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In brief In a ten-year study of 70 professional basketball players, 47 sustained 265 injuries that most frequently occurred during early-season games. Centers, who had the highest injury rate, most frequently injured their backs; guards most frequently injured elbows and knees; and forwards most often injured fingers and knees. Strains and sprains were the most common problems. Most injuries resulted from trauma rather than from training or conditioning errors.
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