Epidemiology and diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament injuries

CC Kaeding, B Léger-St-Jean… - Clinics in sports …, 2017 - sportsmed.theclinics.com
More than 120,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur every year in the United
States, mostly during the high school and college years. 1 The incidence of these injuries is …

Return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the state of play

CL Ardern, KE Webster, NF Taylor… - British journal of sports …, 2011 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background An athlete's intention to return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) injury is a major indication for surgical intervention. Purpose The purpose of this …

International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sports 2020 (including the …

International Olympic Committee Injury … - … journal of sports …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Injury and illness surveillance, and epidemiological studies, are fundamental
elements of concerted efforts to protect the health of the athlete. To encourage consistency …

Meta‐analysis of meta‐analyses of anterior cruciate ligament injury reduction training programs

KE Webster, TE Hewett - Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Several meta‐analyses have been published on the effectiveness of anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injury prevention training programs to reduce ACL injury risk, with various …

Psychological responses matter in returning to preinjury level of sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery

CL Ardern, NF Taylor, JA Feller… - … American journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Up to two-thirds of athletes may not return to their preinjury level of sport by 12
months after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, despite being …

Musculoskeletal injury risk after sport-related concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AL McPherson, T Nagai, KE Webster… - The American journal …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Clinical management of sport-related concussion typically involves a symptom
checklist, clinical examination of mental status, and neurocognitive testing. However, recent …

A multisport epidemiologic comparison of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in high school athletics

AM Joseph, CL Collins, NM Henke… - Journal of athletic …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: The knee joint is the second most commonly injured body site after the ankle
and the leading cause of sport-related surgeries. Knee injuries, especially of the anterior …

Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in soccer players. Part 1: Mechanisms of injury and underlying risk factors

E Alentorn-Geli, GD Myer, HJ Silvers, G Samitier… - Knee surgery, sports …, 2009 - Springer
Soccer is the most commonly played sport in the world, with an estimated 265 million active
soccer players by 2006. Inherent to this sport is the higher risk of injury to the anterior …

Return to the preinjury level of competitive sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery: two-thirds of patients have not returned by 12 months after …

CL Ardern, KE Webster, NF Taylor… - The American journal …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: An athlete's desire to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
is a major indication for ACL reconstruction surgery. Typical clearance to return is 6 to 12 …

Star Excursion Balance Test as a predictor of lower extremity injury in high school basketball players

PJ Plisky, MJ Rauh, TW Kaminski… - Journal of orthopaedic & …, 2006 - jospt.org
Study Design Prospective cohort. Objective To determine if Star Excursion Balance Test
(SEBT) reach distance was associated with risk of lower extremity injury among high school …