Table 1.
Total and Sport Sex-Specific Overuse Injury Count and Athlete-Exposures
| Sport |
Overuse Injuries, No. |
Total AEs, No. |
Injury Rate Per 10 000 Athlete-Exposures (95% CI) |
Injury Rate Ratio, NTL vs TL Injuries (95% CI) |
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| Total |
TL |
NTL |
Total |
TL |
NTL |
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| Total | 1404 | 524 | 880 | 2 617 169 | 5.3 (5.1, 5.7) | 2.0 (1.8, 2.2) | 3.4 (3.1, 3.6) | 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) |
| Sports (B) | 691 | 274 | 417 | 1 692 924 | 4.1 (3.8, 4.4) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.8) | 2.5 (2.2, 2.7) | 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) |
| Sports (G) | 713 | 250 | 463 | 924 245 | 7.7 (7.2, 8.3)a | 2.7 (2.4, 3.1)a | 5.0 (4.6, 5.5)a | 1.9 (1.6, 2.2) |
| Baseball (B) | 59 | 23 | 36 | 133 556 | 4.4 (3.4, 5.7) | 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) | 2.7 (1.9, 3.7) | 1.6 (0.9, 2.8) |
| Basketball (B) | 96 | 36 | 60 | 317 230 | 3.0 (2.5, 3.7) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.6) | 1.9 (1.4, 2.4) | 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) |
| Basketball (G) | 80 | 29 | 51 | 215 244 | 3.7 (2.9, 4.6) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | 2.4 (1.8, 3.1) | 1.8 (1.1, 2.9) |
| Cross-country (B) | 54 | 20 | 34 | 52 707 | 10.2 (7.7, 13.4) | 3.8 (2.3, 5.9) | 6.5 (4.5, 9.0) | 1.7 (1.0, 3.1) |
| Cross-country (G) | 71 | 30 | 41 | 37 016 | 19.2 (15.0, 24.2) | 8.1 (5.5, 11.6) | 11.1 (8.0, 15.0) | 1.4 (0.8, 2.3) |
| Football (B) | 229 | 89 | 140 | 706 836 | 3.2 (2.8, 3.7) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.5) | 1.9 (1.7, 2.3) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) |
| Field hockey (G) | 30 | 9 | 21 | 19 844 | 15.1 (10.2, 21.6) | 4.5 (2.1, 8.6) | 10.6 (6.6, 16.2) | 2.3 (1.0, 5.8) |
| Gymnastics (G) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2686 | 3.7 (0.1, 2.1) | NA | 3.7 (0.1, 2.1) | - |
| Ice hockey (B) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9954 | 3.0 (0.6, 8.8) | 1.0 (0.0, 5.6) | 2.0 (0.2, 7.3) | 2.0 (0.1, 117.9) |
| Lacrosse (B) | 38 | 17 | 21 | 49 246 | 7.7 (5.5, 10.6) | 3.5 (2.0, 5.5) | 4.3 (2.6, 6.5) | 1.2 (0.6, 2.5) |
| Lacrosse (G) | 117 | 40 | 77 | 119 316 | 9.8 (8.1, 11.8) | 3.4 (2.4, 4.6) | 6.5 (5.1, 8.1) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.9) |
| Softball (G) | 63 | 25 | 38 | 87 719 | 7.2 (5.5, 9.2) | 2.9 (1.8, 4.2) | 4.3 (3.1, 5.9) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) |
| Soccer (B) | 61 | 31 | 30 | 177 656 | 3.4 (2.6, 4.4) | 1.7 (1.2, 2.5) | 1.7 (1.1, 2.4) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.6) |
| Soccer (G) | 85 | 27 | 58 | 119 045 | 7.1 (5.7, 8.8) | 2.3 (1.5, 3.3) | 4.9 (3.7, 6.3) | 2.1 (1.3, 3.5) |
| Swimming (B) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8167 | 6.1 (2.0, 14.3) | NA | 6.1 (2.0, 14.3) | - |
| Swimming (G) | 12 | 4 | 8 | 15 195 | 7.9 (4.1, 13.8) | 2.6 (0.7, 6.7) | 5.3 (2.3, 10.4) | 2.0 (0.5, 9.1) |
| Tennis (B) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7019 | 2.8 (0.3, 10.3) | NA | 2.8 (0.3, 10.3) | - |
| Tennis (G) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 230 | 2.2 (0.6, 5.6) | 1.1 (0.1, 3.9) | 1.1 (0.1, 4.0) | - |
| Track and field (B) | 101 | 42 | 59 | 107 204 | 9.4 (7.7, 11.4) | 3.9 (2.8, 5.3) | 5.5 (4.2, 7.1) | 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) |
| Track and field (G) | 149 | 65 | 84 | 93 301 | 16.0 (13.5, 18.8) | 7.0 (5.4, 8.9) | 9.0 (7.2, 11.1) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) |
| Volleyball (B) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 519 | 2.9 (0.6, 8.3) | 1.0 (0.0, 5.3) | 1.9 (0.2, 6.9) | 2.0 (0.1, 117.9) |
| Volleyball (G) | 101 | 19 | 82 | 196 649 | 5.1 (4.2, 6.2) | 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) | 4.2 (3.3, 5.2) | 4.3 (2.5, 7.5) |
| Wrestling (B) | 40 | 14 | 26 | 112 830 | 3.5 (2.5, 4.8) | 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) | 2.3 (1.5, 3.4) | 1.8 (0.9, 3.8) |
Abbreviations: B, boys; G, girls; NA, not applicable; NTL, non–time loss; TL, time loss.
a
Different between girls' and boys' sports (P < .05).