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. 2021 Apr 16;9(4):2325967121998052. doi: 10.1177/2325967121998052

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.