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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2371562, member: 6761"] terrible news, and then there is what is apparently well-established, that females--especially women basketball players--are more prone to ACL tears than are men: Recent studies reveal that young female athletes are four to six times more likely than boys to suffer a serious non-contact ACL injury. For example: [LIST] [*]According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 46,000 female athletes age 19 and younger experienced a sprain or strain of the ACL in 2006. [*]Nearly 30,000 of the injuries required reconstructive surgery. [*][B][I]Overall, girls are 8 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury than boys[/I][/B].[B][8] [/B] [*]As many as 70% of ACL injuries involve little or no contact with the other player.[B][8][/B] [*][B][I]At the age of 14 years, girls have 5 times higher rates of ACL tears than boys[/I][/B].[B][10][/B] [/LIST] Straight-ahead sports like jogging, swimming, and biking place little stress on the ACL. [B]Sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that involve cutting, planting and changing direction, in which the ACL plays a vital role, put athletes, particularly females, at greatest risk of ACL injury.[/B] [URL='http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/muscles-joints-bones/knee/acl-injuries-in-female-athletes#ixzz4vZudz6Oa']ACL Injuries: Female Athletes At Increased Risk | MomsTeam[/URL] [/QUOTE]