ACL Injury In Sport

2022-08-08T10:21:12-04:00May 6th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

ACL injury occurs in about 200,000 people in the United States. Athletes between the ages of 6 and 18 years old are highly vulnerable to ACL injury. Just over half of the knee injuries in this age group are ACL tears. An athlete’s risk level varies depending on sport. A research study of high school athletes showed the highest risk sports for ACL injury was girl’s soccer, followed by football, girl’s basketball, and boy’s soccer. This high incidence of ACL [...]