title: Basketball injuries.
abstract: Basketball injuries are most prevalent in the lower extremity, especially at the ankle and knee. Most basketball injuries are orthopedic in nature and commonly include ligament sprains, musculotendinous strains, and overuse injuries including stress fractures. By virtue of its excellent contrast resolution and depiction of the soft tissues and trabecular bone, magnetic resonance imaging has become the principal modality for evaluating many basketball injuries. In this article, commonly encountered basketball injuries and their imaging appearances are described. The epidemiology of basketball injuries across various age groups and levels of competition and between genders are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120, USA. jnewman@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Arthur H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Newberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D019567:Back Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000175:diagnosis; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000293:injuries; D055815:Young Adult