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The sports with the highest rates were women's softball (8.82\/10\u200a000 AEs), women's field hockey (7.71\/10\u200a000 AEs), and men's baseball (7.20\/10\u200a000 AEs). Most ball-contact injuries were to the hand\/wrist (32.7%) and head\/face (27.0%) and were diagnosed as contusions (30.5%), sprains (23.1%), and concussions (16.1%). Among sex-comparable sports (ie, baseball\/softball, basketball, and soccer), women had a larger proportion of ball-contact injuries diagnosed as concussions than men (injury proportion ratio = 2.33; 95% confidence interval = 1.63, 3.33). More than half (51.0%) of ball-contact injuries were non-time loss (ie, participation-restriction time &amp;lt;24 hours), and 6.6% were severe (ie, participation-restriction time \u226521 days). The most common severe ball-contact injuries were concussions (n = 18) and finger fractures (n = 10).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:\u2003<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ball-contact\u2013injury rates were the highest in women's softball, women's field hockey, and men's baseball. Although more than half were non\u2013time-loss injuries, severe injuries such as concussions and fractures were reported.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-52.3.10","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,23]],"date-time":"2017-05-23T14:33:40Z","timestamp":1495550020000},"page":"698-707","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Ball-Contact Injuries in 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association Sports: The Injury Surveillance Program, 2009\u20132010 Through 2014\u20132015"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Melissa A.","family":"Fraser","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Human Movement Science Curriculum and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dustin R.","family":"Grooms","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Athletic Training, School of Applied Health and Wellness, Ohio University, Athens;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin M.","family":"Guskiewicz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zachary Y.","family":"Kerr","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. 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