The potential influence of injuries in basketball over the basketball players by Bartosz Borowski, Małgorzata` Kozioł, Agnieszka Markiewicz-Gospodarek

“…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. …”
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Do Elite Basketball Players Maintain Peak External Demands throughout the Entire Game? by Hugo Salazar, Filip Ujakovic, Jernej Plesa, Alberto Lorenzo, Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao

“…The findings from the present study suggest that professional basketball players tend to experience fatigue or reduced physical output as the game progresses.…”
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Impaired Cardiorespiratory Fitness of Elite Athletes after Asymptomatic or Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Tamara Stojmenović, Srdjan Marković

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> A total of twenty-seven professional basketball players (Euroleague Basketball and the ABA League) participated in the study. …”
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The Occurrence of Different Vertical Jump Types in Basketball Competition and their Relationship with Lower-Body Speed-Strength Qualities. by Scott Talpey, Andrew Smyth, Mathew O'Grady, Matthew Morrison, Warren Young

“…Firstly, to quantify the occurrence of different jump types performed in competition an analysis of 15 semi-professional basketball games was undertaken. Secondly, to understand the influence of muscular qualities on performance of different jump types, Semi-professional male basketball players (N=17) performed jump tests; standing vertical jump, running vertical jumps with a double leg take-off (RVJ2) and a single leg take-off (RVJ1) and tests of lower-body speed-strength; reactive strength index (RSI) from a drop jump, counter movement jump (CMJ) and squat jump.  …”
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The influence of nutrition education intervention combined with FIFA11+ program on physical fitness attributes, physical activity behaviors, eating habits and nutritional knowledge... by Silvia Sánchez-Díaz, Javier Raya-González, Javier Yanci, Daniel Castillo

“…Twenty-three under 14 elite basketball players (13 males and 10 females) belonging to a professional basketball academy participated in the study. …”
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Particularities of data mining in medicine: lessons learned from patient medical time series data analysis by Shadi Aljawarneh, Aurea Anguera, John William Atwood, Juan A. Lara, David Lizcano

“…In this research, we carried out an exhaustive case study working on data from two medical fields: stabilometry (15 professional basketball players, 18 elite ice skaters) and electroencephalography (100 healthy patients, 100 epileptic patients). …”
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The effect of the initial distribution of labor-related property rights on the allocative efficiency of labor markets by Helmut M. Dietl, Markus Lang, Johannes Orlowski, Philipp Wegelin

“…Our empirical study investigates how the initial allocation of labor-related property rights influences the allocative efficiency in labor markets for skilled workers within a highly competitive environment—professional basketball. Specifically, we compare two regimes: one where employers can trade workers to other employers without the worker's consent, and another where workers are free agents, able to negotiate and move freely without their employer's consent.MethodsWe utilize the NBA as a “laboratory” to conduct our analysis, constructing a unique panel dataset that includes 3,132 player-season observations spanning 17 regular seasons from 2003/04 to 2019/20. …”
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Gaze Behavior and Positioning of Referee Teams during Three-Point Shots in Basketball by Stefanie Klatt, Benjamin Noël, André Nicklas, Karsten Schul, Florian Seifriz, Alessa Schwarting, Frowin Fasold

“…Using mobile eye-tracking devices, referees’ gaze behavior was analyzed during the execution of three-point shots in the official pre-season games of Germany’s men’s professional basketball league. We evaluated the extent to which the referees fulfill the tasks assigned to them, where do they look, and to what extent does their gaze behavior overlap during a three-point shot. …”
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Osteochondral lesion of the tibial plafond treated with a retrograde osteochondral autograft: a report of two cases by Kensuke Okamura, Kazuya Sugimoto, Shinji Isomoto, Norihiro Samoto, Azusa Yoneda, Naoki Tsukada, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…The first patient was able to play professional basketball 14 months after the procedure and continues to play 5 years and 6 months later. …”
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Mortality of NBA Players: Risk Factors and Comparison with the General US Population by Jose A. Martínez, Klaus Langohr, Julián Felipo, Martí Casals

“…This is one of the first studies using such an extensive cohort of professional basketball players and Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Criterion Validity of an Automated Method of Detecting Live Play Periods in Basketball by Jodie Palmer, Rodrigo Bini, Daniel Wundersitz, Michael Kingsley, Michael Kingsley

“…Relative exercise intensity (% oxygen uptake reserve) was quantified for two men's semi-professional basketball matches. Live play period durations were automatically determined using a moving average sample window and relative exercise intensity threshold, and manually determined using annotation of video footage. …”
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Visual function, performance, and processing of basketball players vs. sedentary individuals by Jesús Vera, Raimundo Jiménez, David Cárdenas, Beatriz Redondo, José Antonio García

“…Methods: A total of 33 healthy men with no visual impairment or pathology were divided into 2 groups, depending on the involvement in sport (semi-professional basketball players and sedentary individuals). …”
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Skill Level Classification in Basketball Free-Throws Using a Single Inertial Sensor by Xiaoyu Guo, Ellyn Brown, Peter P. K. Chan, Rosa H. M. Chan, Roy T. H. Cheung

“…This study utilized data collected from a tri-axial inertial sensor on the wrist of ten recreational and eight professional basketball players while they performed free-throws, to classify their skill levels. …”
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Napping and heart rate variability in elite athletes by Maher Souabni, Mehdi J Souabni, Sami Hidouri, Achraf Ammar, Mohamed Younes, Omar Hammouda, Tarak Driss

“…We aimed to investigate the effect of a 40-min nap opportunity on HRV. Twelve professional basketball players randomly accomplished two conditions: 40-min nap (NAP) and control (CON). …”
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Understanding 'monitoring' data-the association between measured stressors and athlete responses within a holistic basketball performance framework. by Richard A J Mercer, Jennifer L Russell, Lauren C McGuigan, Aaron J Coutts, Donnie S Strack, Blake D McLean

“…This study examined associations between cumulative training load, travel demands and recovery days with athlete-reported outcome measures (AROMs) and countermovement jump (CMJ) performance in professional basketball. Retrospective analysis was performed on data collected from 23 players (mean±SD: age = 24.7±2.5 years, height = 198.3±7.6 cm, body mass = 98.1±9.0 kg, wingspan = 206.8±8.4 cm) from 2018-2020 in the National Basketball Association G-League. …”
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Modeling the Offensive-Defensive Interaction and Resulting Outcomes in Basketball. by Leonardo Lamas, Felipe Santana, Matthew Heiner, Carlos Ugrinowitsch, Gilbert Fellingham

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>We analyzed the interaction between offensive (i.e. space creation dynamics--SCDs) and defensive (i.e. space protection dynamics--SPDs) actions in six play outcomes (free shot, contested shot, new SCD, reset, foul, and turnover) in Spanish professional basketball games.<h4>Method</h4>Data consisted of 1548 SCD-SPD-outcome triples obtained from six play-off games. …”
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Effects of a Cognitive-Motor Training on Anticipatory Brain Functions and Sport Performance in Semi-Elite Basketball Players by Stefania Lucia, Valentina Bianco, Luca Boccacci, Francesco Di Russo

“…Twenty-four young semi-professional basketball players were recruited for the study and randomly divided into an experimental (Exp) group executing the CMT training and a control (Con) group performing standard motor training. …”
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Common DNA Variants Accurately Rank an Individual of Extreme Height by Corinne E. Sexton, Mark T. W. Ebbert, Ryan H. Miller, Meganne Ferrel, Jo Ann T. Tschanz, Christopher D. Corcoran, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Perry G. Ridge, John S. K. Kauwe

“…Shawn Bradley is an extremely tall former professional basketball player from Brigham Young University and the National Basketball Association (NBA), measuring 2.29 meters (7′6″, 99.99999th percentile for height) tall, with no known medical conditions. …”
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Relationships between weekly changes in salivary hormonal responses and load measures during the pre-season phase in professional male basketball players by Paulius Kamarauskas, Inga Lukonaitienė, Mindaugas Kvedaras, Tomas Venckūnas, Daniele Conte

“…Factors other than measured loads might be responsible for weekly changes in hormonal responses and therefore external and internal load measures cannot be used to anticipate weekly hormonal responses during the pre-season phase in professional basketball players.…”
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The influence of nutrition education intervention combined with FIFA11+ program on physical fitness attributes, physical activity behaviors, eating habits and nutritional knowledge... by Silvia Sánchez-Díaz, Javier Raya-González, Javier Yanci, Daniel Castillo

“…Twenty-three under 14 elite basketball players (13 males and 10 females) belonging to a professional basketball academy participated in the study. …”
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