Targeted warm-ups may help reduce the risk of knee injuries in female athletes who play high school soccer and basketball.
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The study in Monday's issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine looked into neuromuscular warm-ups, which start with easy cardiovascular exercises and progress to focusing on muscles and motions used in the sports.
Girls have between a five- and eight-times-higher risk of damage to the anterior cruciate ligament or ACL— which can cause knee injury — than boys, according to the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Click here to read more.
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