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Research published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise in which the professor participates UPCT Jose Antonio Martinez notes that the incidence of this disease in professional basketball league CBA and NBA is higher than that observed in population studies same age group
A group of researchers from institutions of Public Health (CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) of the Carlos III Health Institute and Public Health Agency of Barcelona (ASPB)) and universities (Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), University of León and International University of Catalonia (UIC)) has been identified in a study recently published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise basketball players may be a group at high risk of pulmonary embolism (PE).
This research is the first work in the medical literature referring to this sport that highlights the need for research on a disease fatal in many cases, it is preventable and may affect more to basketball players to the population general.
After conducting a review in the scientific literature and popular media of communication, 15 cases have been detected in PET basketball players, objectifying in the group of professional players from the NBA and CBA league the observed incidence of this disease is significantly higher than in the general population of the same age and sex observed in two studies in the United States and Norway.
For the study, researchers reviewed if any case of TEP had happened in the most popular basketball leagues in Europe and around the world for five years studied, specifically the seasons 2010/11 to 2014/15.
TEP cases were reviewed in other leagues in other professional sports, highlighting such incidents found in athletes Football (NFL) and hockey (NHL) in the US, and also in the football league in France.
Although the results are not significant, a tendency that the effect on the CBA and NBA is superior to all other basketball leagues and other sports, but is needed in future studies confirm looms.
Elite athletes are currently exposed to risks as a high level of effort that can lead to chronic inflammation process, to repeated trauma, air travel too long (economy class syndrome), and subsequent immobilization, to novel treatments of injuries such as platelet-rich plasma and a number of additional circumstances that may result in added probably consider basketball players risk group.
The severity of this disease, the existence of primary prevention and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment in the forecast, in addition to the results do need to research recently found confirmation of this suspicion and to establish the most common risks in these professionals to promote health of athletes.
Reference article: Casals, Marti;
Martinez, Jose A .;
CaylĂ , Joan A;
Martin, Vicente.
Basketball Players Do Have a High Risk of Pulmonary Embolism?
A Scoping Review.
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2015, doi: 10.1249 / MSS.0000000000000780
Source: UPCT
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