From: Hand and wrist injuries among collegiate athletes vary with athlete division
 | Overall | Division I | Division II | Division III | ||||||||
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Injury rate/10,000 athlete exposuresa | 95% CI | Injury rate/10,000 athlete exposuresa | 95% CI | Injury rate/10,000 athlete exposuresa | 95% CI | Injury rate/10,000 athlete exposuresa | 95% CI | |||||
Dislocation—phalanx | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.59 | 0.36 | 0.28 | 0.44 |
Phalangeal fracture | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.61 |
Metacarpal fracture | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.54 |
Scaphoid fracture | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
Other carpal fracture | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.09 |
Ligamentous injury—other wrist sprain | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.91 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.64 | 0.90 |
Ligamentous injury—phalanx | 1.42 | 1.32 | 1.51 | 1.72 | 1.56 | 1.88 | 0.93 | 0.76 | 1.10 | 1.41 | 1.26 | 1.57 |
Ligamentous injury—TFCC, DRUJ, Scapholunate | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 |
Tendon—phalanx | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
Tendon—wrist | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.14 |
Contusion—hand/finger | 0.77 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.77 | 1.03 | 0.60 | 0.41 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.88 |
Contusion—wrist | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
Nailbed | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.03 | -0.02 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
Wrist tenosynovitis | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
Soft tissue injury | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.18 |
Infection | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 |