According to a study of high school basketball players by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA):

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• Twenty-three percent of all female basketball players sustained at least one time-loss injury each year.

• Ankle-foot injuries accounted for 32% of all injuries.

• Sprains were the most common type of injury (41%).

• Knee injuries were the second most common (18%).

• General trauma injuries were the second most common (18%).

• Fifty-nine percent of the injuries occurred during practice.

• Sixty-three percent of game-related injuries occurred during the second half.

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