Injury Epidemiology

Table 1 Classification of body parts, injury types, and mechanisms

From: Descriptive epidemiology of injuries in Japanese collegiate men’s basketball: 2013/2014 to 2019/2020

Body parts	Injury types	Mechanisms of injury
Head/face	Sprain	Contact (with another player)
Neck	Strain	Contact (with an object)^c
Shoulder	Contusion	No contact
Arm/elbow	Concussion	Overuse
Hand/wrist	Fracture
Trunk^a	Dislocation/subluxation
Hip/groin	Laceration
Upper leg	Tendonitis
Knee	Nerve injury
Lower leg	Cartilage injury^b
Ankle	Other
Foot

^aIncluding the chest, abdomen, upper back, and lower back ^bIncluding meniscus injury ^cIncluding the ball, surface, equipment, etc.

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