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Table 3 Injured Body Sites 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

 Head/facec

186 (15.5)

3.57

6 (2.7)

1.06

3.37 (1.48–7.61)

 Hip/thigh/upper leg

195 (16.2)

3.74

36 (15.9)

6.34

1.70 (1.19–2.42)

 Knee

250 (20.8)

4.79

68 (30.1)

11.98

2.50 (1.91–3.27)

 Lower leg

96 (8.0)

1.84

13 (5.8)

2.29

1.24 (0.70–2.23)

 Ankle

253 (21.1)

4.85

73 (32.3)

12.86

2.65 (2.04–3.43)

 Foot

73 (6.1)

1.40

9 (4.0)

1.59

1.13 (0.57–2.26)

 Other

148 (12.3)

2.84

21 (9.3)

3.70

1.30 (0.82–2.05)

Girls’ Basketball

 Head/face

157 (16.1)

2.80

5 (3.4)

0.72

3.90 (1.60–9.49)

 Hand/wrist

89 (9.1)

1.58

8 (5.4)

1.14

1.39 (0.67–2.87)

 Hip/thigh/upper leg

63 (6.4)

1.11

5 (3.4)

0.72

1.55 (0.62–3.85)

 Knee

185 (18.9)

3.29

53 (36.1)

7.63

2.32 (1.71–3.15)

 Ankle

289 (29.6)

5.15

55 (37.4)

7.91

1.54 (1.15–2.05)

 Other

194 (19.8)

3.45

21 (14.3)

3.02

1.14 (0.73–1.79)

  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
  3. cHead/face includes all injury diagnoses to this body region, including concussions
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Injury Epidemiology

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