Research Article
Mechanism of Knee Injuries in the National Basketball Association: A Video-Based Analysis
Table 1
NBA knee injury characteristics.
| Measure | Outcome | Number (%) | value |
| Age at time of injury | <20 | 2 (1.7) | <0.001 | 20–24 | 47 (38.8) | 25–29 | 44 (36.4) | 30–34 | 24 (19.8) | ≥35 | 4 (3.3) |
| Laterality | Left | 67 (55.4) | 0.017 | Right | 54 (44.6) |
| Position of knee | Flexion | 67 (55.4) | 0.002 | Extension | 48 (40.0) | Neutral | 6 (5.0) |
| Contact | Yes | 35 (28.9) | <0.001 | No | 86 (71.1) |
| Scenario | Landing | 33 (27.3) | <0.001 | Jumping | 6 (5.0) | Cutting | 40 (33.1) | Direct trauma | 42 (34.7) |
| Team position | Offense | 89 (73.6) | <0.001 | Defense | 32 (26.5) |
| Player in control of ball | Yes | 76 (62.8) | 0.006 | No | 45 (37.2) |
| Surgery required | Yes | 53 (43.8) | 0.018 | No | 68 (56.2) |
| Type | Primary injury | 84 (69.4) | <0.001 | Reinjury | 37 (30.6) |
| Did reinjury occur within 3-years? | Yes | 34 (28.1) | <0.001 | No | 87 (71.9) |
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