The Incidence of Sport-Related Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: An Overview of Systematic Reviews Including 51
Javier Martinez-Calderon1,2,3,4, Marta Infante-Cano2, Javier Matias-Soto2,3,5
1Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Sevilla, Spain.
Systematic reviews show high incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in sports like basketball and soccer. Prevention strategies may need to consider sex-specific differences in ACL injury rates.
Area of Science:
- Sports Medicine
- Orthopedics
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Increasing number of systematic reviews on sport-related anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries.
- Need to synthesize pooled incidence and prevalence data from existing meta-analyses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To synthesize pooled incidence and prevalence rates of sport-related ACL injuries.
- To evaluate data from published systematic reviews with meta-analyses.
Main Methods:
- Overview of systematic reviews with meta-analysis.
- Searched CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus databases.
- Assessed methodological quality using AMSTAR 2.
Main Results:
- Included seven systematic reviews with 51 meta-analyses.
- High incidence of ACL injuries noted in American football, basketball, soccer, and volleyball.
- ACL injury incidence may be higher in females than males in certain sports, e.g., basketball.
Conclusions:
- Sport-related ACL injuries are prevalent in several high-risk sports.
- Significant sex-based differences in ACL injury incidence exist.
- Sex-specific prevention strategies for ACL injuries are recommended.
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