A Systematic Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Professional Female Basketball Players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common in female basketball players, who have a 2 to 3 times higher risk for an ACL injury than their male counterparts. Improving our understanding of the situations and biomechanics that result in an ACL injury in basketball players may support the design of more effective programs to mitigate the injury risk.

Purpose

To describe the injury mechanisms, situational patterns, and biomechanics of ACL injuries during matches in professional female basketball players.

Study design

Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods

A total of 105 ACL injuries in professional female European basketball leagues from the 2018 to 2023 seasons were identified. There were 41 (39%) injury videos analyzed for injury mechanis

SUBMITTER: Heder Ternell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12044211 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature