Musculoskeletal Research Centre and School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University , Victoria, Australia.
J Sports Sci Med. 2008 Mar 1;7(1):139-43. eCollection 2008.
Participation in organised, competitive physical activity by young athletes is increasing rapidly. This is concurrent with an increase in sporting injuries in the young population. This pilot study aimed to compare the weekly volume and types of physical activity in young basketball players injured and not injured during the season. Detailed physical activity and injury data were prospectively collected in 46 school-level basketball players aged 14 to 18 years. Participants completed physical activity logs which documented the type of physical activity undertaken, what the activity consisted of (i.e. training, competition) and the level at which it was played on a daily basis. Allied health staff completed a weekly injury form. Results showed that injured and uninjured athletes participated in a similar volume of total weekly physical activity over the season. However, injured athletes (p = 0.04) and athletes who specifically sustained overuse injuries (p = 0.01) participated in a greater amount of basketball refereeing than uninjured athletes. Based on these findings it was concluded that greater participation in running-type physical activity such as refereeing, as an addition to training and competition, may predispose the young basketball player to increased injury risk. Future research using larger sample sizes are required to further investigate the role of participation volume and type on injury occurrence in adolescent athletes. Key pointsBasketball players participating in larger amounts of running-type physical activity, in addition to regular training and competition, may be predisposed to overuse injuryFuture studies using larger sample sizes are required to investigate the precise volumes of physical activity that increase injury riskThis would assist in the development of participation guidelines to decrease the current injury rates observed in the young athletic population.
青少年运动员参与有组织的竞技性体育活动的人数迅速增加。与此同时，青少年群体中的运动损伤也在增加。本研究旨在比较赛季中受伤和未受伤的年轻篮球运动员每周的体力活动量和类型。46 名 14 至 18 岁的校队篮球运动员前瞻性地收集了详细的体力活动和损伤数据。参与者完成了体力活动日志，记录了所进行的体力活动类型、活动内容（即训练、比赛）以及每天的活动水平。医疗保健人员每周填写一次损伤表格。结果表明，受伤和未受伤的运动员在整个赛季中每周的总体力活动量相似。然而，受伤的运动员（p = 0.04）和特定遭受过度使用损伤的运动员（p = 0.01）比未受伤的运动员更多地参与篮球裁判工作。根据这些发现可以得出结论，除了训练和比赛外，更多地参与跑步类体力活动，如裁判工作，可能会使年轻篮球运动员更容易受伤。需要使用更大的样本量进行未来研究，以进一步调查青少年运动员中体力活动量和类型对损伤发生的作用。关键点除了常规训练和比赛外，参与更多跑步类体力活动的篮球运动员可能更容易发生过度使用损伤。需要使用更大的样本量进行未来研究，以调查增加损伤风险的具体体力活动量。这将有助于制定参与指南，降低目前在年轻运动员群体中观察到的受伤率。
