Objective

The jumper-Knee is common among basketball player’s with adverse consequences on the practice. For the sake of prevention, it seems interesting to study its importance in the younger categories.

The aim of the present study was to collect epidemiological data on pain below patella in France hope Championship basketball.

Material and methods

We conducted a sectional survey by questionnaire, a given day. We sent ten questionnaires to the attention of players and a questionnaire to the attention of the coaches of the 18 participating training centers at the Championship of France pro A hope. The survey took place between November and December 2015. Questionnaires were developed with the help of professionals and tested by 10 players and 1 coach of the regional championship before being sent.

Results

The rate of analysable questionnaires was 95% (170/180) for the players and 100% for the coaches. Forty-one percent of players have entrusted suffer pains below patella earlier at the time of the survey and 77% acknowledged having suffered at least once during their careers. Fifty-nine percent of them signalled us have been diagnosed patellar tendinopathy (PT). Among these players (diagnosed PT), only 20% asserted having known only an episode, 37% had suffered several times and 44% had a chronic impairement. Among the diagnosed players’ PT, only 60.4% had stopped the practice of basketball and 82% had had physical therapy. When resumed, only 10% were asymptomatic.

All coaches would be ready to dedicate of time to specific sessions to jumper-knee prevention. Seventy-eight percent admitted that the players were not the challenge of prevention of injuries for their future career. Ninety-four percent felt that it would be interesting to provide a tool for the prevention of jumper-knee.

Discussion/Conclusion

Our findings highlight the extreme frequency of below patella pain in the basketball training centers, which for many are already in a cycle of recurrence and persistence. It appears necessary to implement approaches to prevention as coaches seem very favourable.