@article{ref1,
title="Rankings of high school sports injury rates differ based on time loss assessments",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2016",
author="Kerr, Zachary Y. and Roos, Karen G. and Djoko, Aristarque and Dompier, Thomas P. and Marshall, Stephen W.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine how injury definition inclusiveness affects the rank order of injury rates in 27 high school (HS) sports. <br><br>DESIGN: The National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network (NATION) used certified athletic trainers (ATs) to collect injury and athlete-exposure (AE) data in practices and competitions for 27 HS sports during the 2011/2012 to 2013/2014 academic years. Time loss (TL) injuries resulted in ≥24 hours of participation restriction. Nontime loss (NTL) injuries resulted in <24 hours of participation restriction. SETTING: Aggregate injury and exposure data collected from 27 HS sports. PARTICIPANTS: High school student-athletes. INTERVENTIONS: Sports injury data from the National Athletic Treatment, Injury and Outcomes Network. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time loss and TL + NTL injury rates were calculated. Sport-specific rates were placed in rank order, stratified by gender. <br><br>RESULTS: Most of the 47 014 injuries reported were NTL (82.8%). Among boys' sports, TL injury rates were greatest in football (3.27/1000AE) and wrestling (2.43/1000AE); TL + NTL injury rates were greatest also in football (15.29/1000AE) and wrestling (11.62/1000AE). Among girls' sports, TL injury rates were greatest in soccer (1.97/1000AE) and basketball (1.76/1000AE); TL + NTL injury rates were greatest in field hockey and lacrosse (both 11.32/1000AE). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The rank order of injury rates and the resulting injury prevention priorities may depend on injury definition inclusiveness, particularly in female HS sports.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0000000000000405",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000405"
}