title: Common injuries in athletes' knee: experience of a specialized center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present cross-sectional study aims to identify the most common knee injuries in athletes cared at a Specialized Outpatient Clinics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of patients cared at the Knee Outpatient Clinics of a Sports Trauma Center, divided by gender, age and diagnosed injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initially 440 patients were divided into 33 types of sports; after excluding the less statistically significant practices, nine sports remained. The most frequently performed sports were football with almost 50% of total patients presenting anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and road runs with great frequency of meniscal injury. There was no correlation of the disorder with the type of sports performed but a correlation was found with patient's age/gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The complete ACL rupture was the most common injury found in football, basketball and volleyball players, followed by meniscal injury in street runners.
authors: 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Alexandre Pedro
authors: AP
authors: Nicolini
authors: 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Rogério Teixeira
authors: RT
authors: de Carvalho
authors: 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Marcelo Mitsuro
authors: MM
authors: Matsuda
authors: 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1. Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Centro de Traumato-Ortopedia do Esporte (CETE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Jorge Filho
authors: JF
authors: Sayum
authors: 2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 2. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Moisés
authors: M
authors: Cohen
keywords: Athletes; Epidemiology; Knee injuries; Musculoskeletal system/injuries; Soccer; Sports