Understanding and preventing noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a review of the Hunt Valley II meeting, January 2005.
The incidence of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in young to middle-aged athletes remains high. Despite early diagnosis and appropriate operative and nonoperative treatments, posttraumatic degenerative arthritis may develop. In a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (January 2005), sponsored by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, a group of physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, biomechanists, epidemiologists, and other scientists interested in this area of research met to review current knowledge on risk factors associated with noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries, anterior cruciate ligament injury biomechanics, and existing anterior cruciate ligament prevention programs. This article reports on the presentations, discussions, and recommendations of this group.
Griffin
Letha Y
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Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA. lethagriff@aol.com
Albohm
Marjorie J
MJ
Arendt
Elizabeth A
EA
Bahr
Roald
R
Beynnon
Bruce D
BD
Demaio
Marlene
M
Dick
Randall W
RW
Engebretsen
Lars
L
Garrett
William E
WE
Hannafin
Jo A
JA
Hewett
Tim E
TE
Huston
Laura J
LJ
Ireland
Mary Lloyd
ML
Johnson
Robert J
RJ
Lephart
Scott
S
Mandelbaum
Bert R
BR
Mann
Barton J
BJ
Marks
Paul H
PH
Marshall
Stephen W
SW
Myklebust
Grethe
G
Noyes
Frank R
FR
Powers
Christopher
C
Shields
Clarence
C
Shultz
Sandra J
SJ
Silvers
Holly
H
Slauterbeck
James
J
Taylor
Dean C
DC
Teitz
Carol C
CC
Wojtys
Edward M
EM
Yu
Bing
B
D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004777:Environment; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006728:Hormones; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors
D006728:Hormones