What the study found
Lower game workloads were associated with more injuries in this team's records.
Participants and protocol
An observational retrospective cohort followed 33 professional male basketball players across three seasons, relating tracking measures to 29 time-loss injuries.
What this cannot establish
Association does not show that increasing workload prevents injury. Playing time, selection and underlying health can affect both workload and injury; basketball thresholds should not become running prescriptions.
Publication details
- Record
- PubMed 29769830
- Publication types
- research-article · Observational Study
- Indexed subjects
- Athletic Injuries · Risk Factors · Retrospective Studies · Acceleration · Deceleration
- Source record checked
- 2026-10-18
Publication type and subject indexing describe the record; they are not a quality grade or proof of a benefit. An abstract does not replace a review of the full methods and results.
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