TABLE 1.

Epidemiology, Demographics, and Return-to-Competition Time by Injury Type^a

		Mean Age, y	Return-to-Competition Time, d	Surgical Treatment, %	Return-to-Competition Time by Group, d
Injury Type	n				Surgery Group	Nonsurgery Group	P
Fracture	67	30.4	60.3	43	77.1	44.4	.065
Clavicle	21	30.2	49.0	48	37.6	75.5	.007
Wrist	6	28.4	48.7	50	45.7	N/A
Hand	5	29.3	45.0	40	68.5	N/A
Femur	5	31.4	129.4	100	129.4	N/A
Rib	5	32.9	79.8	40	134.5	43.3	.1485
Humerus	5	31.2	41.0	0	N/A	46.0
Spine	4	30.2	152.7	100	152.7	N/A
Scapula	3	28.4	39.0	0	N/A	39.0
Elbow	2	30.9	31.5	50	26.0	37.0
Tibia	2	30.8	127.5	100	127.5	N/A
Forearm	1	25.7	15.0	0	N/A	15.0
Patella	1	37.2	N/A	100	N/A	N/A
Pelvis	1	27.5	44.0	0	N/A	44.0
Multiple	6	30.9	62.7	0	N/A	57.3
Laceration/contusion	17	30.9	25.6
Muscle sprain/strain	7	30.6	64.8
Overuse	6	27.0	64.0
Cranial trauma	3	30.6	29.3
Multiple	8	32.2	88.6
Other	17	29.7	34.1
Unknown	13	29.7	40.4
Total	138	30.3	52.4

^aN/A, not available.