Siu Ronald, Ling Samuel Kk, Fung Naomi, Pak Nigel, Yung Patrick Sh
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, Hong Kong, China.
Asia Pac J Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Technol. 2020 Apr 10;21:5-10. doi: 10.1016/j.asmart.2020.03.002. eCollection 2020 Jul.
Professional Basketball players are at high risk of Achilles tendon rupture. Despite this, there remains limited research into the factors affecting rehabilitation and the long term outcomes of these players. Our aim is to quantify the effect of a player's Achilles tendon rupture on their post-injury performance, and also to explore for correlations between their recovery timeline and pre-injury characteristics. Creation of an injury timeline of past incidents will allow injured players to better track their progress and also inform them about the probable impact on their careers.
Players with Achilles tendon rupture injury will exhibit decreased performance compared to their pre-injury self and their non-injured peers after recovery.
Professional basketball players who sustained a unilateral Achilles tendon rupture from 1992 to 2016 were collected. 12 players met our inclusion criteria and their Player Efficiency Ratings (PER) were obtained as primary outcome measures; matched controls were chosen based on the PER, Age and playing position. The players' index season PER was compared against the PER during the 10 games immediately following the players' return and the PER of their post-injury peak performing season. The same data analysis was performed against their control group. To investigate the factors affecting the recovery and long-term consequences of their injury, we correlated the variables of Age, BMI, Time of Injury and pre-injury PER with the player's time to return to play and their post-injury PER.
2 out of 12 players failed to return to playing in the elite professional league following an Achilles Tendon Rupture, others returned after a mean recovery time of 10 months. When compared to players' index PER, the mean PER reduction during the 10 games immediately following the players' return was 7.15 000). Players on average took 1.8 seasons to reach their post-injury peak performance, with only 1 player returning to his pre-injury performance. Others suffered a mean PER reduction of 3.5 ( = .004) when compared to their index PER and 5.4 ( = .045) against their matched controls.
Achilles tendon rupture can be a career-ending injury for professional basketball players. They are expected to miss 10 months for rehabilitation and reach their post-injury peak performance level at the 2nd season back. The post-injury peak performance is significantly worse than the pre-injury level, but is similar to matched non-injured players.
职业篮球运动员有很高的跟腱断裂风险。尽管如此，对于影响这些运动员康复的因素以及长期预后的研究仍然有限。我们的目的是量化运动员跟腱断裂对其伤后表现的影响，并探索其恢复时间线与伤前特征之间的相关性。创建过去伤病事件的时间线将使受伤运动员能够更好地跟踪自己的进展，并让他们了解伤病可能对其职业生涯产生的影响。
与伤前的自己以及恢复后的未受伤同龄人相比，跟腱断裂受伤的运动员表现会下降。
收集1992年至2016年单侧跟腱断裂的职业篮球运动员。12名运动员符合我们的纳入标准，其球员效率值（PER）作为主要结局指标；根据PER、年龄和比赛位置选择匹配的对照组。将运动员的指数赛季PER与其伤后复出后紧接着的10场比赛期间的PER以及伤后表现最佳赛季的PER进行比较。对其对照组进行相同的数据分析。为了研究影响他们伤病恢复和长期后果的因素，我们将年龄、体重指数、受伤时间和伤前PER等变量与运动员的复出时间及其伤后PER进行相关性分析。
12名运动员中有2名在跟腱断裂后未能重返精英职业联赛，其他运动员平均恢复时间为10个月后复出。与运动员的指数PER相比，运动员复出后紧接着的10场比赛期间平均PER降低了7.15（P<0.0001）。运动员平均需要1.8个赛季才能达到伤后最佳表现，只有1名运动员恢复到了伤前的表现水平。与他们的指数PER相比，其他运动员平均PER降低了3.5（P = 0.004），与匹配的对照组相比降低了5.4（P = 0.045）。
跟腱断裂对于职业篮球运动员来说可能是终结职业生涯的伤病。他们预计需要10个月进行康复，并在伤后第二个赛季恢复到伤后最佳表现水平。伤后最佳表现明显低于伤前水平，但与匹配的未受伤运动员相似。
