The relationships of gender, age and training to the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) injury are pivotal to developing a comprehensive neuromuscular and proprioceptive …

Female athletes have a four‐to sevenfold increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
injury compared with their male counterparts playing at similar levels in the same sports. The …

Female athletes have a 4 to 6 times higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury than
do male athletes participating in the same landing and pivoting sports. This greater risk of …

Since previous numbers-needed-to-treat (NNT) and relative risk reduction (RRR) report, a
few studies were published to evaluate prophylactic effectiveness of neuromuscular training …

Although anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are not gender specific, they do occur at a
significantly greater rate in females. Biomechanical and neuromuscular deficits in females …

Female athletes are more prone to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than their male
counterparts, presumably because of anatomical, hormonal, and neuromuscular differences …

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are more common in female athletes
because of anatomic and biomechanical factors. These injuries can have detrimental …

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is frequently injured in elite athletes, with females up to
eight times more likely to suffer an ACL tear than males. Biomechanical and hormonal …

Objective: To present epidemiologic studies on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in
female athletes. Data Sources: MEDLINE was searched from 1978 to 1998 with the terms …

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries are one of the most deleterious knee injuries
reported in sport. They continue to confound the sports medicine community, particularly …