title: National collegiate athletic association injury surveillance system: review of methods for 2004-2005 through 2013-2014 data collection.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since 1982, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has used the Injury Surveillance System (ISS) to collect injury and athlete-exposure data from a representative sample of collegiate institutions and sports. At the start of the 2004-2005 academic year, a Web-based ISS replaced the paper-based platform previously used for reporting injuries and exposures.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the methods of the Web-based National Collegiate Athletic Association ISS for data collection as implemented from the 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 academic years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Web-based ISS monitored National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned practices and competitions, the number of participating student-athletes, and time-loss injuries during the preseason, regular season, and postseason in 25 collegiate sports. Starting in the 2009-2010 academic year, non-time-loss injuries were also tracked. Efforts were made to better integrate ISS data collection into the workflow of collegiate athletic trainers. Data for the 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 academic years are available to researchers through a standardized application process available at the Datalys Center Web site.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As of February 2014, more than 1 dozen data sets have been provided to researchers. The Datalys Center encourages applications for access to the data.
authors.affiliation: Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, Inc, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Zachary Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Dompier
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Snook
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klossner
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hainline
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Corlette
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: athletes; epidemiology; injury incidence; injury risk; sports