Knee Injuries in Elite Level Soccer Players

Autor: Travis S. Roth, Daryl C. Osbahr
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.). 47(10)
ISSN: 1934-3418
Popis: As one of the most popular sports in the world, soccer injury rates involving the knee continue to rise. An alarming trend of knee injuries, including increased anterior cruciate ligament ruptures, underscores the need to review our current understanding of these injuries in soccer players. This article includes a critical review of the epidemiology of knee injuries in soccer, anterior cruciate ligament and other ligamentous injuries, cartilage and meniscal injury, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, as well as current prevention initiatives.
Databáze: OpenAIRE