Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: anatomy, physiology, and motor control

B Yu, DT Kirkendall, WE Garrett Jr - Sports Medicine and …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common in sports. Most ACL injuries are
noncontact in nature and frequently occur in certain athletic tasks. In sports such as soccer …

[PDF][PDF] Predisposition to ACL injuries in female athletes versus male athletes

TE Hewett - Orthopedics, 2008 - researchgate.net
The increased predisposition of female athletes is a multifactorial problem. Most anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur by noncontact mechanisms, often during landing from …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: risk factors and strategies for prevention

F Mancino, B Kayani, A Gabr, A Fontalis… - Bone & Joint …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common and debilitating knee
injuries in professional athletes with an incidence in females up to eight-times higher than …

Risk factors associated with noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes.

SM Lephart, CM Ferris, FH Fu - Instructional course lectures, 2002 - europepmc.org
The cause of ACL injury in female athletes is multifactorial, with both intrinsic and extrinsic
factors contributing. Health care professionals need to educate female athletes, their …

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries: etiology and prevention

RH Brophy, HJ Silvers… - Sports medicine and …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
The relatively high risk of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture among female
athletes has been a major impetus for investigation into the etiology of this injury. A number …

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the female athlete.

AP Toth, FA Cordasco - The journal of gender-specific medicine …, 2001 - europepmc.org
With the participation of women in athletics growing rapidly over the last two decades, a
disturbing gender-specific pre-disposition has emerged regarding anterior cruciate ligament …

Biomechanical and neuromuscular characteristics of male athletes: implications for the development of anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention programs

D Sugimoto, E Alentorn-Geli, J Mendiguchía… - Sports Medicine, 2015 - Springer
Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is likely the most effective strategy to
reduce undesired health consequences including reconstruction surgery, long-term …

Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in females; risk factors, prevention, and outcomes

S Gould, J Hooper, E Strauss - Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint …, 2016 - go.gale.com
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common among all participants in sports,
occurring in approximately 1 in 3,000 individuals yearly in the USA. Epidemiological studies …

ACL tears in female athletes

DN Giugliano, JL Solomon - Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of …, 2007 - Elsevier
With the growing number of female athletes, an increase is occurring in the number of sports-
related injuries, which can cause physical, psychological, academic, and financial suffering …

Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: an International Olympic Committee current concepts statement

P Renstrom, A Ljungqvist, E Arendt… - British journal of sports …, 2008 - bjsm.bmj.com
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury remains high in young athletes.
Because female athletes have a much higher incidence of ACL injuries in sports such as …