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. 2018 May 11;6(5):2325967118771676. doi: 10.1177/2325967118771676

TABLE 1.

Hip/Groin Injury Rates per 100,000 Athlete-Exposures by Sport

Sport Hip/Groin Injuries, n Injury Rate (95% CI) Rate Ratio (95% CI)
Overall Competition Practice Overall Competition Practice
Men’s soccer 177 69 108 110.84 (94.51 to 127.17) 202.69 (154.86 to 250.52) 85.96 (69.74 to 102.17) 2.36 (1.74 to 3.19)
Men’s ice hockey 297 155 142 104.90 (92.97 to 116.83) 226.78 (191.08 to 262.49) 66.11 (55.24 to 76.99) 3.43 (2.73 to 4.31)
Women’s ice hockey 87 21 66 76.88 (60.73 to 93.04) 70.43 (40.31 to 100.56) 79.19 (60.08 to 98.29) 0.89 (0.54 to 1.45)
Women’s cross-country 29 5 24 65.16 (41.44 to 88.88) 128.77 (15.90 to 241.64) 59.08 (35.44 to 82.72) 2.18 (0.83 to 5.71)
Women’s soccer 140 45 95 64.89 (54.14 to 75.64) 86.30 (61.09 to 111.52) 58.07 (46.39 to 69.74) 1.49 (1.04 to 2.12)
Men’s football 564 188 376 62.72 (57.54 to 67.90) 215.80 (184.95 to 246.65) 46.30 (41.62 to 50.98) 4.66 (3.91 to 5.55)
Men’s basketball 132 39 93 61.17 (50.73 to 71.60) 83.98 (57.62 to 110.34) 54.91 (43.75 to 66.07) 1.53 (1.05 to 2.22)
Men’s tennis 14 4 10 54.56 (25.98 to 83.14) 72.78 (1.46 to 144.10) 49.59 (18.85 to 80.33) 1.47 (0.46 to 4.68)
Women’s tennis 14 4 10 44.24 (21.07 to 67.41) 51.12 (1.02 to 101.23) 41.98 (15.96 to 68.00) 1.22 (0.38 to 3.88)
Women’s outdoor track 31 7 24 43.59 (28.25 to 58.94) 57.08 (14.79 to 99.36) 40.78 (24.47 to 57.10) 1.40 (0.60 to 3.25)
Men’s lacrosse 65 17 48 40.50 (30.66 to 50.35) 63.33 (33.23 to 93.44) 35.92 (25.76 to 46.08) 1.76 (1.01 to 3.07)
Women’s field hockey 15 2 13 40.24 (19.88 to 60.61) 22.19 (–8.56 to 52.93) 46.00 (20.99 to 71.01) 0.48 (0.11 to 2.14)
Men’s outdoor track 33 16 17 38.09 (25.10 to 51.09) 129.45 (66.02 to 192.88) 22.89 (12.01 to 33.77) 5.66 (2.86 to 11.19)
Women’s gymnastics 17 2 15 37.51 (19.68 to 55.34) 48.26 (–18.63 to 115.15) 36.43 (17.99 to 54.86) 1.32 (0.30 to 5.79)
Women’s indoor track 38 5 33 37.44 (25.54 to 49.35) 54.02 (6.67 to 101.38) 35.78 (23.57 to 47.98) 1.51 (0.59 to 3.87)
Women’s volleyball 56 9 47 35.74 (26.38 to 45.10) 19.92 (6.90 to 32.93) 42.15 (30.10 to 54.20) 0.47 (0.23 to 0.96)
Women’s lacrosse 37 7 30 35.06 (23.76 to 46.35) 33.90 (8.79 to 59.01) 35.34 (22.69 to 47.98) 0.96 (0.42 to 2.18)
Women’s basketball 65 9 56 33.36 (25.25 to 41.47) 19.64 (6.81 to 32.48) 37.57 (27.73 to 47.41) 0.52 (0.26 to 1.06)
Men’s wrestling 26 12 14 33.02 (20.33 to 45.72) 144.67 (62.81 to 226.52) 19.88 (9.46 to 30.29) 7.28 (3.37 to 15.74)
Women’s softball 53 15 38 32.83 (23.99 to 41.67) 23.36 (11.54 to 35.18) 39.09 (26.66 to 51.52) 0.60 (0.33 to 1.09)
Men’s indoor track 34 1 33 31.47 (20.89 to 42.04) 9.81 (–9.42 to 29.04) 33.72 (22.22 to 45.23) 0.29 (0.04 to 2.13)
Men’s baseball 36 21 15 20.23 (13.62 to 26.83) 31.58 (18.07 to 45.09) 13.45 (6.65 to 20.26) 2.35 (1.21 to 4.55)
Men’s cross-country 7 1 6 15.13 (3.92 to 26.34) 24.82 (–23.83 to 73.47) 14.21 (2.84 to 25.58) 1.75 (0.21 to 14.51)
Women’s swimming 10 2 8 8.21 (3.12 to 13.30) 17.85 (–6.89 to 42.59) 7.24 (2.22 to 12.25) 2.47 (0.52 to 11.62)
Men’s swimming 7 2 5 7.23 (1.87 to 12.59) 24.17 (–9.33 to 57.67) 5.65 (0.70 to 10.60) 4.28 (0.83 to 22.06)
All men’s teams 1392 525 867 59.53 (56.40 to 62.65) 138.91 (127.03 to 150.80) 44.22 (41.28 to 47.17) 3.14 (2.82 to 3.50)
All women’s teams 592 133 459 42.27 (38.86 to 45.67) 42.17 (35.00 to 49.33) 42.30 (38.43 to 46.17) 1.00 (0.82 to 1.21)
Total 1984 658 1326 53.06 (50.73 to 55.40) 94.90 (87.65 to 102.15) 43.54 (41.19 to 45.88) 2.18 (1.99 to 2.39)