Reliability and validity of a basketball-specific fatigue protocol simulating match load by Karel Hůlka, Michal Lehnert, Jan Bělka

“…Methods: The study involved a total of 25 male basketball players (age 17.4 ± 1.5 years; body height 185.1 ± 7.4 cm and body mass index 22.1 ± 0.3 kg ⋅ m^-2) of U17 and U19 categories. …”
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Physical Fitness Index of Medical Students in Thrissur, Kerala, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Arsha Krishnan, Gokul Suresh Revathy

“…Aim: To compare the physical fitness of medical students who were regular basketball players, with sedentary medical students, using cardiovascular parameters. …”
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The TOPGAME-study: effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in jumping athletes with patellar tendinopathy. Design of a randomised controlled trial by Diercks Ron L, van den Akker-Scheek Inge, Hartgens Fred, Verhagen Evert, Zwerver Johannes

“…Participants are volleyball, handball and basketball players with symptoms of patellar tendinopathy for a minimum of 3 to a maximum duration of 12 months who are still able to train and compete. …”
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Player chronotype does not affect shooting accuracy at different times of the day in a professional, male basketball team: a pilot study by Michael John Stacey Pengelly, Joshua H. Guy, Nathan Elsworthy, Aaron T. Scanlan, Michele Lastella

“…Professional, male basketball players (n = 13) completed a Morningness- Eveningness Questionnaire and were categorised into chronotypes using a tertile split technique (morning-types: n = 4; neither-types: n = 4; evening-types: n = 5). …”
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Nap improved game-related technical performance and physiological response during small-sided basketball game in professional players by Maher Souabni, Omar Hammouda, Mehdi Souabni, Mohamed Romdhani, Wajdi Souissi, Achraf Ammar, Tarak Driss

“…The effect of 40-min nap (NAP) opportunity on psycho-physiological outcomes and technical performance during small-sided basketball game (SSG) was examined in ten professional basketball players. Nocturnal sleep and naps were monitored by actigraphic recording and sleep diaries. …”
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11–14 Year-Old Male Athletes and Non-Athletes’ Probability to Get Ankle Sprain by Marius Bražulis, Gražina Krutulytė

“…Found that 80% of non-athletes, 11–14 year-old boys demonstrated the probability of the right and 70% left ankle injuries, basketball players: 85% of right and 70% left ankle injuries, volleyball players: 70% right and 75% left ankle injuries, football players: 50% right and 30% left ankle injuries, the Eastern martial arts athletes: 30% right and 50% left ankle injuries, gymnasts: 10% right and 10% left ankle injury. 2. …”
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Epidemiology of Ankle Ligament Injuries in US High School Athletes by Bryan Swanson, Michael A. Hewitt BA, Sara E. Buckley DO, Christy Collins, Kenneth J. Hunt MD

“…Ankle ligament injuries accounted for 35.9% of all lower extremity injuries in basketball players. 85.0% of the sprains were classified as lateral ligament, 4.0% medial ligament, 11.5% syndesmosis (8.6% partial and 2.9% complete syndesmosis injuries). …”
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Ground reaction force in basketball cutting maneuvers with and without ankle bracing and taping by Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco, Henrique Yuji Takahasi, Eneida Yuri Suda, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Cristianne Akie Kavamoto, José Augusto Fernandes Lopes, Jeane Cintra Peixoto de Vasconcelos

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate ground reaction force (GRF) responses in basketball players while performing typical cutting maneuvers with and without ankle bracing and ankle taping. …”
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The Role of Quiet Eye Timing and Location in the Basketball Three-Point Shot: A New Research Paradigm by Joan N. Vickers, Joe Causer, Dan Vanhooren

“…We also sought to overcome a limitation of past quiet eye studies that reported only one quiet eye (QE) period prior to a phase of the action. Elite basketball players received the pass and took three-point shots in undefended and defended conditions. …”
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Concurrent Imitative Movement During Action Observation Facilitates Accuracy of Outcome Prediction in Less-Skilled Performers by Satoshi Unenaka, Sachi Ikudome, Shiro Mori, Hiroki Nakamoto

“…Twelve male varsity basketball players (skilled group) and twelve male college students with no special training in basketball (less-skilled group) were required to predict the outcome of a basketball free throw by another player based on the action kinematics in the following four conditions: prediction without any action (observation), prediction with right-wrist volar flexion with maximum speed (incongruent-action), prediction with concurrent imitative movement during observation by right-wrist flexion as if imitating the model’s action (imitative-motion), or prediction with concurrent self-movement by right-wrist flexion as if shooting by oneself (self-motion). …”
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Performance factors that negatively influence shooting efficiency in women’s basketball by Tomáš Vencúrik, Zoran Milanović, Zoran Milanović, Zoran Milanović, Anja Lazić, Feng Li, Kęstutis Matulaitis, Tomislav Rupčić

“…Therefore, the aforementioned findings suggest that basketball players and coaches may benefit from designing training sessions where the defender puts pressure on the shooting player as in a real game situation and balanced the frequency of shooting from different distances from the basket.…”
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Effects of various jumping exercises on vertical force distribution and emg pattern in school children by Siti Musyrifah, Ismail

“…Suggested training programmes, can be used as a conditioning programmes for volleyball and basketball players, track and field athletes specialising in vertical and horizontal jumps, they brought in significant improvement in jump characteristics.…”
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Evaluation of Antioxidant Defence Systems and Inflammatory Status in Basketball Elite Athletes by Alessandro Gentile, Carolina Punziano, Mariella Calvanese, Renato De Falco, Luca Gentile, Giovanni D’Alicandro, Ciro Miele, Filomena Capasso, Raffaela Pero, Cristina Mazzaccara, Barbara Lombardo, Giulia Frisso, Paola Borrelli, Cristina Mennitti, Olga Scudiero, Raffaella Faraonio

“…Following this, fifteen professional basketball players and fifteen sedentary controls were recruited and subjected to two samplings of serum and urine in the pre-season (September) and two months after the start of the competitive season (November). …”
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Effectiveness of Rehabilitation through Kinematic Analysis of Upper Limb Functioning in Wheelchair Basketball Athletes: A Pilot Study by Andrea Demeco, Alessandro de Sire, Nicola Marotta, Arrigo Palumbo, Gionata Fragomeni, Vera Gramigna, Raffaello Pellegrino, Lucrezia Moggio, Annalisa Petraroli, Teresa Iona, Teresa Paolucci, Antonio Ammendolia

“…To date, there is scarce evidence on shoulder functionality in wheelchair basketball players, and there is no consensus on a shoulder injury prevention program in these athletes. …”
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Acute influence of resistance exercise on basketball shooting mechanics and accuracy by Dimitrije Cabarkapa, Damjana V. Cabarkapa, Anthony B. Ciccone, Shay M. Whiting, Nicolas M. Philipp, Drake A. Eserhaut, Andrew C. Fry

“…Overall, the findings suggest that performing upper-body or lower-body resistance training prior to on-court practice sessions has no impact on free-throw, two-point, and three-point biomechanical parameters examined in the present study and a minor acute impact on mid-range and long-range shooting accuracy in male basketball players.…”
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Effects of foot rotation positions on knee valgus during single-leg drop landing: Implications for ACL injury risk reduction by Teng, Phillis Soek Po, Kong, Pui Wah, Leong, Kah Fai

“…Methods: Eleven male recreational basketball players performed single-leg drop landings from a 30-cm high platform in three foot rotation positions (toe-in, toe-forward and toe-out) at initial contact. …”
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Mechanical, Physiological, and Perceptual Demands of Repeated Power Ability Lower-Body and Upper-Body Tests in Youth Athletes: Somatic Maturation as a Factor on the Performance by Jorge Arede, Nuno Leite, Ben Bradley, Marc Madruga-Parera, Eduardo Saéz de Villarreal, Oliver Gonzalo-Skok

“…Thirteen young male basketball players (chronological age = 15.2 ± 1.1 years; height = 173.8 ± 9.5 cm; body mass = 71.7 ± 18.3 kg) were selected to perform the parallel Back Squat (BS), and Bench Press (BP) RPA protocols (3 blocks of 5 sets of 5 repetitions with 30 s and 3 min of passive recovery between sets and blocks, respectively). …”
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Influence of Higenamine on Exercise Performance of Recreational Female Athletes: A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial by Jelena S. Rasic, Jelena S. Rasic, Nevena DJ. Ivanovic, Marija S. Andjelkovic, Marija S. Andjelkovic, Ivana P. Nedeljkovic, Ivan R. Nikolic, Sava D. Stojanovic, Danijela K. Ristic-Medic, Marija M. Takic, Brizita I. Djordjevic, Nenad V. Dikic

“…Twelve recreational female basketball players (age 29–41 years, oxygen consumption (VO2max) > 30 ml⋅kg–1⋅min–1, with training > 5 h wk–1) were randomized either to the higenamine group, or to the placebo group for 3 weeks. …”
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Effects of a Singular Dose of Mangiferin–Quercetin Supplementation on Basketball Performance: A Double-Blind Crossover Study of High-Level Male Players by Dimitrios I. Bourdas, Antonios K. Travlos, Athanasios Souglis, Georgia Stavropoulou, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Dimitrios C. Gofas, Panteleimon Bakirtzoglou

“…This study investigated the effect of mangiferin–quercetin supplementation on high-level male basketball players during a basketball exercise simulation test (BEST) comprising 24 circuits of 30 s activities with various movement distances. …”
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Assessment of Change of Direction and Agility. Running and Dribbling among Soccer, Basketball and Handball Players: The Concept of “Agility deficit” by Evangelos Bekris, Aristotelis Gioldasis, Emmanouil Zacharakis, Konstantinos Noutsos, Panagiotis Meletakos, Athanasia Smirniotou

“…The participant cohort comprises 38 individuals with an average age of 20.63 years, distributed across 13 handball players, 12 soccer players, and 13 basketball players. Statistical analyses, specifically ANOVA accompanied by Tukey’s post hoc comparisons, have been employed to discern significant differences among subgroups. …”
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