Off-Season Screening of an NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Team

摘要

Athletic trainers and therapists commonly assess athletes for imbalances in strength and flexibility. Significant imbalances between left and right extremities and between agonist and antagonistic muscle groups may contribute to abnormal mechanics, which can ultimately lead to pain and disability. Injuries to the knee are relatively common in basketball. Borowski et al. analyzed 100 high school basketball teams over two years and reported 1,518 injuries for 780,651 athlete exposures (two injuries per 1,000 athlete-exposures). Sixty-one percent of the injuries affected the lower extremity.