Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in Sport:

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of

Injury Incidence by Sex and Sport Classification

The anterior cruciate ligament injury is

considered a common and debilitating injury
among athletes, which can occur through
contact and non-contact mechanisms.

Colisión
Fixed-object high-
Boxing impact rotational
Boys’/men’s lacrosse Sport Classification Key landing
Close-quarters combat
Football Gymnastics
Indoor obstacle-course test
Handball Obstacle-course race
Ice hockey Limited contact
Rugby Contact Baseball
Wrestling Basketball Cheerleading Noncontact
Field hockey Fencing Alpine skiing
Girls’/women’s lacrosse Flickerball Dance/ballet
Judo Floorball Running/track
Soccer Frisbee
Softball
Volleyball

As a strategy we will
evaluate how to reduce the
risk of ACL injury in order to
consider and integrate the
sport-related disturbance
that mimics contact
exposure to better equip
athletes with prevention and
avoidance techniques.
Based on this classification, it was established
The purpose of the study was to
quantify the sex differences in the Deliberate contact during sport
risk of ACL injury in sports with It is not clear if there is a sex contributes to increased
different amounts of contact where: difference in the incidence of ACL injury rates
Female athletes participating in ACL injuries when stratifying by
contact and fixed object type of sport
sports were at increased risk
of ACL injuries
While injuries for collision, limited contact
and non-contact sports did not differ
between sexes