Table 5

Common injuries in NCAA men's and women's basketball, 2009/2010–2014/2015*

Injury	n (%)	Rate and 95% CI (per 1000 AE)	% NTL†	% Severe‡	Most common injury mechanism, n (% within injury)
Men's basketball
Ankle sprain	414 (17.9)	1.43 (1.29 to 1.57)	44.4	1.7	Player contact, 226 (54.6)
					Non-contact, 115 (27.8)
Hand/wrist sprain	119 (5.2)	0.41 (0.34 to 0.49)	74.8	1.7	Player contact, 48 (40.3)
					Surface contact, 41 (34.5)
Concussion	106 (4.6)	0.37 (0.30 to 0.44)	8.5	3.8	Player contact, 84 (79.3)
					Surface contact, 20 (18.9)
Hip/groin strain	83 (3.6)	0.29 (0.23 to 0.35)	63.9	2.4	Non-contact, 51 (61.5)
					Overuse, 15 (18.1)
Knee internal derangement	79 (3.4)	0.27 (0.21 to 0.33)	25.3	36.7	Player contact, 35 (44.3)
					Non-contact, 27 (34.2)
Women's basketball
Ankle sprain	270 (16.6)	1.08 (0.95 to 1.21)	45.2	2.6	Player contact, 134 (49.6)
					Non-contact, 73 (27.0)
Concussion	136 (8.3)	0.55 (0.45 to 0.64)	4.4	14	Player contact, 94 (69.1)
					Surface contact, 30 (22.1)
Knee internal derangement	92 (5.6)	0.37 (0.29 to 0.44)	12.0	55.4	Non-contact, 47 (51.1)
					Player contact, 30 (32.6)
Thigh strain	75 (4.6)	0.30 (0.23 to 0.37)	53.3	2.7	Non-contact, 46 (61.3)
					Overuse, 12 (16.0)
Hip/groin strain	61 (3.7)	0.24 (0.18 to 0.31)	54.1	1.6	Non-contact, 34 (55.7)
					Overuse, 13 (21.3)

Sum of the numbers of NTL and TL injuries does not equal number of all injuries due to 55 men's basketball and 65 women's basketball injuries missing participation restriction time information.
*Data originate from the Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention Injury Surveillance Program, 2009/2010–2014/2015.
†Includes injuries that resulted in participation restriction of at least 24 hours.
‡Includes injuries that resulted in participation restriction of over 3 weeks.
AE, athlete-exposure; NTL, non-time loss; TL, time loss.