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Table 2 Injuries by Diagnoses in 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

 

N (%)a

Rate per 10,000 AEa

N (%)

Rate per 10,000 AE

RR (95% CI)b

Girls’ Soccer

 Strain/sprain

646 (53.7)

12.40

118 (53.9)

20.79

1.67 (1.38–2.04)

 Contusion

144 (12.0)

2.76

42 (19.2)

7.40

2.68 (1.90–3.78)

 Fracture

96 (8.0)

1.84

7 (3.2)

1.23

1.49 (0.69–3.22)

 Concussion

148 (12.3)

2.84

2 (0.9)

0.35

8.05 (2.00–32.51)

 Other

169 (14.0)

3.24

50 (22.8)

8.81

2.72 (1.98–3.73)

Girls’ Basketball

 Strain/sprain

527 (53.8)

9.38

92 (65.2)

13.23

1.41 (1.13–1.76)

 Contusion

69 (7.0)

1.23

8 (5.7)

1.15

1.07 (0.51–2.22)

 Fracture

98 (10.0)

1.74

8 (5.7)

1.15

1.52 (0.74–3.12)

 Concussion

109 (11.1)

1.94

3 (2.1)

0.43

4.50 (1.43–14.16)

 Other

176 (18.0)

3.13

30 (21.3)

4.32

1.38 (0.93–2.03)

  1. aAE Athlete-exposure, one athlete participating in one practice or one competition; total N may not add to those found in Table 1 due to missing data
  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
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