ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete Causes, Impacts, and Conditioning Programs /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Noyes, Frank R. (Editor), Barber-Westin, Sue (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Sports Medicine.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year worldwide. Such injuries can cause long-term problems in the knee joint, including in particular the early onset of osteoarthritis. It has been evident for some time that a tremendous gender disparity exists in noncontact ACL...