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. 2019 Nov;54(11):1179–1186. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-330-18

Table 3.

Injury Rates (IRs) per Body Part for Non–Time-Loss (NTL) and Time-Loss (TL) Classification: Secondary School Boys' and Girls' Basketball

Event
Body Part
Boys' Injuries
Girls' Injuries
TL, n (%)
NTL, n (%)
Overall, n (%)
Overall IR (95% CI/1000 AEs)
TL, n (%)
NTL, n (%)
Overall, n (%)
Overall IR (95% CI/1000 AEs)
Competitions Head/face 59 (27.2) 57 (8.9) 116 (13.5) 1.27 (1.04, 1.50) 98 (40.7) 42 (6.3) 140 (15.4) 1.82 (1.52, 2.12)
Neck 5 (2.3) 8 (1.2) 13 (1.5) 0.14 (0.06, 0.22) 2 (0.8) 10 (0.8) 12 (1.3) 0.16 (0.07, 0.24)
Shoulder 8 (3.7) 24 (3.7) 32 (3.7) 0.35 (0.23, 0.47) 7 (2.9) 25 (3.4) 32 (3.5) 0.42 (0.27, 0.56)
Arm/elbow 6 (2.8) 33 (5.1) 39 (4.5) 0.43 (0.29, 0.56) 2 (0.8) 30 (4.5) 32 (3.5) 0.42 (0.27, 0.56)
Hand/wrist 13 (6.0) 126 (19.6) 139 (16.2) 1.52 (1.27, 1.77) 18 (7.5) 138 (20.6) 156 (17.1) 2.03 (1.71, 2.35)
Trunk 4 (1.8) 45 (7.0) 49 (5.7) 0.54 (0.39, 0.69) 11 (4.6) 32 (4.8) 43 (4.7) 0.56 (0.39, 0.73)
Hip/groin 5 (2.3) 39 (6.1) 44 (5.1) 0.48 (0.34, 0.62) 1 (0.4) 18 (2.7) 19 (2.1) 0.25 (0.14, 0.36)
Thigh 5 (2.3) 38 (5.9) 43 (5.0) 0.47 (0.33, 0.61) 4 (1.7) 44 (6.6) 48 (5.3) 0.62 (0.45, 0.80)
Knee 22 (10.1) 89 (13.9) 111 (12.9) 1.22 (0.99, 1.44) 37 (15.3) 117 (17.5) 154 (16.9) 2.00 (1.69, 2.32)
Lower leg 16 (7.4) 35 (5.4) 51 (5.9) 0.56 (0.41, 0.71) 7 (2.9) 38 (5.7) 45 (4.9) 0.59 (0.41, 0.76)
Ankle 66 (30.4) 117 (18.2) 183 (21.3) 2.00 (1.71, 2.29) 47 (19.5) 130 (19.4) 177 (19.4) 2.30 (1.96, 2.64)
Foot 6 (2.8) 28 (4.4) 34 (4.0) 0.37 (0.25, 0.50) 4 (1.7) 42 (6.3) 46 (5.0) 0.60 (0.43, 0.77)
Other 2 (0.9) 3 (0.5) 5 (0.6) 0.05 (0.01, 0.10) 3 (1.2) 4 (0.6) 7 (0.8) 0.09 (0.02, 0.16)
Total 217 (100) 642 (100) 859 (100) 9.40 (8.77, 10.03) 241 (100) 670 (100) 911 (100) 11.84 (11.07, 12.61)
Practices Head/face 80 (23.3) 92 (6.3) 172 (9.6) 0.63 (0.54, 0.72) 64 (24.8) 44 (3.6) 108 (7.3) 0.51 (0.41, 0.61)
Neck 2 (0.6) 13 (0.9) 15 (0.8) 0.05 (0.03, 0.08) 0 (0) 16 (1.3) 16 (1.1) 0.08 (0.04, 0.11)
Shoulder 18 (5.3) 49 (3.4) 67 (3.7) 0.25 (0.19, 0.30) 5 (1.9) 30 (2.4) 35 (2.4) 0.17 (0.11, 0.22)
Arm/elbow 7 (2.0) 61 (4.2) 68 (3.8) 0.25 (0.19, 0.31) 3 (1.2) 39 (3.8) 42 (2.8) 0.20 (0.14, 0.26)
Hand/wrist 25 (7.3) 266 (18.3) 291 (16.2) 1.07 (0.94, 1.19) 12 (4.7) 248 (20.2) 260 (17.5) 1.23 (1.08, 1.38)
Trunk 18 (5.3) 108 (7.4) 126 (7.0) 0.46 (0.38, 0.54) 13 (5.0) 71 (5.8) 84 (5.7) 0.40 (0.31, 0.48)
Hip/groin 12 (3.5) 85 (5.9) 97 (5.4) 0.36 (0.28, 0.43) 9 (3.5) 42 (3.4) 51 (3.4) 0.24 (0.18, 0.31)
Thigh 7 (2.0) 77 (5.3) 84 (4.7) 0.31 (0.24, 0.37) 12 (4.7) 70 (5.7) 82 (5.5) 0.39 (0.30, 0.47)
Knee 32 (9.4) 239 (16.5) 271 (15.1) 0.99 (0.87, 1.11) 36 (14.0) 199 (16.2) 235 (15.9) 1.11 (0.97, 1.25)
Lower leg 17 (5.0) 83 (5.7) 100 (5.6) 0.37 (0.29, 0.44) 21 (8.1) 127 (10.4) 148 (10.0) 0.70 (0.59, 0.81)
Ankle 106 (31.0) 277 (19.1) 383 (21.3) 1.40 (1.26, 1.54) 63 (24.4) 222 (18.1) 285 (19.2) 1.35 (1.19, 1.50)
Foot 12 (3.5) 90 (6.2) 102 (5.7) 0.37 (0.30, 0.45) 14 (5.4) 107 (8.7) 121 (8.2) 0.57 (0.47, 0.67)
Other 6 (1.8) 12 (0.8) 18 (1.0) 0.07 (0.04, 0.10) 6 (2.3) 10 (0.8) 16 (1.1) 0.08 (0.04, 0.11)
Total 342 (100) 1452 (100) 1794 (100) 6.57 (6.27, 6.88) 258 (100) 1225 (100) 1483 (100) 7.02 (6.66, 7.37)

Abbreviations: AE, athlete-exposure; CI, confidence interval.