Sport |
Schultz 20041 (converted to per 1000 AE) |
Gessel 20071 Injury Rate (per 1000 AE) |
Lincoln 20112 Concussion Rate (per 1,000 AE) |
Meehan 20113 Concussion Rate per 1,000 AE) |
Boys' Baseball | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Softball | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.16 |
Boys'
Basketball |
0.10 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.22 |
Girls'
Basketball |
0.17 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
Boys'
Soccer |
0.23 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Girls'
Soccer |
0.13 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.33 |
Football | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.76 |
Field
Hockey |
NR | NR | 0.10 | 0.24 |
Boys' Ice Hockey |
NR | NR | NR | 0.62 |
Girl's Volleyball | NR | 0.05 | NR | 0.08 |
Boys' Wrestling | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.23 |
Boy's
Lacrosse |
NR | NR | 0.30 | 0.46 |
Girl's
Lacrosse |
NR | NR | 0.20 | 0.31 |
Cheerleading | NR | NR | 0.06 | 0.11 |
All
boys |
NR | NR | 0.34 | NR |
All
girls |
NR | NR | 0.13 | NR |
All
athletes |
NR | NR | 0.24 | NR |
The 2011 Lincoln study [2]2 of injuries in high school sports over an 11 year period from 1997 to 2008 found that:
The 2011 Meehan study3 of concussion rates at U.S. high schools, looking only at data for the 2009-2010 school year, found that:
For the most comprehensive and up-to-date concussion center on the Internet, click here [4].
1.Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC, "Preventing Sudden Death in Sport: Head Injury Considerations." NATA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (June 24, 2010).
2. Lincoln A, Caswell S, Almquist J, Dunn R, Norris J, Hinton R. "Trends in Concussion Incidence in High School Sports: A Prospective 11-Year Study" Am. J. Sports Med. 30(10) (2011), accessed January 31, 2011 @ http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/01/29/0363546510392326.full.pdf+html [5]
3. Meehan WP, d'Hemecourt P, Collins C, Comstock RD, Assessment and Management of Sport-Related Concussions in United States High Schools. Am. J. Sports Med. 2011;20(10)(published online on October 3, 2011 ahead of print) as dol:10.1177/0363546511423503 (accessed October 3, 2011).
Editor's Note: Concussion rates in the Lincoln study (note 2) were reported for an 11-year period (1997-2008) at 25 high schools in Fairfax County, Virginia where, through 2005, each high school employed 2 part-time certified athletic trainers, and, after 2005, each school had 1 full-time certified athletic trainer (AT) and 1 part-time. This access to a trained professional, and expanded access after 2005, was believed by the study's authors to have "substantially increased the likelihood that concussion was recognized and treated." Only 42% of U.S. high schools have access to a certified athletic trainer. Concussion rates in the Meehan study (note 3) were for the 2009-2010 school year for U.S. high schools that had at least one athletic trainer. As a result, the authors cautioned against "generalizing [their] findings to high schools that do not employ ATs." For more on the important role athletic trainers play in concussion evaluation and assessment and the critical return to play decision, click here [6].
Posted March 14, 2011; revised and updated October 10, 2011
Links:
[1] https://www.momsteam.com/node/600
[2] https://www.momsteam.com/node/3283
[3] https://www.momsteam.com/node/3934
[4] https://www.momsteam.com/node/305
[5] http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/01/29/0363546510392326.full.pdf html
[6] https://www.momsteam.com/node/114
[7] https://www.momsteam.com/softball/concussion-in-high-school-sports-rising-fifteen-percent-new-study-finds
[8] https://www.momsteam.com/concussion/concussions-in-high-school-sports-study-provides-new-insights-into-causes-symptoms-manage
[9] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/concussion-rates-high-school-sports
[10] https://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/athletic-trainer-plays-key-role-in-concussion-recognition-evaluation-on-sports-sideline