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- Title
Epidemiology of basketball and netball injuries that resulted in hospital admission in Australia, 2000-2004.
- Authors
Flood, Louise; Harrison, James E.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which examined the injuries sustained in basketball and netball which led to hospitalization in Australia. The study used the data from the National Hospital Morbidity Database from July 2000 to June 2004. It discovered 5,090 hospital admissions related to basketball, and 4,596 admissions related to netball. Fractures, anterior cruciate ligament rupture and Achilles tendon injury were found to be the most common sustained injury.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; BASKETBALL injuries; NETBALL injuries; HOSPITAL care; SPORTS medicine; ANTERIOR cruciate ligament injuries; ACHILLES tendon injuries
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2009, Vol 190, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02285.x