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Table 1 Comparison of Injury Rates between Schools with (HS RIO) and without (SISS) Athletic Trainers, 2006/07–2008/09

From: Injuries in girls’ soccer and basketball: a comparison of high schools with and without athletic trainers

 

HS RIO

SISS

RR (95% CI)b

N

AEa

Rate per 10,000 AE

N

AE

Rate per 10,000 AE

Girls’ Soccer

 All injuries

1203

521,377

23.07

227

56,746

40.00

1.73 (1.51–2.00)

 Competition injuries

778

154,157

50.47

136

18,134

75.00

1.49 (1.24–1.78)

 Practice injuries

425

367,220

11.57

91

38,612

23.57

2.04 (1.62–2.55)

 New injuries

1076

521,377

20.64

144

56,746

25.38

1.23 (1.03–1.46)

 Recurrent injuriesc

127

521,377

2.44

83

56,746

14.63

6.00 (4.54-7.91)

Girls’ Basketball

 All injuries

983

561,608

17.50

149

69,520

21.43

1.22 (1.03–1.45)

 Competition injuries

562

167,090

33.63

88

22,921

38.39

1.14 (0.91–1.43)

 Practice injuries

421

394,518

10.67

61

46,599

13.09

1.23 (0.94–1.60)

 New injuries

845

561,608

15.05

98

69,520

14.10

1.07 (0.87–1.32)

 Recurrent injuriesd

138

561,608

2.46

51

69,520

7.34

2.99 (2.12–4.14)

  1. aAE Athlete-exposure, with one athlete participating in one practice or one competition contributing one AE. AEs may be lower in SISS because participating teams practiced only 3 times per week
  2. bAll RRs calculated with the lower of the two rates as referent group – the group with the significantly higher rate is bolded; CI denotes Confidence Interval. Bolded CIs indicate significance at alpha = 0.05
  3. cRecurrent injuries for HS RIO included recurrence (this academic year) (3.0%), recurrence (previous academic year) (7.1%), other (0.2%) and missing (0.2%). Recurrent injuries for SISS included recurrent injury from this season (10.6%), recurrent injury from previous season (10.1%), complication of previous injury (2.2%), recurrence of an injury from another sport (5.7%), recurrence of a non-sport injury (4.8%), complication of a previous injury from another sport (0.4%) and missing (2.6%)
  4. dRecurrent injuries for HS RIO included recurrence (this academic year) (4.4%), recurrence (previous academic year) (8.3%), other (0.3%) and missing (1.0%). Recurrent injuries for SISS included recurrent injury from this season (7.4%), recurrent injury from previous season (19.5%), complication of previous injury (0.7%), recurrence of an injury from another sport (2.0%), recurrence of a non-sport injury (2.0%) and missing (2.7%)