Sports generated ACL injuries can lead to excessive loss of training sessions, generate increased costs to the healthcare system and often end an athlete’s career.
Abstract: Severe sports injuries like the rupture of the ACL lead to an excessive loss of training sessions, generate a high amount of cost to the healthcare system and often end an athlete’s active career. Research to date is mainly driven by group comparison as it is indicated that females and less skilled athletes are at higher risk of being exposed to these injuries. The outcomes of these group-based investigations were implemented into screening and prevention programs, with little to no reduction of injuries. Neglecting the individual risk factors e.g. the individual movement pattern might be one explanation. The investigation of a large subject group consisting of athletes of different sexes, skill levels and training history supported the hypothesis that the individual movement execution is closer related to joint (over-) loading than being female or a novice. This further underlines the need for research approaches for rehabilitation and prevention studies - not only in the context of sports - that focus on the individual’s characteristics. Join via the link on the right hand side, using the Meeting ID: 924 6869 9313 and Passcode: WX2WxA
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