TABLE 2.
Primary injury mechanisms for ankle sprains for 18 sports by percentages of all ankle sprains, High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, United States, 2005/06–2010/11a
| Contact with another person |
Contact with playing surface |
Contact with playing apparatus |
No contact | Otherb | Totalc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 42.4 | 26.7 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 1.4 | 100 |
| Boys | 46.3 | 24.5 | 2.7 | 25.2 | 1.3 | 100 |
| Girls | 36.0 | 30.2 | 6.2 | 26.0 | 1.5 | 100 |
| Football | 50.9 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 25.1 | 1.4 | 100 |
| Soccer | ||||||
| Boys | 36.9 | 29.6 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 0.7 | 100 |
| Girls | 39.8 | 23.4 | 8.2 | 27.3 | 1.3 | 100 |
| Volleyball | ||||||
| Boysd | 46.7 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 100 |
| Girls | 41.9 | 32.5 | 3.1 | 21.1 | 1.3 | 100 |
| Basketball | ||||||
| Boys | 52.8 | 24.7 | 0.2 | 21.4 | 0.8 | 100 |
| Girls | 44.6 | 26.0 | 0.9 | 27.1 | 1.4 | 100 |
| Wrestling | 36.6 | 29.2 | 0.0 | 32.9 | 1.2 | 100 |
| Baseball | 8.0 | 33.0 | 34.8 | 21.4 | 2.7 | 100 |
| Softball | 8.6 | 42.9 | 32.9 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 100 |
| Girls’ field hockeye | 12.5 | 28.6 | 10.7 | 44.6 | 3.6 | 100 |
| Girls’ gymnasticse | 0.0 | 66.7 | 6.7 | 26.7 | 0.0 | 100 |
| Boys’ ice hockeye | 60.0 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 100 |
| Lacrossee | ||||||
| Boys | 20.3 | 27.0 | 1.4 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 100 |
| Girls | 11.7 | 31.7 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 1.7 | 100 |
| Track and fielde | ||||||
| Boys | 5.7 | 25.7 | 8.6 | 51.4 | 8.6 | 100 |
| Girls | 1.6 | 55.7 | 4.9 | 32.8 | 4.9 | 100 |
| Cheerleadingd | 16.0 | 68.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 100 |
a
Boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving (0 and 2 total ankle sprains, respectively) not included
b
Includes “contact with out-of-bounds object” and “overuse/chronic” injuries.
c
Some rows do not sum to 100% because of rounding.
d
Data collected from 2009/10–2010/11.
e
Data collected from 2008/09–2010/11.