Table 2.
Prevalence of injury in basketball players by age group
| Period of injury/Age group | Throughout practice |
At the moment |
6-month period |
12-month period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absence (%) | Presence (%) | Absence (%) | Presence (%) | Absence (%) | Presence (%) | Absence (%) | Presence (%) | |
| 10–17 years (adolescents) | 38.2 | 61.8 | 91.1 | 8.9 | 65.6 | 34.4 | 52.9 | 47.1 |
| 18–29 years (younger adults) | 5.1 | 94.9 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 53.8 | 46.2 | 43.6 | 56.4 |
| 30–60 years (older adults) | 0 | 100 | 62.5 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 37.5 | 50 | 50 |
| P-value | ≤0.001 | 0.017 | 0.350 | 0.547 | ||||
| Total | 122 (33.8%) | 239 (66.2%) | 283 (78.4%) | 37 (10.2%) | 232 (64.3%) | 129 (35.7%) | 187 (51.8%) | 174 (48.2%) |