Relationship between isokinetic strength and shooting accuracy at different shooting ranges in Taiwanese elite high school basketball players

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-T. Tang ◽  
H.-M. Shung
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Isokinetic Strength ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Shooting Ranges

The Epidemiology of US High School Basketball Injuries, 2005–2007

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 2328-2335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel A. Borowski ◽  
Ellen E. Yard ◽  
Sarah K. Fields ◽  
R. Dawn Comstock
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Rate Ratio ◽  
Knee Injuries ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Knee Ligament ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
Nationally Representative

Background With more than a million high school athletes playing during the 2006–2007 academic year, basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Hypothesis Basketball injury rates and patterns differ by gender and type of exposure. Study Design Descriptive epidemiology study. Methods Basketball-related injury data were collected during the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 academic years from 100 nationally representative US high schools via Reporting Information Online. Results High school basketball players sustained 1518 injuries during 780 651 athlete exposures for an injury rate of 1.94 per 1000 athlete exposures. The injury rate per 1000 athlete exposures was greater during competition (3.27) than during practice (1.40; rate ratio, 2.33; 95% confidence interval, 2.10–2.57) and was greater among girls (2.08) than among boys (1.83; rate ratio, 1.14; 95% confidence interval, 1.03–1.26). The ankle/foot (39.7%), knee (14.7%), head/face/neck (13.6%), arm/hand (9.6%), and hip/thigh/upper leg (8.4%) were most commonly injured. The most frequent injury diagnoses were ligament sprains (44.0%), muscle/tendon strains (17.7%), contusions (8.6%), fractures (8.5%), and concussions (7.0%). Female basketball players sustained a greater proportion of concussions (injury proportion ratio, 2.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.49–3.91) and knee injuries (injury proportion ratio, 1.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.27–2.30), whereas boys more frequently sustained fractures (injury proportion ratio, 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.27–2.77) and contusions (injury proportion ratio, 1.52; 95% confidence interval, 1.00–2.31). The most common girls’ injury requiring surgery was knee ligament sprains (47.9%). Conclusion High school basketball injury patterns vary by gender and type of exposure. This study suggests several areas of emphasis for targeted injury prevention interventions.

Injury Reporting Rates and Injury Concealment Patterns Differ Between High-school Cirque Performers and Basketball Players

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley S Long ◽  
Jatin P Ambegaonkar ◽  
Patty M Fahringer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Knee Injuries ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Injury Reporting ◽  
Reporting Rates

The performing arts style of cirque has grown in popularity, with high-school participants increasingly practicing this style. Still, little research has examined the injury reporting rates and patterns in this population. Our study aimed to compare injury reporting rates and injury concealment patterns between high-school cirque performers and a peer-group of basketball players. Methods: Fifty participants (30 cirque, 20 basketball) completed a 12-item injury history and concealment instrument with chi-squared analyses and Fisher’s exact tests comparing groups (p = 0.05). Results: While no group differences (p = 0.36) existed in injuries reported, basketball players were more likely (p = 0.01) to miss participation due to injury than cirque performers. No significant difference existed between participants regarding which healthcare provider they reported to first (p = 0.27), but basketball players reported their injuries to the athletic trainer at higher rates (50%) than cirque performers (20%). A nonsignificant trend (p = 0.08) was noted in promptness to report injury, with more cirque performers (13%) concealing their injuries than basketball players (5%). Several reasons were noted for concealment of injury, with the most common being the belief that the injury would “go away” on its own. Knee injuries were most common in basketball players (23.7%) and back and knee injuries (10.5% each) in cirque performers. Conclusions: Despite similar injury rates, cirque participants concealed injuries more than peer-basketball players. Reasons may include losing performance roles, unfamiliarity and low trust with healthcare providers, ignorance about initially minor-looking injuries, and higher pain tolerance thresholds. Education and communication are essential to allow performing artists to seek healthcare support. Research is needed to appropriately understand and meet the needs of this underserved performing artist population.

Goal Attainment and Non-Goal Occurrences as Underlying Mechanisms to an Athlete’s Sources of Enjoyment

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Stein ◽  
Tara K. Scanlan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Goal Hierarchy ◽  
General Goal ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Environmental Events

The present study examined a conceptual framework developed to organize and explain an athlete’s sources of enjoyment. The framework consisted of two potential underlying mechanisms: goal attainment and non-goal occurrences. Goal attainment are experiences that athletes set, strive for, and achieve. Athletes have two functionally related goal levels, labeled universal and general, which form a goal hierarchy. Non-goal occurrences are environmental events that take place but are not a priori set as goals. Participants were 13- to 16-year-old high school and park league baseball and basketball players who answered a single postseason questionnaire. Stepwise regression analyses indicated partial framework support. General goal attainment predicted both universal goal attainment and seasonal enjoyment, universal goal attainment failed to predict seasonal enjoyment, and non-goal occurrences showed no relationship to either universal goal attainment or seasonal enjoyment.

A Training Program to Improve Neuromuscular and Performance Indices in Female High School Basketball Players

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank R Noyes ◽  
Sue D Barber-Westin ◽  
Stephanie T Smith ◽  
Thomas Campbell ◽  
Tiina T Garrison
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Performance Indices ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Female High School ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Stress, Coping, and Injuries in Male and Female High School Basketball Players

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Rider ◽  
Robert A. Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Life Event ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Life Event Stress ◽  
Female High School ◽  
Event Stress

Past research has identified a positive relationship between life-event stress and football injuries, but research in other sports has yielded more ambiguous results. It seems, then, that the relation of life stress and injury may be sport-specific and that different sports must be studied separately before such a relationship is assumed. The present investigation examined the relationships among life-event stress, coping skills, social support, and injuries of male and female high school basketball players. Contrary to the hypothesis, the number of days missed due to injury was not significantly related to life-event stress. As expected, the injury measure was negatively correlated with both the coping-skills and social-support variables, but these correlations did not reach statistical significance. Recommendations for research are discussed.

Athletic Aggression: Perceived Legitimacy and Behavioral Intentions in Girls’ High School Basketball

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kathleen Ryan ◽  
Jean M. Williams ◽  
Beverly Wimer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined the stability of athletes' legitimacy judgments and behavioral intentions over the course of a basketball season and the relationship between these factors to actual behavior. The 49 female basketball players responded to a questionnaire that was derived from Bredemeier's (1985) Continuum of Injurious Acts. The preseason legitimacy rating of aggressive actions made by first-year basketball players were significantly higher than those made by more experienced players, but by the end of the season the first-year participants' ratings had dropped to a level comparable to their more experienced teammates. Preseason legitimacy judgments were found to predict player aggression during the season. Interpretation of the findings and recommendations for future direction in this area are discussed.

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