Incidência de lesões em atletas de basquetebol das categorias Sub-23 de uma equipe profissional

Abstract

Introduction: Basketball despite being a new sport in the historical context, with just over 130 years of creation, is one of the most popular in the world, currently represented by more than 300 million people, in more than 170 countries affiliated to the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA). Objective: To investigate the incidence of injuries in under-23 basketball players from a professional team. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study, with male basketball players, aged between 18 and 23 years old, who played at least 10 official matches in the last 12 months for the selected team. Participants answered two sessions, one containing sociodemographic information, and basketball injuries and Nordic training of musculoskeletal symptoms. Results: The sample consisted of 20 basketball players with a mean age of 19 ± 1.47 years, all male. The prevalence of injuries in these athletes was 95%, the main injury being ankle sprain (26.7%), followed by finger dislocation (21%) and low back pain (21%). Conclusion: In the present study, a high rate of injury was observed in under-23 athletes from a professional basketball team, with the most frequent injuries being knee sprain, followed by dislocation of the fingers and low back pain.