title: Posterior dislocation of the hip while playing basketball.
abstract: Injuries in basketball are usually to the ankles and knees. Dislocation of the hip is usually associated with severe trauma--for example, road traffic accidents. A case is reported here in which a 22 year old club basketball player slipped on landing from a jump shot, forcing him into a side splits position from which he sustained a posterior dislocation of the hip resulting in a sciatic nerve palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Barnet General Hospital, Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Tennent
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Chambler
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rossouw
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D004576:Electromyography; D006617:Hip Dislocation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000293:injuries