Table 3. .
Diagnoses of Ball-Contact Injuries Among Student-Athletes by Sport: National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2009–2010 Through 2014–2015 Academic Years
| Sport |
Diagnosis, No. (%) |
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| Concussion |
Contusion |
Dislocation |
Fracture |
Laceration |
Sprain |
Strain |
Other |
Total |
|
| Men's football | 1 (1.2) | 6 (7.0) | 25 (29.1) | 9 (10.5) | 5 (5.8) | 22 (25.6) | 13 (15.1) | 5 (5.8) | 86 (100.0) |
| Women's field hockey | 3 (7.9) | 27 (71.1) | 0 | 5 (13.2) | 1 (2.6) | 0 | 0 | 2 (5.3) | 38 (100.0) |
| Women's volleyball | 36 (27.5) | 7 (5.3) | 3 (2.3) | 7 (5.3) | 0 | 55 (42.0) | 16 (12.2) | 7 (5.3) | 131 (100.0) |
| Men's baseball | 10 (6.1) | 113 (69.3) | 0 | 17 (10.4) | 4 (2.5) | 3 (1.8) | 2 (1.2) | 14 (8.6) | 163 (100.0) |
| Women's softball | 32 (17.1)a | 112 (59.9) | 2 (1.1) | 20 (10.7) | 5 (2.7) | 6 (3.2) | 1 (0.5) | 9 (4.8) | 187 (100.0) |
| Men's basketball | 0 | 1 (2.7) | 8 (21.6) | 4 (10.8) | 0 | 22 (59.5) | 1 (2.7) | 1 (2.7) | 37 (100.0) |
| Women's basketball | 8 (14.5) | 5 (9.1) | 5 (9.1) | 7 (12.7) | 1 (1.8) | 23 (41.8) | 4 (7.3) | 2 (3.6) | 55 (100.0) |
| Men's lacrosse | 10 (15.6) | 30 (46.9) | 2 (3.1) | 8 (12.5) | 2 (3.1) | 10 (15.6) | 0 | 2 (3.1) | 64 (100.0) |
| Women's lacrosse | 15 (24.2) | 25 (40.3) | 0 | 6 (9.7) | 2 (3.2) | 9 (14.5) | 1 (1.6) | 4 (6.5) | 62 (100.0) |
| Men's soccer | 15 (13.3) | 4 (3.5) | 4 (3.5) | 6 (5.3) | 0 | 37 (32.7) | 33 (29.2)b | 14 (12.4) | 113 (100.0) |
| Women's soccer | 51 (27.3)a | 13 (7.0) | 0 | 6 (3.2) | 0 | 72 (38.5) | 21 (11.2) | 24 (12.8) | 187 (100.0) |
| Men's totalc | 25 (8.0) | 118 (37.7)b | 12 (3.8) | 27 (8.6) | 4 (1.3) | 62 (19.8) | 36 (11.5)b | 29 (9.3) | 313 (100.0) |
| Women's totalc | 91 (21.2)a | 130 (30.3) | 7 (1.6) | 33 (7.7) | 6 (1.4) | 101 (23.5) | 26 (6.1) | 35 (8.2) | 429 (100.0) |
| Total | 181 (16.1) | 343 (30.5) | 49 (4.4) | 95 (8.5) | 20 (1.8) | 259 (23.1) | 92 (8.2) | 84 (7.5) | 1123 (100.0) |
a
The proportion of injuries in women was greater than that in men (baseball/softball, basketball, soccer, and men's and women's totals only).
b
The proportion of injuries in men was greater than that in women (baseball/softball, basketball, soccer, and men's and women's totals only).
c
Includes only sex-comparable sports (ie, baseball/softball, basketball, and soccer).