title: ACL injury in football: a literature overview of the prevention programs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The ACL prevention programs are addressed to the control and/or modification of the so-called "modifiable risk factors". All these programs focus on different intervention strategies aimed to decrease the ACL injury risk, particularly in female athletes population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To furnish an overview of the most used ACL injury prevention program through a narrative review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In literature there are many reports on prevention programs whose common denominator is the proper alignment of the lower limb joints and proper motor control during movements that are considered at risk for ACL integrity, as the landing phase after a jump. Nevertheless, some programs would appear more effective than others. In any cases a major problem remains the lack of sufficient compliance in respect of prevention programs. Finally, it is important to remember that the ethiology of ACL injuries is multifactorial. For this reason a prevention program able to prevent all the risk situations is utopian.
  
  
  METHODS
  Narrative review.
authors.affiliation: Qatar Orthopaedic and Sport Medicine Hospital, FIFA Center of Excellence, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Gian Nicola
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bisciotti
authors.affiliation: Qatar Orthopaedic and Sport Medicine Hospital, FIFA Center of Excellence, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chamari
authors.affiliation: Qatar Orthopaedic and Sport Medicine Hospital, FIFA Center of Excellence, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cena
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital. Rozzano (MI), Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carimati
authors.affiliation: Department of Knee Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital. Rozzano (MI), Italy; FC Internazionale Medical Staff. Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Volpi
keywords: compliance; modifiable risk factors; prevention programs