Table 5. .
Mechanism of Non–Time-Loss Injuries Among Collegiate and High School Student-Athletes by Sporta
| Sport |
Mechanism, No. (%) |
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| Player Contact |
Surface Contact |
Ball/Puck Contact |
Bat/Stick Contact |
Other Equipment Contact |
Contact With Out-of-Bounds Object |
Noncontact |
Overuse |
Illness/Infection |
Missing |
Total |
|
| National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program (2009–2010 through 2013–2014) | |||||||||||
| Men's sports | |||||||||||
| Baseball | 23 (4.8) | 38 (8.0) | 100 (21.0) | 10 (2.1) | 25 (5.2) | 3 (0.6) | 121 (25.4) | 146 (30.6) | 11 (2.3) | 23 | 477 (100.0) |
| Basketball | 433 (43.5) | 162 (16.3) | 20 (2.0) | NA | 5 (0.5) | 6 (0.6) | 244 (24.5) | 115 (11.6) | 10 (1.0) | 60 | 995 (100.0) |
| Football | 2092 (57.8) | 406 (11.2) | 40 (1.1) | NA | 33 (0.9) | 1 (<0.1) | 792 (21.9) | 198 (5.5) | 57 (1.6) | 370 | 3619 (100.0) |
| Ice hockey | 489 (35.5) | 97 (7.0) | 240 (17.4) | 77 (5.6) | 175 (12.7) | 12 (0.9) | 168 (12.2) | 113 (8.2) | 7 (0.5) | 113 | 1378 (100.0) |
| Lacrosse | 84 (19.8) | 34 (8.0) | 18 (4.3) | 57 (13.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 162 (38.2) | 67 (15.8) | 2 (0.5) | 13 | 424 (100.0) |
| Soccer | 206 (36.9) | 62 (11.1) | 37 (6.6) | NA | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 135 (24.2) | 109 (19.5) | 7 (1.3) | 31 | 559 (100.0) |
| Wrestling | 158 (47.6) | 76 (22.9) | NA | NA | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 46 (13.9) | 30 (9.0) | 21 (6.3) | 37 | 332 (100.0) |
| Total | 3485 (44.8) | 875 (11.2) | 455 (5.9) | 144 (1.9) | 240 (3.1) | 24 (0.3) | 1668 (21.4) | 778 (10.0) | 115 (1.5) | 647 | 7784 (100.0) |
| Women's sports | |||||||||||
| Basketball | 205 (33.0) | 93 (15.0) | 25 (4.0) | NA | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 154 (24.8) | 128 (20.6) | 13 (2.1) | 59 | 621 (100.0) |
| Field hockey | 8 (11.0) | 3 (4.1) | 18 (24.7) | 3 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (20.6) | 23 (31.5) | 3 (4.1) | 9 | 73 (100.0) |
| Ice hockey | 59 (15.3) | 38 (9.8) | 65 (16.8) | 14 (3.6) | 18 (4.7) | 10 (2.6) | 116 (30.1) | 55 (14.3) | 11 (2.9) | 43 | 386 (100.0) |
| Lacrosse | 31 (11.5) | 26 (9.6) | 21 (7.8) | 22 (8.2) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 82 (30.4) | 77 (28.5) | 10 (3.7) | 17 | 270 (100.0) |
| Soccer | 282 (33.9) | 85 (10.2) | 49 (5.9) | NA | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 211 (25.3) | 188 (22.6) | 15 (1.8) | 56 | 833 (100.0) |
| Softball | 40 (8.6) | 51 (10.9) | 77 (16.5) | 6 (1.3) | 18 (3.9) | 1 (0.2) | 132 (28.3) | 135 (28.9) | 7 (1.5) | 37 | 467 (100.0) |
| Volleyball | 63 (11.5) | 73 (13.4) | 53 (9.7) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 163 (29.9) | 183 (33.5) | 11 (2.0) | 41 | 546 (100.0) |
| Total | 688 (21.5) | 369 (11.6) | 308 (9.6) | 45 (1.4) | 41 (1.3) | 13 (0.4) | 873 (27.3) | 789 (24.7) | 70 (2.2) | 262 | 3196 (100.0) |
| Overall | 4173 (38.0) | 1244 (11.3) | 763 (7.0) | 189 (1.7) | 281 (2.6) | 37 (0.3) | 2541 (23.1) | 1567 (14.3) | 185 (1.7) | 909 | 10 980 (100.0) |
| National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network Surveillance Program (2011–2012 through 2013–2014) | |||||||||||
| Boys' sports | |||||||||||
| Baseball | 277 (28.8) | 12 (1.3) | 216 (22.5) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 353 (36.7) | 99 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | 6 | 962 (100.0) |
| Basketball | 833 (43.7) | 344 (18.1) | 202 (10.6) | NA | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 490 (25.7) | 29 (1.5) | 2 (0.1) | 184 | 1905 (100.0) |
| Football | 5542 (46.4) | 1763 (14.8) | 932 (7.8) | NA | 20 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3370 (28.2) | 299 (2.5) | 26 (0.2) | 1270 | 11 952 (100.0) |
| Lacrosse | 570 (37.9) | 0 (0.0) | 197 (13.1) | 313 (20.8) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 361 (24.0) | 63 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | 1505 (100.0) |
| Soccer | 758 (53.1) | 193 (13.5) | 126 (8.8) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 304 (21.3) | 46 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 152 | 1427 (100.0) |
| Wrestling | 1823 (84.5) | 11 (0.5) | NA | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (1.0) | 263 (12.2) | 39 (1.8) | 13 | 2157 (100.0) |
| Total | 9803 (49.2) | 2323 (11.7) | 1673 (8.4) | 314 (1.6) | 27 (0.1) | 3 (<0.1) | 4899 (24.6) | 799 (4.0) | 67 (0.3) | 1626 | 19 908 (100.0) |
| Girls' sports | |||||||||||
| Basketball | 763 (44.3) | 281 (16.3) | 187 (10.9) | NA | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 461 (26.7) | 28 (1.6) | 2 (0.1) | 172 | 1724 (100.0) |
| Field hockey | 208 (17.2) | 109 (9.0) | 368 (30.3) | 234 (19.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 175 (14.4) | 119 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) | 252 | 1213 (100.0) |
| Lacrosse | 337 (39.4) | 50 (5.9) | 151 (17.8) | 25 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 243 (28.4) | 49 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 127 | 855 (100.0) |
| Soccer | 680 (49.6) | 162 (11.8) | 108 (7.9) | NA | 4 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 389 (28.4) | 29 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 133 | 1372 (100.0) |
| Softball | 311 (35.5) | 15 (1.7) | 124 (14.1) | 3 (0.3) | 75 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | 240 (27.4) | 108 (12.3) | 1 (0.1) | 5 | 877 (100.0) |
| Volleyball | 682 (40.3) | 226 (13.4) | 199 (11.8) | NA | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 470 (27.8) | 113 (6.7) | 1 (0.1) | 166 | 1692 (100.0) |
| Total | 2981 (38.5) | 843 (10.9) | 1137 (14.7) | 262 (3.4) | 81 (1.0) | 1 (<0.1) | 1978 (25.6) | 446 (5.8) | 4 (0.1) | 855 | 7733 (100.0) |
| Overall | 12 784 (46.3) | 3166 (11.5) | 2810 (10.2) | 576 (2.1) | 108 (0.4) | 4 (<0.1) | 6877 (24.9) | 1245 (4.5) | 71 (0.3) | 2481 | 27 641 (100.0) |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Collegiate data were from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program; high school data, from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network Surveillance Program.