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The purpose of this paper was to examine the association of sport specialization behaviors with injury history by surveying a nationally representative sample of parents of youth basketball athletes. We hypothesized that athletes who specialized in basketball, participated on multiple teams at the same time, and traveled regularly for basketball competitions would be more likely to report a basketball-related injury in the previous year.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A nationally representative sample of 805 parents of 805 youth basketball players (female N=241, 29.9%; age: 12.9\u00b12.5\u2009y old) completed an online questionnaire that had 3 sections: (1) parent\/child demographics, (2) child basketball participation information for the previous year, and (3) child basketball injury history in the previous year. Multivariate logistic regression examined the associations between variables of interest and injury history, adjusting for covariates. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated for the variables of interest from the logistic regression model.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Highly specialized athletes were more likely than low specialization athletes to report history of basketball injury in the previous year [OR (95% CI): 2.47 (1.25-4.88), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>=0.009]. The odds of reporting an injury in the previous year were twice as great among athletes who played on a basketball team at the same time as another sport team compared with those who played basketball only [OR (95% CI): 1.98 (1.30-3.01), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>=0.001]. The odds of reporting an injury in the previous year were 3 times greater among athletes who received private coaching compared with those who did not receive private coaching [OR (95% CI): 2.91 (1.97-4.31), <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.001].<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Specialization in basketball, along with several other behaviors that have become typical of modern youth sport participation, were associated with reported injury history. Further prospective research is necessary to determine whether sport specialization behaviors increase the risk of injury in youth basketball.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Level III\u2014cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/bpo.0000000000001908","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,15]],"date-time":"2021-07-15T22:00:07Z","timestamp":1626386407000},"page":"507-513","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Sport Specialization Behaviors Are Associated With History of Reported Injury in Youth Basketball"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Eric G.","family":"Post","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 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