ACL Injuries in Women
Women are 4-6 times more likely to suffer form an ACL injury than their male counterparts. An in-depth literature review of peer reviewed articles from several journals such as The American Journal of Spots Medicine, was conducted to examine possible reasons that may account for this gender predisposition. Factors such as muscle recruitment patterns, decreased muscle strength, and increased quadriceps-to-hamstring ratios were considered and examined. Risk factors such as fatigue causing alteration in lower extremity landing and cutting in women particularly were evaluated in an effort to identify some of the etiological models that may explain the greater prevalence of ACL injuries in women as compared to men.
EXSC 407, Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury
Heike McNeil