- Nearly one million people are involved in basketball injuries each year
- Among all sports basketball has the highest per capita injury rate among 14-25 year olds and second highest among 5-14 year olds
- Around 17.5% of sports related emergency room visits and 13.5% of primary care physician visits are related to basketball
- The most common injuries are:
- Ankle/Foot
- Sprains
- Stress Fracture – navicular bone most common
- Knee – Accounts for most time lost
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Medial tibial stress syndrome
- Patellar tendinitis
- Osgood-Schlatter
- ACL Ligament Injuries
- Head/Neck
- Eye injuries, Lacerations, Dental Injuries
- Hip/Upper Leg
- Hip impingement
- Muscle strains
- Health conditions seen more frequently in basketball players
- Hypertension
- Marfan Syndrome
- Enlarged Heart
- Concussion