scholarly journals Prevalence of anterior knee pain among young South African basketball players

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Louw
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Knee Pain ◽  
Anterior Knee Pain ◽  
Knee Injuries ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Pain Prevalence ◽  
Anterior Knee ◽  
Retrospective Questionnaire ◽  
Pain Area

The aim of the article is to provide an indication of anterior knee pain prevalence among young South African basketball players. A retrospective questionnaire survey was conducted to capture information on injuries sustained over one season. The sample comprised 458 young basketball players in Cape Town and comprised 122 club players and 337 school basketball players.  A total of 180 knee injuries were reported indicating a rate of 1 knee injury in 2.5 players. Anterior knee pain was the most commonly reported area ofpain by the 458 basketball players (49.1%, n=141). The most common combination of pain area was anteromedially (18.2%, n=141). The results of our survey are in agreement with other studies indicating that patellofemoral pain is probably the most common knee presentation among young active individuals and arguably the most common condition seen at sports injury clinics.

scholarly journals Early anterior knee pain in male adolescent basketball players is related to body height and abnormal knee morphology

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 273-281
Author(s):  
Mantas Mickevičius ◽  
Hans Degens ◽  
Rolandas Kesminas ◽  
Saulius Rutkauskas ◽  
Danguolė Satkunskienė ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knee Pain ◽  
Anterior Knee Pain ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Male Adolescent ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Anterior Knee

scholarly journals Case Report: A rare case of Sinding Larsen-Johansson Syndrome in adult

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMAD AZWAN AZIZ
Keyword(s):  
Knee Pain ◽  
Anterior Knee Pain ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Lateral Meniscus ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Muscle Strengthening ◽  
Football Match ◽  
Anterior Cruciate ◽  
Anterior Knee

Sinding Larsen-Johansson syndrome is an osteochondrosis injury of patella commonly seen in adolescence age group between 10 to 14 years old. This is an interesting case of Sinding Larsen-Johansson syndrome reported in 33 years old football athlete. This is 33 years old football athlete who is active in participating many football tournaments for 18 years presented with anterior knee pain for 1 month subsequently had traumatic sports injury in one of the football matches. He was diagnosed with complete anterior cruciate ligament rupture, with medial and lateral meniscus injury. MRI confirmed the diagnosis with additional finding of chronic Sinding Larsen-Johansson syndrome. He was rested from football match, and had an intensive physiotherapy focusing on eccentric muscle strengthening exercise. The symptom of anterior knee pain was improved with improvement of the instability. This article discussed in detail on Sinding Larsen-Johansson Syndrome.

scholarly journals The Burden and Risk Factors of Patellar and Achilles Tendinopathy in Youth Basketball: A Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9480
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyosi B. A. Owoeye ◽  
Luz Palacios-Derflingher ◽  
Kati Pasanen ◽  
Tate HubkaRao ◽  
Preston Wiley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Knee Pain ◽  
Anterior Knee Pain ◽  
Achilles Tendinopathy ◽  
Patellar Tendinopathy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Competitive Season ◽  
Median Proportion ◽  
Anterior Knee

This study aimed at evaluating the burden and risk factors of patellar and Achilles tendinopathy among youth basketball players. Patellar and Achilles tendinopathy were prospectively monitored in 515 eligible male and female youth basketball players (11–18 years) through a competitive season. Overall, the season prevalence of patellar tendinopathy was 19.0% (95% CI: 15.7–22.7%), 23.2% (95% CI: 18.6–28.2%) in males and 12.5% (95% CI: 8.3–17.9%) in females. The season prevalence of Achilles tendinopathy was 4.3% (95% CI: 2.7–6.4%), 4.1% (95% CI: 2.2–7.0%) in males and 4.5% (95% CI: 2.1–8.4%) in females. Median proportion of symptoms duration was 83% of average total weeks of basketball exposure for patellar tendinopathy and 75% for Achilles tendinopathy. Median time to patellar tendinopathy onset was 8 weeks for male players and 6 weeks for female players. Higher odds of patellar tendinopathy risk were seen in males (OR: 2.23, 95% CI: 1.10–4.69) and players with previous anterior knee pain had significantly elevated odds (OR: 8.5, 95% CI: 4.58–16.89). The burden and risk of patellar tendinopathy is high among competitive youth basketball players. Risk factors include sex and previous anterior knee pain. These findings provide directions for practice and future research.

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