title: A 6-year surveillance study of "Stingers" in NCAA American Football.
abstract: This study describes the epidemiology of "stinger" injuries in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Football. About 57 NCAA Men's Football programmes provided 153 team-seasons of injury data to the NCAA Injury Surveillance Programme (NCAA-ISP) during the 2009/2010-2014/2015 academic years. In the study period, 229 "stingers" were reported for an injury rate of 2.04/10,000 athlete-exposures (AE). Most "stingers" were reported during competitions (55.5%) and the preseason (80.3%) and resulted in time loss less than 24 hours (63.8%). One in five (18.8%) were recurrent. Most "stingers" were due to player contact (93.0%), particularly while tackling (36.7%) and blocking (25.8%) and occurred to defensive ends/linebackers (25.8%) and offensive linemen (23.6%). Although previous research reports a large prevalence of "stingers" among football players, the NCAA-ISP reported a relatively low injury rate. The transient nature of pain associated with "stingers" may have contributed to under-reporting, highlighting the need to deduce manners to increase reporting.
authors.affiliation: a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , NC , USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: b Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN , USA.
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.affiliation: c Springfield College , Springfield , IL , USA.
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.affiliation: d Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
authors.forename: Aristarque
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Djoko
authors.affiliation: d Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Folger
authors.affiliation: d Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention , Indianapolis , IN , USA.
authors.forename: Zachary Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000293:injuries*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Epidemiology; burners; injury surveillance; neurologic injury; stingers