TABLE 3.
NFL Games Played Dataa
| Mean Games Played, n | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Author | Injury/Surgery | Athletes With Injury | Controls | P |
| Schroeder35 | Cervical spine diagnosis | 42.1 | 55.6 | .01 |
| Schroeder34 | Lumbar spine diagnosis | 46.5 | 50.8 | <.01 |
| Lumbar spondylosis | 41 | 44.6 | .11 | |
| Lumbar herniated disc | 45.3 | 50 | .50 | |
| Spondylolysis with or without slip | 46.9 | 55.1 | .11 | |
| Paxton29 | Hyperconcavity of the lumbar vertebral end plates | 86 | 76 | .33 |
| Knapik15 | Shoulder labral repair | 7.04b | 2.8b | .38 |
| Murphy28 | Shoulder anterior labral injury | 14.3c | 15.3c | .39 |
| Knapik16 | Bristow/Latarjet procedure | 6.2b | 7.5b | .59 |
| Gibbs11 | Rotator cuff tear | 47.1 | 68.4 | .04 |
| Chambers10 | SLAP repair | 33.7 | 48.3 | .05 |
| Knapik14 | Athletic pubalgia repair | 17.2 | 17.6 | .87 |
| Knapik17 | Hip arthroscopic surgery | 10.9b | 11.0b | .96 |
| Provencher31 | ACL reconstruction | 9.2b | 7.4b | <.01 |
| Provencher32 | Knee chondral injury | 23.0c | 29.4c | <.01 |
| Logan22 | Knee MCL injury | 16c | 15c | .87 |
| Chahla9 | Posterolateral corner injury | 24c | 23.3c | .42 |
| Carreira7 | Jones fracture/fifth metatarsal diaphyseal stress fracture | 16.9 | 24.9 | .12 |
| Tu37 | Jones fracture fixation | 8.8b | 7.4b | .23 |
| McHale25 | Lisfranc injury | 16.9b | 23.3b | <.01 |
| Vopat38 | Navicular injury | 15.0c | 23.3c | .07 |
aBolded P values indicate statistically significant difference between groups (P < .05). ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; MCL, medial collateral ligament; NFL, National Football League; SLAP, superior labrum anterior-posterior.
bIn athletes’ first NFL season after the combine only.
cIn athletes’ first 2 NFL seasons after the combine only.