TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Rankings of high school sports injury rates differ based on time loss assessments
JO  - Clinical journal of sport medicine
A1  - Kerr, Zachary Y.
A1  - Roos, Karen G.
A1  - Djoko, Aristarque
A1  - Dompier, Thomas P.
A1  - Marshall, Stephen W.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1050-642X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000405
ID  - ref1
ER  -