TABLE 1.
Foot and Ankle Injury Rates by Division, Type of AE, and Time of Season for Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockeya
| Foot and Ankle Injuries, n | Injury Rate per 100,000 AEs (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Competition | Practice | Overall | Competition | Practice | |
| Men’s | ||||||
| Total | 413 | 229 | 184 | 74.73 (67.53-81.94) | 176.39 (153.56-199.21) | 43.52 (37.23-49.81) |
| Division I | 164 | 94 | 70 | 29.68 (25.14-34.22) | 72.40 (57.77-87.03) | 16.56 (12.68-20.43) |
| Division II | 64 | 40 | 24 | 11.58 (8.74-14.42) | 30.81 (21.26-40.36) | 5.68 (3.41-7.95) |
| Division III | 185 | 95 | 90 | 33.48 (28.65-38.30) | 73.17 (58.46-87.88) | 21.29 (16.89-25.68) |
| Regular season | 358 | 217 | 141 | 64.78 (58.07-71.49) | 167.14 (144.92-189.36) | 33.35 (27.85-38.85) |
| Postseason | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2.90 (1.48-4.31) | 6.16 (1.89-10.43) | 1.89 (0.58-3.20) |
| Preseason | 39 | 4 | 35 | 7.06 (4.84-9.27) | 3.08 (0.06-6.10) | 8.28 (5.54-11.02) |
| Women’s | ||||||
| Total | 103 | 55 | 48 | 44.41 (35.84-52.99) | 93.19 (68.57-117.81) | 27.76 (19.91-35.61) |
| Division I | 29 | 20 | 9 | 12.50 (7.95-17.05) | 33.89 (19.04-48.74) | 5.21 (1.80-8.61) |
| Division II | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2.59 (0.52-4.66) | 8.47 (1.05-15.90) | 0.58 (0.00-1.71) |
| Division III | 68 | 30 | 38 | 29.32 (22.35-36.29) | 50.83 (32.65-69.02) | 21.98 (14.99-28.96) |
| Regular season | 89 | 54 | 35 | 38.37 (30.40-46.35) | 91.50 (67.10-115.89) | 20.24 (13.54-26.95) |
| Postseason | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1.72 (0.03-3.41) | 1.69 (1.63-5.02) | 1.74 (0.00-3.70) |
| Preseason | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4.31 (1.64-6.98) | 0.00 (—) | 5.78 (2.20-9.37) |
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