Women Sport Athlete Injuries

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and medial orientation to an area just lateral to the medial tibial eminence. The posterolateral band is tightest when the knee is in extension, and the anteromedial band is tightest with the knee in flexion.
The majority of ACL injuries suffered during athletic participation are of the noncontact variety. Three main noncontact mechanisms have been identified planting and cutting, straight-knee landing and one-step stop landing with the knee hyperextended. Pivoting and sudden deceleration are also common mechanisms of noncontact ACL injury. Basketball, soccer, and volleyball consistently produce some of the highest ACL injury rates across various age groups. Other activities with a high rate of injury are gymnastics, martial arts, and running. In most sports, injuries occur more often in games than in practice. Many injuries have occurred during the first 30 minutes of play. One-reason physicians are seeing more ACL injuries in female patients that more women play sports, and ...

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men and women have been blamed for much of the ACL problem. A woman’s pelvis is wider than a man’s, creating sharper angle between the calf and thigh and putting stress on the knee. This increases the tendency of the kneecap to pull out of line and rub, causing pain.
A final intrinsic factor is an area of current study is the effect of hormones on ligamentous relaxation, which allows for pelvic changes that accommodate fetal passage through the birth canal. Studies also show that relaxin has systemic effects on ligamentous tissue and increase the risk of ligamentous injuries in pregnant women. The role of estrogen and estrogen receptors may shed light on ACL injuries ...

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