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Table 3 Time Loss Attributable to Acute and Overuse Injuries by Gender and Sport

From: An epidemiologic comparison of acute and overuse injuries in high school sports

 

Time Lost to Acute Injuries

Time Lost to Overuse Injuries

Injury Proportion Ratiosc

 

< 1 wk

1–3 wks

> 3 wks

Med DQa

Otherb

< 1 wk

1–3 wks

> 3 wks

Med DQa

Otherb

< 1 wk

1–3 wks

> 3 wks

Med DQa

Otherb

Variable

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

%d

Ratio (95 % CI)

Ratio (95 % CI)

Ratio (95 % CI)

Ratio (95 % CI)

Ratio

(95 % CI)

Total

38.9

35.5

8.1

5.6

11.8

55.1

28.4

6.3

3.2

7.0

0.70 (0.68, 0.74)

1.25 (1.16, 1.34)

1.30 (1.10, 1.52)

1.75 (1.43, 2.14)

1.68 (1.45, 1.96)

Gender (all sports)

  Male

39.3

34.7

8.4

5.8

11.8

52.3

28.8

7.7

4.0

7.3

0.75 (0.71, 0.79)

1.20 (1.11, 1.31)

1.10 (0.92, 1.32)

1.46 (1.16, 1.83)

1.61 (1.33, 1.95)

  Female

37.9

37.5

7.4

5.2

11.9

58.8

27.9

4.5

2.2

6.6

0.65 (0.60, 0.69)

1.35 (1.20, 1.51)

1.65 (1.23, 2.23)

2.33 (1.56, 3.50)

1.80 (1.40, 2.31)

Gender (Gender- comparable sports)

  Male

43.7

34.1

7.5

4.4

10.3

54.7

26.8

7.8

2.9

7.8

0.80 (0.74, 0.86)

1.27 (1.11, 1.46)

0.96 (0.72, 1.27)

1.51 (1.00, 2.28)

1.32 (0.99, 1.75)

  Female

36.9

37.7

7.4

5.7

12.4

57.6

28.9

4.8

2.3

6.4

0.64 (0.59, 0.69)

1.31 (1.15, 1.49)

1.54 (1.11, 2.13)

2.43 (1.59, 3.72)

1.93 (1.44, 2.57)

Sport

  Boys’ Football

38.2

34.9

8.5

6.2

12.2

48.7

31.4

8.3

4.8

6.7

0.78 (0.73, 0.85)

1.11 (0.99, 1.24)

1.02 (0.81, 1.30)

1.29 (0.95, 1.75)

1.82 (1.38, 2.39)

  Boys’ Soccer

44.1

34.0

6.7

4.3

10.9

61.1

23.8

6.4

2.4

6.3

0.72 (0.65, 0.81)

1.43 (1.14, 1.79)

1.05 (0.63, 1.77)

1.78 (0.87, 3.65)

1.73 (1.03, 2.92)

  Boys’ Basketball

44.3

35.5

7.6

3.9

8.7

53.1

26.6

7.7

3.4

9.2

0.83 (0.73, 0.96)

1.33 (1.05, 1.69)

0.99 (0.60, 1.63)

1.16 (0.56, 2.40)

0.95 (0.59, 1.53)

  Boys’ Wrestling

32.0

35.3

11.4

7.3

14.0

56.7

27.0

2.4

6.6

7.2

0.56 (0.48, 0.67)

1.30 (0.96, 1.77)

4.78 (2.49, 9.17)

1.16 (0.56, 2.40)

1.94 (1.07, 3.50)

  Boys’ Baseball

41.2

32.1

10.0

5.4

11.2

43.7

32.5

10.6

3.4

9.7

0.94 (0.81, 1.10)

0.99 (0.81, 1.21)

0.94 (0.63, 1.41)

1.57 (0.85, 2.91)

1.15 (0.77, 1.72)

  Girls’ Soccer

35.6

38.5

6.8

5.7

13.4

56.7

30.4

4.1

2.6

6.2

0.63 (0.56, 0.71)

1.27 (1.04, 1.54)

1.67 (0.95, 2.93)

2.18 (1.21, 3.90)

2.16 (1.37, 3.40)

  Girls’ Volleyball

44.8

36.1

7.6

2.6

9.0

64.4

23.1

3.0

1.9

7.6

0.70 (0.62, 0.78)

1.56 (1.20, 2.02)

2.54 (1.25, 5.19)

1.37 (0.40, 4.68)

1.17 (0.72, 1.91)

  Girls’ Basketball

38.2

37.8

8.0

5.9

10.1

55.9

26.1

8.7

2.1

7.3

0.68 (0.61, 0.77)

1.45 (1.18, 1.78)

0.93 (0.61, 1.39)

2.85 (1.35, 5.98)

1.39 (0.90, 2.15)

  Girls’ Softball

39.6

34.9

8.6

5.1

11.9

60.4

28.0

3.4

1.9

6.3

0.66 (0.57, 0.75)

1.24 (0.99, 1.57)

2.53 (1.23, 5.19)

2.64 (1.05, 6.62)

1.90 (1.11, 3.25)

  1. a Includes Medical Disqualification (Med DQ) for season or career
  2. b Includes Athlete chooses not to continue, Athlete released from team, Other, and Season ended before athlete returned to activity
  3. c Injury Proportion Ratios = Acute / Overuse. Formula is included in the methods section. Significant Ratios appear in bold
  4. d Percentages represent row percentages and may not sum to 100.0 % because of rounding