical plantar pressure measurement system was used for collecting the arch index (AI), regional plantar pressure distributions (PPDs), and footprint characteristics during static and dynamic activities. Elite basketball players' pain profiles were examined for evaluating their common musculoskeletal pain areas.Results: The AI values in recreational basketball players fell in the normal range, whereas was considerably lower in elite basketball players. Elite basketball players' static PPDs of both feet were mainly exerted on the lateral longitudinal arch and the lateral heel, and relatively lower on the medial longitudinal arch, the medial and lateral metatarsal bones. The PPDs mainly transferred to the lateral metatarsal bone and lateral longitudinal arch, and decreased at the medial heel during the midstance phase of walking. The footprint characteristics of elite basketball players illustrated the features of the calcaneal varus (supinated foot) of high arches and the dropped cuboid foot. The lateral ankle joints and anterior cruciate ligaments were the common musculoskeletal pain areas. Conclusions: Elite basketball players' AI values was found to be high arches, and their PPDs tended to parallel the features of the high-arched supinated and dropped cuboid foot. Their pain profiles not only resonated with the common basketball injuries, but also reflected the features of the Jones fracture and cuboid syndrome. The potential links among high-arched supinated foot, Jones fracture and cuboid syndrome are worth further studies.

scholarly journals Basketball Coaches’ Utilization of Ankle Injury Prevention Strategies

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 410-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. McGuine ◽  
Scott Hetzel ◽  
Anthony Pennuto ◽  
Alison Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Ankle Injury ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Basketball Coaches

scholarly journals Investigation of Static and Dynamic Balance in School Basketball Players with a History of Ankle Injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Ali Roshandel Hesari ◽  
◽  
Amin Roshandel Hesari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Disability ◽  
Dynamic Balance ◽  
Ankle Injury ◽  
Ankle Injuries ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Static Balance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Ankle Muscles ◽  
Limb Injuries ◽  
Significant Difference

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the static and dynamic balance in basketball students with an ankle injury history. Methods: Subjects of this study were 36 elementary school basketball male students who participated in this study purposefully and voluntarily. Subjects were divided into two groups of 18 people with an ankle injury and the control group without ankle injury. To measure the static balance from the stork test and the dynamic balance from the star test was used. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Shapiro-Wilk test and independent t-test) were used to analyze the results. Results: There was a significant difference between the static balance of basketball students and the control group (P=0.001), but no significant difference was found between basketball studentschr('39') dynamic balance with ankle injuries and the control group (P=0.0887). Conclusion: Based on research results, it can be concluded that lower limb injuries, especially ankle injuries they can influence postural control and static balance of basketball students and caused some functional disability. Also recommended coaches during the sports era of basketball players to design specific exercises to strengthen ankle muscles and ligaments and use static balance exercises not to witness this type of injury.

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