Whistleblowing the whistleblower- are head contact penalties a target for injury prevention in youth and university basketball?

dc.contributor.advisorEmery, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorFehr, Christy
dc.contributor.committeememberWest, Stephen
dc.contributor.committeememberHagel, Brent
dc.contributor.committeememberGoulet, Claude
dc.date2023-06
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T19:35:18Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T19:35:18Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-08
dc.description.abstractThis thesis contains two original data papers, both using video analysis to determine incidence of head contacts (HCs), suspected concussion and injury, and other important factors contributing to injury outcomes in basketball. The first study focuses on male and female university level basketball players competing in the 2019/2020 regular season. Video analysis was used to compare the incidence of suspected concussion, injury, and HCs (both direct, [HC1], and indirect [HC2]). Further, we assessed proportions of these outcomes that occurred by game event, as well as court location and penalization of HCs. Our main finding from this study was males sustained HC1s at a 1.55-fold greater rate than females. Despite illegality of HC in basketball competition, we revealed an astonishingly low proportion of HCs were assessed as a foul by referees. The second study assessed the same research question with the same objectives but was focused on a youth demographic. We divided games into divisions (Division 1 and Division 2) for a more like comparison concerning age and skill level. We found no statistically significant sex differences in our study outcomes in Division 1, however, Division 2 boys sustained HC1s at a 1.42-fold greater rate than females in Division 2. Although most of our rates were not statistically different between sexes, our point estimates do warrant concern regarding our injury outcomes for youth in both Divisions. Common to both studies, the ‘key’ was the most common court location for sustaining HCs. Game events varied by sex within each study, but commonly reported for sustaining HCs was the act of rebounding both offensively and defensively. Overall, these studies highlight potential sex differences that may exist when assessing HCs, suspected concussion and injury, and the need for targeting stricter penalization of HCs in competition.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFehr, C. (2023). Whistleblowing the whistleblower- are head contact penalties a target for injury prevention in youth and university basketball? (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115924
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40788
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectbasketballen_US
dc.subjectvideo analysisen_US
dc.subjectsporten_US
dc.subjectinjuryen_US
dc.subjectconcussionen_US
dc.subject.classificationEpidemiologyen_US
dc.titleWhistleblowing the whistleblower- are head contact penalties a target for injury prevention in youth and university basketball?en_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineKinesiologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
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