Table 7.
Number of Injuries, National Estimates, and Injury Rates by Activity During Injury and Type of Athlete-Exposure in High School Girls' and Collegiate Women's Volleyballa
| Surveillance System and Activity During Injury |
Practice |
Competition |
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| Injuries in Sample, No. (%) |
National Estimates, No. (%) |
Injury Rate/1000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
Injuries in Sample, No. (%) |
National Estimates, No. (%) |
Injury Rate/1000 Athlete-Exposures (95% Confidence Interval) |
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| HS RIO (2005–2006 through 2013–2014) | ||||||
| Blocking | 237 (25.4) | 90 696 (27.5) | 0.24 (0.21, 0.28) | 160 (27.0) | 52 583 (26.1) | 0.32 (0.27, 0.37) |
| Conditioning | 72 (7.7) | 30 348 (9.2) | 0.07 (0.06, 0.09) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Digging | 120 (12.9) | 33 673 (10.2) | 0.12 (0.10, 0.15) | 147 (24.7) | 42 766 (21.3) | 0.29 (0.24, 0.34) |
| General play | 232 (24.8) | 74 227 (22.5) | 0.24 (0.21, 0.27) | 104 (17.5) | 34 319 (17.1) | 0.21 (0.17, 0.25) |
| Passing | 62 (6.6) | 24 705 (7.5) | 0.06 (0.05, 0.08) | 47 (7.9) | 16 943 (8.4) | 0.09 (0.07, 0.12) |
| Serving | 47 (5.0) | 16 458 (5.0) | 0.05 (0.03, 0.06) | 20 (3.4) | 7314 (3.6) | 0.04 (0.02, 0.06) |
| Setting | 49 (5.3) | 16 944 (5.1) | 0.05 (0.04, 0.06) | 44 (7.4) | 16 751 (8.3) | 0.09 (0.06, 0.11) |
| Spiking | 115 (12.3) | 43 313 (13.1) | 0.12 (0.10, 0.14) | 73 (12.3) | 30 568 (15.2) | 0.14 (0.11, 0.18) |
| NCAA-ISP (2004–2005 through 2013–2014) | ||||||
| Blocking | 212 (14.8) | 4410 (15.0) | 0.53 (0.46, 0.60) | 126 (20.8) | 2665 (19.7) | 0.76 (0.63, 0.89) |
| Conditioning | 115 (8.0) | 2210 (7.5) | 0.29 (0.24, 0.34) | 5 (0.8) | 152 (1.1) | 0.03 (0.00, 0.06) |
| Digging | 214 (15.0) | 4182 (14.2) | 0.54 (0.47, 0.61) | 125 (20.6) | 2912 (21.5) | 0.76 (0.62, 0.89) |
| General play | 471 (32.9) | 9489 (32.3) | 1.18 (1.08, 1.29) | 162 (26.7) | 3920 (28.9) | 0.98 (0.83, 1.13) |
| Passing | 86 (6.0) | 1832 (6.2) | 0.22 (0.17, 0.26) | 35 (5.8) | 669 (4.9) | 0.21 (0.14, 0.28) |
| Serving | 33 (2.3) | 738 (2.5) | 0.08 (0.05, 0.11) | 9 (1.5) | 137 (1.0) | 0.05 (0.02, 0.09) |
| Setting | 57 (4.0) | 1168 (4.0) | 0.14 (0.11, 0.18) | 26 (4.3) | 637 (4.7) | 0.16 (0.10, 0.22) |
| Spiking | 243 (17.0) | 5384 (18.3) | 0.61 (0.53, 0.69) | 118 (19.5) | 2450 (18.1) | 0.71 (0.58, 0.84) |
Abbreviations: HS RIO, High School Reporting Information Online; NCAA-ISP, National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program.
Excluded were 105 injuries reported in HS RIO and 112 injuries reported in the NCAA-ISP due to missing data or the athletic trainer reporting Other or Unknown. High school data originated from HS RIO surveillance data, 2005–2006 through 2013–2014; collegiate data originated from NCAA-ISP surveillance data, 2004–2005 through 2013–2014. Injuries included in the analysis were those that (1) occurred during a sanctioned practice or competition; (2) were evaluated or treated (or both) by an athletic trainer, physician, or other health care professional; and (3) restricted the student-athlete from participation for at least 24 hours past the day of injury. All concussions, fractures, and dental injuries were included in the analysis regardless of time loss. Data may include multiple injuries that occurred at one injury event. Percentages may not sum to 100.0 due to rounding error.