Table 2.
Basketball exposure, the number of injuries and injury incidence (95% CI), during the basketball season.
| TOTAL1 | TRAINING2 | GAME2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure (hrs) |
Injuries (n) |
Incidence (n/1,000 hrs) |
Exposure (hrs) |
Injuries (n) |
Incidence (n/1,000 hrs) |
Exposure (hrs) |
Injuries (n) |
Incidence (n/1,000 hrs) |
|
| Men | 16,002 | 128 | 8.0 (6.6- 9.4)† | 14,912 | 30 | 2.0 (1.3-2.7)* | 1,090 | 51 | 46.8 (33.9-59.6)* |
| Women | 7,034 | 98 | 13.9 (11.2-16.7)† | 6,256 | 15 | 2.4 (1.3-2.7) ‡ | 778 | 43 | 55.3 (38.7-71.8)‡ |
| Total | 23,036 | 226 | 9.8 (8.5-11.1) | 21,168 | 45 | 2.1 (1.5-2.7) # | 1,868 | 94 | 50.3 (40.1-60.5)# |
1Both acute and overuse injuries,
2Only acute injuries.
†,
‡,
#
* denote significant difference (95% CI).