Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk by Season Period and Competition Segment: An Analysis of National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Data.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Although fatigue has been implicated in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, few researchers have examined the timing of injury across a competitive sport season or within a competitive session to gain insight into the potential effects of fatigue on the incidence of ACL injury.

Objective

To identify the time segments across a competitive season or within an individual competition associated with the greatest ACL injury incidence.

Design

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Methods

Data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance Program for 2004-2005 through 2015-2016 for basketball, lacrosse, and soccer were analyzed. Incidence rate ratios (IRRs) compared ACL injury rates by sport, sex, season segment, and competition period.

SUBMITTER: Anderson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6709760 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature