Sport Injuries: Girls and the ACL
Some researchers estimate girls rupture their ACL’s at five to eight times the rate of boys and young men.  Why the greater rate of injuries in girls, particularly in cutting and pivoting sports that involve the knees and lower extremities - basketball, volleyball, lacrosse and soccer? Theories range from not enough muscle in the right places to pure biomechanics - how girls run as opposed to the way boys run, for example.
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