Table 3.
Injury Counts, Percentages, and Rates per 1000 Athlete-Exposures by Injury Mechanisma
| Men’s Basketball | Women’s Basketball | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | NTL, n (%) | Severe, n (%) | n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | NTL, n (%) | Severe, n (%) | |
| Ankle | ||||||||
| Total | 350 (100.0) | 1.62 (1.46-1.80)b | 157 (44.9) | 5 (1.4) | 238 (100.0) | 1.22 (1.07-1.39) | 113 (47.5) | 7 (2.9) |
| No apparent contact | 106 (30.3) | 0.49 (0.40-0.59)b | 65 (61.3) | 0 (0.0) | 63 (26.5) | 0.32 (0.25-0.41) | 32 (50.8) | 1 (1.6) |
| Player contact | 183 (52.3) | 0.85 (0.73-0.98)b | 68 (37.2) | 4 (2.2) | 116 (48.7) | 0.60 (0.49-0.71) | 53 (45.7) | 4 (3.4) |
| Surface contact | 43 (12.3) | 0.20 (0.14-0.27) | 14 (32.6) | 0 (0.0) | 47 (19.8) | 0.24 (0.18-0.32) | 20 (42.6) | 1 (2.1) |
| Overuse/gradual | 4 (1.1) | 0.02 (0.01-0.05) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other contactc | 3 (0.9) | 0.01 (0.00-0.04) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other/unknown | 11 (3.1) | 0.05 (0.03-0.09) | 6 (54.5) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (4.2) | 0.05 (0.02-0.09) | 8 (80.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Foot | ||||||||
| Total | 133 (100.0) | 0.62 (0.52-0.73) | 79 (59.4) | 14 (10.5) | 101 (100.0) | 0.52 (0.42-0.63) | 65 (64.4) | 9 (8.9) |
| No apparent contact | 39 (29.3) | 0.18 (0.13-0.25) | 28 (71.8) | 4 (10.3) | 21 (20.8) | 0.11 (0.07-0.16) | 14 (66.7) | 3 (14.3) |
| Player contact | 35 (26.3) | 0.16 (0.11-0.23) | 19 (54.3) | 7 (20.0) | 22 (21.8) | 0.11 (0.07-0.17) | 10 (45.5) | 2 (9.1) |
| Surface contact | 23 (17.3) | 0.11 (0.07-0.16) | 18 (78.3) | 1 (4.3) | 8 (7.9) | 0.04 (0.02-0.08) | 6 (75.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Overuse/gradual | 19 (14.3) | 0.09 (0.05-0.14) | 12 (63.2) | 2 (10.5) | 31 (30.7) | 0.16 (0.11-0.23) | 25 (80.6) | 3 (9.7) |
| Other contactc | 1 (0.8) | 0.00 (0.00-0.03) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other/unknown | 16 (12.0) | 0.07 (0.04-0.12) | 9 (56.3) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (17.8) | 0.09 (0.05-0.15) | 11 (61.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Women’s Volleyball | Women’s Gymnastics | |||||||
| n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | NTL, n (%) | Severe, n (%) | n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | NTL, n (%) | Severe, n (%) | |
| Ankle | ||||||||
| Total | 127 (100.0) | 0.81 (0.49-0.70) | 50 (39.4) | 5 (3.9) | 75 (100.0) | 1.65 (1.30-2.07) | 41 (54.7) | 4 (5.3) |
| No apparent contact | 21 (16.5) | 0.13 (0.06-0.15) | 10 (47.6) | 1 (4.8) | 12 (16.0) | 0.26 (0.14-0.46) | 6 (50.0) | 1 (8.3) |
| Player contact | 77 (60.6) | 0.49 (0.28-0.45) | 30 (39.0) | 3 (3.9) | 2 (2.7) | 0.04 (0.01-0.16) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Surface contact | 24 (18.9) | 0.15 (0.07-0.17) | 9 (37.5) | 1 (4.2) | 44 (58.7) | 0.97 (0.71-1.30) | 22 (50.0) | 2 (4.5) |
| Overuse/gradual | 1 (0.8) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (12.0) | 0.20 (0.09-0.38) | 8 (88.9) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other contactc | 3 (2.4) | 0.02 (0.00-0.04) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.3) | 0.09 (0.02-0.23) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Other/unknown | 1 (0.8) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.3) | 0.09 (0.02-0.23) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) |
| Foot | ||||||||
| Total | 60 (100.0) | 0.38 (0.21-0.36) | 41 (68.3) | 2 (3.3) | 52 (100.0) | 1.15 (0.86-1.50) | 31 (59.6) | 6 (11.5) |
| No apparent contact | 20 (33.3) | 0.13 (0.06-0.14) | 14 (70.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (N/A) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Player contact | 4 (6.7) | 0.03 (0.01-0.05) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (N/A) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Surface contact | 12 (20.0) | 0.08 (0.03-0.10) | 10 (83.3) | 1 (8.3) | 15 (28.9) | 0.33 (0.19-0.55) | 8 (53.3) | 2 (13.3) |
| Overuse/gradual | 19 (31.7) | 0.12 (0.05-0.14) | 12 (63.2) | 1 (5.3) | 13 (25.0) | 0.29 (0.15-0.49) | 8 (61.5) | 1 (7.7) |
| Other contactc | 1 (1.7) | 0.01 (0.00-0.03) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (40.4) | 0.46 (0.29-0.71) | 13 (61.9) | 3 (14.3) |
| Other/unknown | 4 (6.7) | 0.03 (0.01-0.05) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (5.8) | 0.07 (0.01-0.19) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) |
aData are from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program, 2009-2010 to 2013-2014. N/A, not applicable; NTL, non–time loss.
bMale versus female injury rate ratio is >1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI.
cOther contact includes contact with apparatuses and out-of-bounds objects.