The potential influence of injuries in basketball over the basketball players

Borowski Bartosz, Kozioł Małgorzata, Markiewicz-Gospodarek Agnieszka. The potential influence of injuries in basketball over the basketball players. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(1):265-273. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.01.22 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.01.022 https://zenodo.org/record/5905288 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe:Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.01.2022. Revised: 17.01.2022. Accepted: 26.01.2022. The potential influence of injuries in basketball over the basketball players Bartosz Borowski1,2, Małgorzata Kozioł3, Agnieszka Markiewicz-Gospodarek4 1 Students Scientific Association at the Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin,Poland 2 Students Scientific Association at the Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland 3 Chair and Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland 4 Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Poland --------------------------------------------------------------- Bartosz Borowski ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-4265 Małgorzata M. Kozioł ORCID: 0000-0001-9079-8594 Agnieszka Markiewicz-Gospodarek ORCID: 0000-0002-6266-0261 Address for correspondence: Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Poland; Lublin 20-090, ul.Jaczewskiego 4; email: bartosz.borowski@interia.pl ABSTRACT Background: From all the sports around the world, basketball is certainly such popular that it attracts people who loves to watch it, as well as people who loves to play it. Due to the form of this sport, it is very likely to get an injury while playing it. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to determine the most repeated types of injuries that might occur to the basketball players, how many basketball players get injured during their professional career, what the convalescence after the injury looked like, and how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the group of professional basketball players of the EBL (Energa Basket Liga), 1LM and 2LM. Material and methods: Data collected from a survey sent to 19 basketball players in February 2021. Results: Most of the basketball players who took part in the examination at some point during their career suffered from an injury, at least one. The part of the body that was affected the most was the lower limb. As the players stated, the injuries that they had were the reason of a long absence in the game. For most of the time the convalescence process consisted of co-operation with the physiotherapist. The mental health of the players was disparately affected by the ensuing injury. As well the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the interviewees’ contracts, and most of the times, their mental health’s condition. Among the players who were tested positive with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, each one developed some kind of signs of the infection. Conclusion: Each of the examined players during their professional career at least once suffered form an injury that influenced their physical health, and sometimes also mental health condition. In general, the pandemic period affected badly not only in a sphere of mental health, but also social life elements, such as ability to work out and prepare to the season. Key words: physical injuries, types of injuries, spor