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The Incidence of Injury in Texas High School Basketball

A Prospective Study Among Male and Female Athletes

Douglas F. Messina, MD^*, William C. Farney, PhD and Jesse C. DeLee, MD^*,

^* Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
University Interscholastic League, Austin, Texas

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jesse C. DeLee, MD, 9150 Huebner Road, Suite 250A, San Antonio, TX 78240

Recent publications have reported differences in the incidence, rate, risk, and type of sports injury among men and women. We undertook a prospective study to determine the incidence of injury among high school basketball players and to examine the differences in injury type, incidence, rate, and risk between male and female athletes. During a single basketball season, an injury survey of girls’ varsity teams at 100 class 4A and 5A high schools in Texas was conducted. These data were previously reported. We surveyed the same 100 high schools during a subsequent season to gather injury data from the boys’ varsity teams. The athletic trainer collected data on each reportable injury and reported the data weekly to the University Interscholastic League. A reportable injury was defined as one that occurred during a practice or a game, resulted in missed practice or game time, required physician consultation, or involved the head or the face. The boys’ and girls’ data were compared and statistically analyzed. The rate of injury was 0.56 among the boys and 0.49 among the girls. The risk of injury per hour of exposure was not significantly different between the two groups. In both groups, the most common injuries were sprains, and the most commonly injured area was the ankle, followed by the knee. Female athletes had a significantly higher rate of knee injuries including a 3.79 times greater risk of anterior cruciate ligament injuries. For both sexes, the risk of injury during a game was significantly higher than during practice.

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