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Table 4 Injury counts, percentages, and rates per 1000 Athlete-Exposures (AEs) by diagnosis 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

Diagnosis

Injury count (%)

Rate and 95% CI (per 1000AE)

% NTLb

% Severec

Injury count (%)

Rate and 95% CI (per 1000AE)

% NTLb

% Severec

Concussion

30 (7.4)

0.91 (0.59, 1.24)

10.0

10.0

27 (4.2)

0.16 (0.10, 0.22)

3.7

11.1

Contusion

99 (24.4)

3.02 (2.42, 3.61)

64.6

2.0

84 (12.9)

0.50 (0.40, 0.61)

59.5

2.4

Dislocation

7 (1.7)

0.21 (0.06, 0.37)

42.9

42.9

10 (1.5)

0.06 (0.02, 0.10)

0.0

30.0

Fracture

20 (4.9)

0.61 (0.34, 0.88)

5.0

55.0

24 (3.7)

0.14 (0.09, 0.20)

16.7

62.5

Inflammatory condition

8 (2.0)

0.24 (0.07, 0.41)

50.0

0.0

69 (10.6)

0.41 (0.32, 0.51)

75.4

7.2

Laceration

9 (2.2)

0.27 (0.10, 0.45)

44.4

11.1

7 (1.1)

0.04 (0.01, 0.07)

71.4

0.0

Spasm

9 (2.2)

0.27 (0.10, 0.45)

88.9

0.0

25 (3.8)

0.15 (0.09, 0.21)

76.0

0.0

Sprain

109 (26.9)

3.32 (2.70, 3.95)

43.1

14.7

154 (23.7)

0.93 (0.78, 1.07)

39.0

14.3

Strain

82 (20.2)

2.50 (1.96, 3.04)

43.9

11.0

178 (27.4)

1.07 (0.91, 1.23)

46.1

5.6

Stress fracture

2 (0.5)

0.06 (0.00, 0.15)

0.0

50.0

3 (0.5)

0.02 (0.00, 0.04)

0.0

33.3

Subluxation

14 (3.5)

0.43 (0.20, 0.65)

35.7

0.0

6 (0.9)

0.04 (0.01, 0.06)

50.0

16.7

Other

16 (4.0)

0.49 (0.25, 0.73)

81.3

12.5

63 (9.7)

0.38 (0.29, 0.47)

50.8

7.9

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