title: Sports-specific concerns in the young athlete: basketball.
abstract: Basketball is played by millions of athletes throughout the world and is the most popular team sport in American high schools. Basketball is the leading cause of sports-related injury in the United States. Acute basketball injuries most often involve the extremities, especially the hands, wrists, ankles, and knees. This article reviews the history, epidemiology, and common injury patterns that occur in this sport. We include several case reports to emphasize diagnostic dilemmas frequently encountered by emergency physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Metzl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology