Mechanism of Knee Injuries in the National Basketball Association: A Video-Based Analysis

Table 1

NBA knee injury characteristics.

Measure	Outcome	Number (%)	value
Age at time of injury	<20	2 (1.7)	<0.001
	20–24	47 (38.8)
	25–29	44 (36.4)
	30–34	24 (19.8)
	≥35	4 (3.3)
Laterality	Left	67 (55.4)	0.017
	Right	54 (44.6)
Position of knee	Flexion	67 (55.4)	0.002
	Extension	48 (40.0)
	Neutral	6 (5.0)
Contact	Yes	35 (28.9)	<0.001
	No	86 (71.1)
Scenario	Landing	33 (27.3)	<0.001
	Jumping	6 (5.0)
	Cutting	40 (33.1)
	Direct trauma	42 (34.7)
Team position	Offense	89 (73.6)	<0.001
	Defense	32 (26.5)
Player in control of ball	Yes	76 (62.8)	0.006
	No	45 (37.2)
Surgery required	Yes	53 (43.8)	0.018
	No	68 (56.2)
Type	Primary injury	84 (69.4)	<0.001
	Reinjury	37 (30.6)
Did reinjury occur within 3-years?	Yes	34 (28.1)	<0.001
	No	87 (71.9)