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In addition, researchers have not captured non\u2013time-loss injuries (ie, injuries resulting in restriction of participation &amp;lt;1 day).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To describe the epidemiology of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's gymnastics injuries during the 2009\u20132010 through 2013\u20132014 academic years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Descriptive epidemiology study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Aggregate injury and exposure data collected from 11 women's gymnastics programs providing 28 seasons of data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Collegiate student-athletes participating in women's gymnastics during the 2009\u20132010 through 2013\u20132014 academic years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Intervention(s)<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women's gymnastics data from the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) during the 2009\u20132010 through 2013\u20132014 academic years were analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title><jats:p>Injury rates; injury rate ratios; injury proportions by body site, diagnosis, and apparatus; and injury proportion ratios were reported with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The ISP captured 418 women's gymnastics injuries, a rate of 9.22\/1000 athlete-exposures (AEs; 95% CI = 8.33, 10.10). The competition injury rate (14.49\/1000 AEs) was 1.67 times the practice injury rate (8.69\/1000 AEs; 95% CI = 1.27, 2.19). When considering time-loss injuries only, the injury rate during this study period (3.62\/1000 AEs) was lower than rates reported in earlier NCAA ISP surveillance data. Commonly injured body sites were the ankle (17.9%, n = 75), lower leg\/Achilles tendon (13.6%, n = 57), trunk (13.4%, n = 56), and foot (12.4%, n = 52). Common diagnoses were ligament sprain (20.3%, n = 85) and muscle\/tendon strain (18.7%, n = 78). Overall, 12.4% (n = 52) of injuries resulted in time loss of more than 3 weeks. Of the 291 injuries reported while a student-athlete used an apparatus (69.6%), most occurred during the floor exercise (41.9%, n = 122) and on the uneven bars (28.2%, n = 82).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>We observed a lower time-loss injury rate for women's gymnastics than shown in earlier NCAA ISP surveillance data. 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