According to a study of high school basketball players by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA):
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Twenty-two percent of all male basketball players sustained at least one time-loss injury each year.
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Approximately 42% of the injuries were to the ankle/foot, far outnumbering other injured body categories such as hip/thigh (11%) and knee (9%).
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Sprains were the most common type of injury (43%).
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General trauma was the second most common type of injury (22%).
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Sixty percent of the injuries occurred during practice.
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Fifty-nine percent of game-related injuries occurred during the second half of the game.
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