Emery, Carolyn A.McAllister, Jenelle Robyn2017-12-182017-12-182006McAllister, J. R. (2006). Economic evaluation of an injury prevention strategy in high school basketball (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/805http://hdl.handle.net/1880/101806Bibliography: p. 88-98Objective: To examine the resource use and cost impact of high school basketball injuries in Calgary and area high school basketball players and to determine the cost of a balance training program in preventing injury in this population. Design: Economic Evaluation in conjunction with a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Main Outcome Measures: Mean cost per player by treatment arm; mean cost of injury in individuals suffering an injury, by treatment arm; cost to prevent one injury in a Calgary and area high school basketball player. Results: The mean cost per player and mean cost of injury were significantly greater for the intervention group than the control group. The cost of preventing one injury is $2000.40. Conclusions: The current practice for injury prevention in high school basketball (i.e. the status quo) was less expensive and marginally as effective as the balance training program. Further investigation to address poor compliance to the program is required.xi, 141 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity 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.master thesis10.11575/PRISM/805