Penn Live reports:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament knee injuries occur four-to-six times more
frequently in female athletes than in male athletes playing the same
sports.
It is believed that the difference in neuromuscular control, or the
way our muscles contract and react, is one of four primary factors
contributing to why women are more susceptible to knee injuries than
men. Other discrepancies are anatomical (men and women are structurally
different), hormonal (women's hormonal makeup affects the integrity of
the ligament, making it more lax), and bio-mechanical (the positions our
knees get in during athletic activities).
Seventy percent of all ACL injuries occur without contact. Most ACL
injuries occur at foot strike with the knee close to full extension
during quick deceleration or landing maneuvers. To read more about ACL injury prevention in female athletes, click here.
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