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Table 3 Injury counts, percentages, and rates per 1000 Athlete-Exposures (AEs) by body part injured and type of event in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse, 2009/10–2014/15a

From: The epidemiology of NCAA men’s lacrosse injuries, 2009/10-2014/15 academic years

 

Competition

Practice

Body part

Injury count (%)

Rate and 95% CI (per 1000AE)

% NTLb

% Severec

Injury count (%)

Rate and 95% CI (per 1000AE)

% NTLb

% Severec

Head/face

42 (10.4)

1.28 (0.89, 1.67)

23.8

9.5

42 (6.5)

0.25 (0.18, 0.33)

19.0

14.3

Neck

5 (1.2)

0.15 (0.02, 0.29)

20.0

0.0

7 (1.1)

0.04 (0.01, 0.07)

28.6

0.0

Shoulder

40 (9.9)

1.22 (0.84, 1.60)

45.0

15.0

44 (6.8)

0.26 (0.19, 0.34)

47.7

11.4

Arm/Elbow

22 (5.4)

0.67 (0.39, 0.95)

68.2

0.0

17 (2.6)

0.10 (0.05, 0.15)

76.5

5.9

Hand/Wrist

46 (11.4)

1.40 (1.00, 1.81)

56.5

8.7

51 (7.8)

0.31 (0.22, 0.39)

43.1

19.6

Trunk

37 (9.1)

1.13 (0.76, 1.49)

67.6

0.0

74 (11.4)

0.44 (0.34, 0.55)

68.9

1.4

Hip/Groin

19 (4.7)

0.58 (0.32, 0.84)

63.2

0.0

57 (8.8)

0.34 (0.25, 0.43)

50.9

1.8

Upper leg

44 (10.9)

1.34 (0.94, 1.74)

38.6

9.1

93 (14.3)

0.56 (0.45, 0.67)

44.1

3.2

Knee

54 (13.3)

1.65 (1.21, 2.09)

29.6

35.2

80 (12.3)

0.48 (0.38, 0.59)

45.0

27.5

Lower leg

24 (5.9)

0.73 (0.44, 1.02)

54.2

20.8

55 (8.5)

0.33 (0.24, 0.42)

63.6

9.1

Ankle

57 (14.1)

1.74 (1.29, 2.19)

52.6

3.5

80 (12.3)

0.48 (0.38, 0.59)

36.3

7.5

Foot

14 (3.5)

0.43 (0.20, 0.65)

35.7

21.4

38 (5.8)

0.23 (0.16, 0.30)

52.6

13.2

Other

1 (0.2)

0.03 (0.00, 0.09)

0.0

100.0

12 (1.8)

0.07 (0.03, 0.11)

8.3

16.7

Total

405 (100.0)

12.35 (11.14, 13.55)

46.4

11.9

650 (100.0)

3.90 (3.60, 4.21)

47.4

10.3

  1. NOTE: NTL non-time loss
  2. aData originates from the Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention Injury Surveillance Program, 2009/10-2014/15
  3. bIncludes injuries that resulted in participation restriction under 24 h
  4. cIncludes injuries that resulted in participation restriction of over 3 weeks