Knee morphological risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review

S Bayer, SJ Meredith, KW Wilson, T Pauyo, K Byrne… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction incidence has increased
substantially in the past 25 years. Recently, there has been a focus on knee morphology as …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review

CE Pfeifer, PF Beattie, RS Sacko… - International journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background With the increasing number of individuals participating in sports every year,
injury-specifically anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury-remains an inherent risk factor for …

Combined anatomic factors predicting risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury for males and females

DR Sturnick, PM Vacek, MJ DeSarno… - … American journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Knee joint geometry has been associated with risk of suffering an anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; however, few studies have utilized multivariate analysis to …

Differences in medial and lateral posterior tibial slope: an osteological review of 1090 tibiae comparing age, sex, and race

DS Weinberg, DFK Williamson… - … American journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are common, and a number of
knee morphological variables have been identified as risk factors for an ACL injury …

Risk factors associated with grade 3 pivot shift after acute anterior cruciate ligament injuries

G Song, H Zhang, Q Wang, J Zhang… - … American journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Recent literature has demonstrated that involvement in pivoting sports at the
time of injury, increased posterior-inferior tibial slope (PITS), anterolateral capsular ligament …

Multivariate analysis of the risk factors for first-time noncontact ACL injury in high school and college athletes: a prospective cohort study with a nested, matched case …

PM Vacek, JR Slauterbeck… - … American journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Multivariate analysis that identifies the combination of risk factors associated
with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) trauma is important because it provides insight into …

Biomechanical and neuromuscular characteristics of male athletes: implications for the development of anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention programs

D Sugimoto, E Alentorn-Geli, J Mendiguchía… - Sports Medicine, 2015 - Springer
Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is likely the most effective strategy to
reduce undesired health consequences including reconstruction surgery, long-term …

Increased medial meniscal slope is associated with greater risk of ramp lesion in noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injury

G Song, X Liu, H Zhang, Q Wang… - … American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A special type of meniscal lesion involving the peripheral attachment of the
posterior horn of the medial meniscus (PHMM), termed ramp lesion, is commonly associated …

Association between lateral posterior tibial slope, body mass index, and ACL injury risk

KM Bojicic, ML Beaulieu… - … journal of sports …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: While body mass index (BMI), a modifiable parameter, and knee morphology, a
nonmodifiable parameter, have been identified as risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament …

Association of geometric characteristics of knee anatomy (alpha angle and intercondylar notch type) with noncontact ACL injury

MS Barnum, ED Boyd, P Vacek… - … American journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The femoral intercondylar notch type and the alpha angle (the angle between
the femoral notch roof and the long axis of the femur) are easily measured in clinical …