Intrinsic Risk Factors for First-Time Noncontact ACL Injury: A Prospective Study of College and High School Athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A comprehensive understanding of the intrinsic risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) disruption is important for identifying individuals at increased risk for suffering this trauma and developing interventions to mitigate risk.

Hypothesis

A variety of risk factors predispose athletes to first-time, noncontact ACL injury and some of these differ between male and female athletes.

Study design

Prospective cohort study with nested case-control sampling.

Level of evidence

Level 2.

Methods

Sport teams at 28 high schools and 8 colleges were monitored prospectively over 4 years, and 109 of 130 athletes who suffered their first noncontact ACL injury participated in the study. At the time of injury, matched control subjects were randomly sel

SUBMITTER: Beynnon BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature