Discriminative efficacy and comparative analysis of functional performance tests for lower-limb injuries in Chinese elite female basketball athletes: a pilot cross-sectional study
Lu Zhang, Xingjian Xiong, Muxi Zhang, Enming Zhang · 2025
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Standard movement tests may miss injury effects in elite women basketball players, a 2025 pilot study by Lu Zhang and co-authors suggests. Lower-limb injuries are common in the sport, yet little work checks these tests in this exact group. The team ran three tests on eighteen players from the Chinese national team.
The tests screen movement quality, landing errors, and balance reach. Total scores did not differ between injured and uninjured players, and the three tests did not track each other. One part did stand out: the deep squat separated players with knee injuries from the rest. The authors read the tests as giving different, complementary views of movement rather than one verdict.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lu Zhang, Xingjian Xiong, Muxi Zhang, Enming Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |