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19.06.2017 | Letter to the Editor
Healing potential and surgical treatment of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in pediatric population
verfasst von:
Marco Bigoni, Nicolo’ Zanchi, Marco Turati
Erschienen in:
Sport Sciences for Health
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
In the last years, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rate has significantly increased in pediatric and adolescent patients; particularly in the age 10–14, a 19% increase of ACL tear was observed from 2007 to 2011. The national US High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study found an ACL injury rate in adolescent athlete of 6.5/100,000, with football, soccer, and basketball as high-risk sports, still lower than the adult ACL injury rate reported that varies from 25/100,000 to 45/100,000. …