Injury counts, percentages and rates per 1000 athlete-exposures (AEs) by diagnosis and type of event in NCAA men's and women's basketball, 2009/2010–2014/2015*
| Men's basketball | Women's basketball | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body part | n (%) | Rate and 95% CI (per 1000 AE) | % NTL† | % Severe‡ | n (%) | Rate and 95% CI (per 1000 AE) | % NTL† | % Severe‡ |
| Competition | ||||||||
| Sprain | 245 (28.7) | 3.90 (3.42 to 4.39) | 60.4 | 5.3 | 212 (34.8) | 3.63 (3.15 to 4.12) | 48.6 | 11.8 |
| Strain | 121 (14.2) | 1.93 (1.58 to 2.27)§ | 60.3 | 7.4 | 85 (13.9) | 1.46 (1.15 to 1.77) | 57.6 | 7.1 |
| Contusion | 165 (19.3) | 2.63 (2.23 to 3.03)§ | 80.0 | 0.6 | 82 (13.4) | 1.41 (1.10 to 1.71) | 74.4 | 0.0 |
| Concussion | 33 (3.9) | 0.53 (0.35 to 0.71) | 9.1 | 6.1 | 59 (9.7) | 1.01 (0.75 to 1.27)¶ | 10.2 | 22.0 |
| Fracture | 35 (4.1) | 0.56 (0.37 to 0.74)§ | 42.9 | 48.6 | 18 (3.0) | 0.31 (0.17 to 0.45) | 16.7 | 50.0 |
| Dislocation | 28 (3.3) | 0.45 (0.28 to 0.61) | 57.1 | 3.6 | 20 (3.3) | 0.34 (0.19 to 0.49) | 45.0 | 15.0 |
| Inflammation | 8 (0.9) | 0.13 (0.04 to 0.22) | 87.5 | 0.0 | 16 (2.6) | 0.27 (0.14 to 0.41) | 81.3 | 6.3 |
| Laceration | 39 (4.6) | 0.62 (0.43 to 0.82)§ | 87.2 | 0.0 | 14 (2.3) | 0.24 (0.11 to 0.37) | 71.4 | 0.0 |
| Spasm | 23 (2.7) | 0.37 (0.22 to 0.52) | 65.2 | 0.0 | 17 (2.8) | 0.29 (0.15 to 0.43) | 47.1 | 5.9 |
| Tendonitis | 22 (2.6) | 0.35 (0.20 to 0.50) | 86.4 | 4.5 | 16 (2.6) | 0.27 (0.14 to 0.41) | 81.3 | 0.0 |
| Other | 135 (15.8) | 2.15 (1.79 to 2.51)§ | 67.4 | 5.9 | 71 (11.6) | 1.22 (0.93 to 1.50) | 76.1 | 4.2 |
| Total | 854 (100.0) | 13.61 (12.7 to 14.52)§ | 64.8 | 6.1 | 610 (100.0) | 10.46 (9.63 to 11.29) | 53.9 | 10.0 |
| Practice | ||||||||
| Sprain | 457 (31.4) | 2.02 (1.83 to 2.20)§ | 45.5 | 4.2 | 237 (23.2) | 1.24 (1.08 to 1.4) | 43.9 | 12.7 |
| Strain | 209 (14.4) | 0.92 (0.80 to 1.05) | 57.4 | 6.2 | 199 (19.5) | 1.04 (0.90 to 1.19) | 52.3 | 8.0 |
| Contusion | 197 (13.5) | 0.87 (0.75 to 0.99)§ | 64.0 | 0.5 | 87 (8.5) | 0.46 (0.36 to 0.55) | 65.5 | 1.1 |
| Concussion | 73 (5.0) | 0.32 (0.25 to 0.40) | 8.2 | 2.7 | 77 (7.5) | 0.40 (0.31 to 0.49) | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| Fracture | 33 (2.3) | 0.15 (0.10 to 0.20) | 24.2 | 36.4 | 30 (2.9) | 0.16 (0.10 to 0.21) | 26.7 | 46.7 |
| Dislocation | 39 (2.7) | 0.17 (0.12 to 0.23) | 59.0 | 5.1 | 31 (3.0) | 0.16 (0.11 to 0.22) | 19.4 | 12.9 |
| Inflammation | 39 (2.7) | 0.17 (0.12 to 0.23) | 87.2 | 2.6 | 67 (6.6) | 0.35 (0.27 to 0.43)¶ | 77.6 | 0.0 |
| Laceration | 45 (3.1) | 0.20 (0.14 to 0.26)§ | 57.8 | 0.0 | 8 (0.8) | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.07) | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| Spasm | 37 (2.5) | 0.16 (0.11 to 0.22) | 59.5 | 0.0 | 23 (2.3) | 0.12 (0.07 to 0.17) | 65.2 | 0.0 |
| Tendonitis | 72 (5.0) | 0.32 (0.24 to 0.39) | 76.4 | 2.8 | 80 (7.8) | 0.42 (0.33 to 0.51) | 85.0 | 1.3 |
| Other | 253 (17.4) | 1.12 (0.98 to 1.25) | 59.7 | 5.1 | 182 (17.8) | 0.95 (0.81 to 1.09) | 58.2 | 11.5 |
| Total | 1454 (100.0) | 6.41 (6.09 to 6.74)§ | 53.6 | 4.5 | 1021 (100.0) | 5.34 (5.01 to 5.67) | 51.3 | 9.1 |
*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.
§Men versus women injury proportion ratio >1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI.
¶Women versus men injury proportion ratio >1.00 and does not include 1.00 in the 95% CI.
NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association; NTL, non-time loss.