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Table 4 Mechanism of Injury 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

 

Mechanism of injury

N (%)a

Rate per 10,000 AEa

N (%)

Rate per 10,000 AE

RR (95% CI)b

Girls’ Soccer

 Player-player contact

510 (42.5)

9.78

78 (34.5)

13.75

1.41 (1.11–1.78)

 Player-surface contact

168 (14.0)

3.22

31 (13.7)

5.46

1.70 (1.16–2.49)

 Player-apparatus/equipment contact

109 (9.1)

2.09

9 (4.0)

1.59

1.32 (0.67–2.60)

 No contact/overuse

389 (32.4)

7.46

101 (44.7)

17.80

2.39 (1.92–2.97)

 Other

24 (2.0)

0.46

7 (3.1)

1.23

2.68 (1.15–6.22)

Girls’ Basketball

 Player-player contact

362 (36.8)

6.44

47 (31.5)

6.76

1.05 (0.77–1.42)

 Player-surface contact

222 (22.6)

3.96

39 (26.2)

5.61

1.42 (1.01–1.99)

 Player-apparatus/equipment contact

62 (6.3)

1.10

7 (4.7)

1.01

1.10 (0.50–2.40)

 No contact/overuse

303 (30.8)

5.39

54 (36.2)

7.77

1.44 (1.08–1.92)

 Other

34 (3.5)

0.61

2 (1.3)

0.30

2.10 (0.51–8.76)

  1. aAE = Athlete-exposure, with one athlete participating in one practice or one competition contributing one AE, 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