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Overuse injuries can be defined as injuries that result from a mechanism of repetitive and cumulative micro-trauma, without a specific onset incident. [14] Rapid changes in physical growth can make children vulnerable to overuse injuries, and these types of injuries are increasing among youth populations.
A basketball card is a type of trading card relating to basketball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. [1] These cards feature one or more players of the National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Olympic basketball, Women's National Basketball Association, Women's Professional Basketball League, or some other basketball related theme.
In the 2005 high school basketball year, 3.6% of reported injuries were concussions, with 30.5% of concussions occurring during rebounds. [52] Incidence rates for concussions in NCAA men's basketball is lower than NCAA women's basketball, at 0.16 concussion per 1,000 athletes compared to 0.22 per 1,000 athletes respectively.
A sports-related traumatic brain injury is a serious accident which may lead to significant morbidity or mortality.Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in sports are usually a result of physical contact with another person or stationary object, [1] These sports may include boxing, gridiron football, field/ice hockey, lacrosse, martial arts, rugby, soccer, wrestling, auto racing, cycling, equestrian ...
(Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. kids ages five to 18 years old going to the emergency department for sports injuries increased yearly between 2001 and 2013, according to a new study.
Injury to the brachial plexus can happen in numerous environments. These may include contact sports, motor vehicle accidents, and birth. [21] Although these are but a common few events, there is one of two mechanisms of injury that remain constant during the point of injury. The two mechanisms that can occur are traction and heavy impact. [22] [23]
Q. I am a 19-year-old competitive basketball player who has had low back pain for three months. The more I play, the worse it hurts. Rebounding and shooting hurt the most. I have no pain going ...
English physician Percivall Pott experienced this injury in 1765 and described his clinical findings in a paper published in 1769. [5] [6] The term "Dupuytren fracture" refers to the same mechanism, [7] and it is named for Guillaume Dupuytren. [8] Pott did not describe disruption of the tibio-fibular ligament, whereas Dupuytren did. [citation ...