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Paul Rothenberg, Luis Grau, Lee Kaplan
1UHealth Sports Performance and Wellness Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. mbaraga@med.miami.edu.
Abstract:
Football has the highest injury rate amongst popular American sports. Of those injuries that end seasons or careers, the knee is the most common culprit. This is of particular concern because knee injuries are most common in football. This article reviews 4 of the most common knee injuries in American football, with emphasis on epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment outcomes. The injuries reviewed are tears of the anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, medial patellofemoral ligament, and posterior cruciate ligament.
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