Outcomes After Lumbar Disc Herniation in the National Basketball Association.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Professional basketball players are at risk for lumbar disc herniation (LDH), yet the evidence guiding treatment after operative or nonoperative management of this condition in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is limited.

Hypothesis

NBA players with LDH will have different performance outcomes based on treatment type.

Study design

Case-control study.

Level of evidence

Level 4.

Methods

Athletes in the NBA with an LDH were identified through team injury reports, transaction records, and public sports archives. A 1:2 case-control study was performed in which LDH players and players without LDH were matched for player variables. Statistical analysis was employed to compare pre- and postindex season performance (games played and player eff

SUBMITTER: Minhas SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4702156 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature