The Role Of Hamstrings : Quadriceps Strength Ratio On Female Athletes

Dr. Boden of the Orthopedic Center in Rockville states, “Young women are two to eight times more likely than their male counterparts to injure their ACL.” Although there are some factors that put others at a higher risk of tearing their ACL, like this gender one, ACL tears are common and can happen

Several recent studies demonstrate that the rate of ACL injuries among women can be significantly reduced by following proper neuromuscular training (NMT) and conditioning programs.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, Dr. Alpert wakes up at 6:30 AM, which allows him enough time to brew his morning coffee and prepare for the day all before making his first cut in the operating room at 8:00 AM. He performs his surgeries at either Ashton Surgical Center in Hoffman Estates, IL on Tuesday, or at Algonquin Road Surgical Center in Lake In the Hills, IL on Thursday. “I typically have surgeries from eight in the morning to about two in the afternoon, which allows three to five patients per day depending on the procedure. Every time I have an ACL reconstruction, I turn on my some of my favorite oldies music to get me in the groove.” During a typical ACL reconstruction, Dr. Alpert scrapes out the old, ruptured ACL and swaps it with a graft that is most commonly obtained from the hamstring or the patellar tendon. “I prefer to use the hamstring, especially with women. The procedure classically takes about an hour and a half to complete, and the patient is able to start rehab the next day. With ACL tears being such a frequent injury among female athletes, particularly in non-contact sports, it is currently being researched just why that is.”

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -injury is arguably the most common serious knee injury related to sports participation. Approximately 5000 individuals suffer an ACL injury in Sweden every year (Lohmander 2007). Individuals with a history of injury to their anterior cruciate ligament or menisci were shown to develop knee OA 10 to 20 years post injury (Lohmander, 2007).

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries comprise some of the highest incidents in athletic injuries, comprising up to a total of 3-5% (1) with nearly 70% coming from non-contact mechanisms. (2,3) Moreover, these injuries can lead to loss of time on the field in around 88% of the time (1). There is a substantial difference in gender as well, with female athletes being of higher risk to sustain an ACL injury. (4, 5, 6) Overall, ACL injuries can lead to early sport terminaton in athletes as well as serious disabilities in the non-athletic population (7).(Siegel’s anatomy, physiology, and pathol….(29))

The ACL injury becomes more prone to injured as sports increases. Female counterparts have been found the more susceptible than males. Many reasons suggesting for injury intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors.

This seems to be the case with sports nowadays since more and more people want to become the next champion and it’s often a competition to become the best. Injuries have gone up tremendously for girls since more and more females have started to play sports. Nonetheless, boys and girls are becoming to get more injuries like forearm fractures in the last thirty years. For boys, forearm fractures have gone up 32 percent but since more and more girls have started to get involved into sports at that time period, girls have gone up by 56 percent. Another cause for injuries are when children are idle and inactive and when they suddenly start to play intense sports, they are out of shape and are vulnerable to harmful

Football is the most popular sport in the world.1 Playing football can improve musculoskeletal, metabolic, and cardiovascular functions.2 However, football is one of the sports that have the highest risk of ACL injury.3,4 The incidence rates of ACL injury in soccer range 0.15% - 3.67% per person per year and 0.07 - 1.08 per 1000 sports exposures across various age and competition levels.5,6 The majority of ACL injuries occur without external contact to the knee joint.4,8,15

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common sports injury occurs widely in the USA with the majority of suffered by healthy individuals with 70%of non contact period, during variety of movements such as jump landing, cutting and pivoting (9). Different risk factors should be considered for injury such as environmental, hormonal and biomechanical (8, 1). ACL injury prevalence is very high in soccer as well as other sports in females compared with males (15). Anterior shear force, valgus collapse, quadriceps to hamstring strength ratio (9, 11, 16, 6) are consider as other main risk factors in both genders. Co-contraction of the hamstring and quadriceps has been shown to provide dynamic stability to the frontal plane at the knee that protects maximum knee abduction loading (6). So, main focus of the study should be on muscular strength between agonist –antagonist muscle of lower limbs and recovery after injury. Female athletes gets injured almost 2-8 time higher than the male counterparts (22,6,1,3,9,10,12,15,16). Interesting point in comparing injuries in sports, dominancy of leg plays a role in ACL injury. In a non contact injury, females are more prone to get injured in their supporting leg whereas male soccer athletes tend to injure the ACL in their preferred kicking leg(22).Biomechanical point of view such as more extended hip-knee landing technique postures, knee pressure in different plane

When an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is torn/ruptured it can be considered one of the most agonizing experiences in an athlete’s career. It is thought to be one of the first things that pops into an athlete’s mind and for many even their greatest fear when they injure their knee on the field. A ruptured ACL can be so detrimental that it can possibly mean the end to an athlete’s career. It can signify for young athletes losing that chance of getting a scholarship as in this case and the end of their careers for those who have gone professional. A ruptured ACL can result in large amounts of pain, numerous surgeries and months of strenuous exercise and rehabilitation. It requires an athlete to be dedicated and patient as pushing too hard can result in further injury. This essay will discuss the pathology, the rehabilitation progress from six weeks to final stage including the athletes return to play after experiencing an ACL injury.

The female practicing basketball players be proper additional frequent and this consequently increases the risk of sports injury. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the characteristics of injuries and associated personal and training characteristics in female basketball players. The methods are analyzed with school level female 20 basketball players. Basketball players injuries are addressing anthropometric data and characteristics of injuries having occurred. Significant differences were detected regarding all variables between athletes who had suffered injury. A greater number of injuries occurred in females older than 14.44 years. The female athletes injuries were predominantly in knee and ankle/foot. The female exhibited a greater

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine found that there are about 150,000 cases of ACL tear injuries that occur in the United States each year. These injuries can occur for many reasons, but there are some factors that can put someone more at risk of tearing their ACL. The two different types of risk factors are external and internal. An example of an external factor would be the play in which the athlete injured themselves. An internal factor would be the anatomy of the woman compared to the male (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine).

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a strong rope-like structure that runs through the center of the knee connecting the femur to the tibia. An ACL prevents the femur from moving anteriorly while weight bearing, helps prevent rotation of the joint and is the primary stabilizing structure of the knee and its integrity is essential for walking and any physical activities (Sports Medicine Australia, 2015). An ACL sprain or tear is one of the most common knee injuries, especially among athletes who engage in high demanding sports including football, soccer and basketball. This is the case as this type of injury is likely to occur when; turning/twisting rapidly, stopping suddenly, landing awkwardly when jumping, slowing down

The best athletes must practice their skills repeatedly until it becomes second nature. How is it that an athlete can perform jumps and pivot landing over and over without injury, but attempt a maneuver one more time and tear their ACL? Current teaching suggests that the ACL will experience an injury from a one extreme load as opposed to repeated loads (4, 10). Lipps et al. (10) hypothesized that the amount of pivot landings needed to achieve acl failure, was not affected by the degree of the external load placed on the knee joint during pivot landing. Their result from the test data rejected their proposed hypothesis. When testing cadaver knees under 4 times that of body weight eight out of the ten knees failed. The mean standard deviation

Many of the ACL injuries the athlete to have sugery and or have rehabilitation intervention. Financially the united states makes around 650 million dollars annually on secondary and collegiate level athletes. Researchers reported a relationship between ligament mechanical properties from the cyclic fluctuation of the female sex hormones (Zazulak, Paterno, Myer, Roman, Hewett, 848).