%0 Journal Article %A T D Tennent %A A F Chambler %A D J Rossouw %T Posterior dislocation of the hip while playing basketball. %D 1998 %R 10.1136/bjsm.32.4.342 %J British Journal of Sports Medicine %P 342-343 %V 32 %N 4 %X Injuries in basketball are usually to the ankles and knees. Dislocation of the hip is usually associated with severe trauma--for example, road traffic accidents. A case is reported here in which a 22 year old club basketball player slipped on landing from a jump shot, forcing him into a side splits position from which he sustained a posterior dislocation of the hip resulting in a sciatic nerve palsy. %U