Open AccessEpidemiology of Knee Injuries among U.S. High School Athletes, 2005/2006–2010/2011
Author(s) -
David M. Swenson,
Christy L. Collins,
Thomas M. Best,
David C. Flanigan,
Sarah K. Fields,
R. Dawn Comstock
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e318277acca
Subject(s) - medicine , basketball , anterior cruciate ligament , athletes , physical therapy , football , epidemiology , confidence interval , ligament , surgery , archaeology , political science , law , history
U.S. high school athletes sustain millions of injuries annually. Detailed patterns of knee injuries, among the most costly sports injuries, remain largely unknown. We hypothesize that patterns of knee injuries in U.S. high school sports differ by sport and sex.