Presentation Type
Poster
Department
Kinesiology
Event Website
https://obu.edu/virtualscholarsday.php
Description
A knee injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common injury among athletes, despite growing knowledge of common injury mechanisms. The athletes with the highest risk of injuring their ACLs are those playing sports that require extreme cutting or pivoting with a sudden change in speed. ACL injuries are most commonly caused by a non-contact process, usually in conjunction with a sudden change of direction or speed. Females are 4-6 times more likely than males to injure their ACL. It is predicted that within a span of one year, 10,000 female college athletes will damage their knee and that 2,200 of these injuries will be diagnosed as ruptures of ACL. Anatomical composition of females, neuromuscular performance, physiological inputs, fitness rates, training exercises, and hormone levels are assumed to be the contributing factors that increase female susceptibility to an ACL injury.
Included in
Kinesiology Commons, Kinesiotherapy Commons, Sports Sciences Commons
ACL Prevention Programs and Its Effectiveness in Reducing the Rate of Injury in the College Athlete
A knee injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common injury among athletes, despite growing knowledge of common injury mechanisms. The athletes with the highest risk of injuring their ACLs are those playing sports that require extreme cutting or pivoting with a sudden change in speed. ACL injuries are most commonly caused by a non-contact process, usually in conjunction with a sudden change of direction or speed. Females are 4-6 times more likely than males to injure their ACL. It is predicted that within a span of one year, 10,000 female college athletes will damage their knee and that 2,200 of these injuries will be diagnosed as ruptures of ACL. Anatomical composition of females, neuromuscular performance, physiological inputs, fitness rates, training exercises, and hormone levels are assumed to be the contributing factors that increase female susceptibility to an ACL injury.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/scholars_day_conference/2020/education/6