Injuries in women's basketball.
Women's basketball has changed over time. It is a faster paced game than it was 30 years ago. Greatplayers, like Anne Meyers,who was the first, and only, woman to be signed to an NBA contract, would agree today's game is different. The game is played mostly "below the rim" but with players like Candice Parker, Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore able to dunk the ball, the game is still changing. The one thing that remains constant in basketball, especially women's basketball, is injury. The majority of injuries in women's basketball are similar to those in men's basketball. Studies at the high school and college level show similar injury rates between women and men. ACL injuries are one exception, with female athletes having atwo to four times higher rate ofACL injuries. In this article, we review the common injuries in women's basketball. We discuss treatment issues and possible preventive measures.
Trojian
Thomas H
TH
New England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball, USA.
Ragle
Rosemary B
RB
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D016387:Women's Health