Epidemiology of basketball and netball injuries that resulted in hospital admission in Australia, 2000-2004.
Med J Aust
; 190(2): 87-90, 2009 Jan 19.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To characterise injuries sustained in basketball and netball that result in hospital admission and to compare the profiles of injury between the two sports. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
Population-based retrospective descriptive epidemiological study using data from the National Hospital Morbidity Database, July 2000 to June 2004.PARTICIPANTS:
Patients discharged from a public or private hospital with basketball or netball codes as the "activity when injured".RESULTS:
There were 5090 basketball-related hospital admissions (mean patient age, 22.2 [SD, 10.7] years; 71.5% male) and 4596 netball-related admissions (mean patient age, 26.3 [SD, 10.9] years; 88.9% female). Fractures were the most common injury (46.8% [2384] of basketball-related and 29.5% [1358] of netball-related admissions), with the forearm and hand or wrist the most common fracture sites. The participant-based forearm fracture hospitalisation rate (5 + years age group) peaked in the 5-14-years age group. Anterior cruciate ligament rupture was the most common diagnosis, accounting for 760 (16.5%) netball-related admissions (mean [SD] age, 26.7 [8.4] years) and 354 (7.0%) basketball-related admissions (mean age, 25.5 [7.9] years). Achilles tendon injury accounted for 732 (15.9%) netball-related admissions (mean age, 35.2 [7.5] years) and 381 (7.5%) basketball-related admissions (mean age, 35.8 [7.8] years).CONCLUSIONS:
The high rates of anterior cruciate ligament rupture and Achilles tendon injury resulting in hospital admission and their long-term consequences impact extensively on the individual and the community. The common injuries sustained in basketball and netball were strongly age-related.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos en Atletas
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Baloncesto
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Hospitalización
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med J Aust
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia